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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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  Total
Respond.^		 None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 13,068 9,042 66.3 64.8-67.8 933 7.7 7.0- 8.6 1,216 10.8 9.8-12.0 1,096 9.6 8.7-10.5 781 5.5 4.9- 6.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 11,418 8,102 68.3 66.7-69.8 823 7.8 7.0- 8.7 1,029 10.8 9.6-12.0 856 8.3 7.4- 9.2 608 4.8 4.2- 5.6
No 1,625 926 57.7 53.0-62.2 109 7.5 5.4-10.4 182 10.9 8.3-14.1 238 15.4 12.5-18.8 170 8.6 6.4-11.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 209 127 56.5 43.4-68.7 14 5.3 2.5-10.8 22 13.7 7.0-25.1 21 13.5 6.5-26.0 25 11.0 6.1-19.1
Recommended Range 4,137 2,906 65.0 62.0-67.9 343 9.1 7.6-10.8 367 13.5 11.0-16.4 312 8.5 7.0-10.2 209 3.9 3.2- 4.7
Overweight 4,493 3,232 69.3 67.0-71.6 308 8.0 6.7- 9.5 391 8.6 7.4- 9.9 322 8.7 7.3-10.5 240 5.4 4.3- 6.7
Obese 3,620 2,333 64.4 61.5-67.2 234 6.2 5.1- 7.4 382 10.5 9.0-12.2 396 11.6 9.9-13.5 275 7.4 5.8- 9.3
Current Smoker
No 10,660 7,676 69.7 68.0-71.3 789 7.9 7.1- 8.9 956 10.3 9.2-11.5 758 7.8 6.9- 8.7 481 4.3 3.7- 5.1
Yes 2,353 1,324 53.0 49.4-56.6 141 7.0 5.2- 9.4 257 13.1 10.5-16.3 333 16.6 13.9-19.6 298 10.3 8.4-12.4
History of CVD**
Yes 1,546 1,066 64.1 58.7-69.2 60 3.2 2.3- 4.6 106 8.8 5.5-13.7 154 11.5 9.0-14.6 160 12.3 8.9-16.8
No 11,395 7,902 66.7 65.1-68.3 865 8.2 7.3- 9.1 1,095 11.0 9.9-12.2 922 9.3 8.3-10.3 611 4.9 4.2- 5.6
Binge Drinker
No 11,720 8,188 67.6 66.0-69.1 813 7.4 6.6- 8.3 1,051 10.1 9.1-11.2 969 9.4 8.5-10.5 699 5.4 4.8- 6.2
Yes 1,089 653 55.7 50.2-61.0 106 10.4 7.6-14.2 149 16.4 12.2-21.7 114 11.2 8.5-14.6 67 6.3 3.8-10.1
Heavy Drinker
No 12,250 8,501 66.6 65.1-68.2 861 7.5 6.8- 8.4 1,138 11.0 9.9-12.2 1,024 9.5 8.6-10.5 726 5.3 4.7- 6.1
Yes 470 279 55.3 46.8-63.4 56 13.8 8.1-22.5 54 9.6 6.7-13.5 51 13.5 9.0-19.8 30 7.8 3.5-16.8
Poor Sleep***
Yes 1,481 727 49.0 44.5-53.5 73 5.4 3.8- 7.5 130 9.1 6.9-11.8 225 15.7 12.8-19.2 326 20.8 17.1-25.0
No 11,335 8,110 68.5 66.9-70.1 859 8.3 7.4- 9.2 1,071 11.2 10.0-12.4 859 8.7 7.8- 9.8 436 3.4 2.9- 3.9
Current Asthma
Yes 1,075 593 52.7 47.4-58.0 78 6.2 4.5- 8.5 130 15.1 11.3-20.0 145 14.7 11.5-18.7 129 11.2 8.2-15.2
No 11,936 8,420 67.6 66.0-69.1 851 7.8 7.0- 8.7 1,080 10.5 9.4-11.7 939 9.1 8.2-10.1 646 5.0 4.4- 5.8
Diabetes
Yes 1,677 1,147 66.4 61.8-70.6 80 4.7 3.4- 6.4 141 9.5 6.2-14.3 182 12.0 9.6-15.0 127 7.4 5.5-10.0
No 11,376 7,883 66.4 64.8-68.0 852 7.9 7.1- 8.8 1,074 11.0 9.9-12.2 914 9.3 8.4-10.4 653 5.3 4.6- 6.1
Disability
Yes 4,474 2,610 53.6 50.9-56.3 257 5.6 4.4- 7.0 445 11.4 9.5-13.7 607 16.2 14.2-18.3 555 13.2 11.4-15.3
No 7,810 5,837 70.9 69.1-72.7 629 9.0 7.9-10.2 711 10.7 9.4-12.1 437 7.0 6.0- 8.1 196 2.4 1.9- 3.1

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**History of Cardiovascular Disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

***Poor sleep defined as not getting enough rest or sleep for all 30 days out of the past 30 days.

Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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