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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Healthy Days

Now thinking about your physical health, which includes physical illness and injury,
for how many days during the past 30 days was your physical health not good?

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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%)
North Carolina 12,980 8,410 66.1 64.6-67.5 1,171 10.2 9.3-11.3 1,260 9.5 8.6-10.3 1,015 7.4 6.6- 8.2 1,124 6.9 6.2- 7.6
-Western NC 2,763 1,742 66.1 63.3-68.8 229 10.3 8.8-12.0 272 9.0 7.6-10.6 236 6.8 5.6- 8.3 284 7.8 6.7- 9.2
GENDER
Male 1,074 704 70.4 66.4-74.2 99 9.7 7.7-12.2 95 7.9 5.9-10.6 72 4.2 3.1- 5.6 104 7.7 6.0- 9.8
Female 1,689 1,038 62.1 58.3-65.7 130 10.8 8.6-13.3 177 9.9 8.2-12.0 164 9.3 7.2-11.9 180 8.0 6.5- 9.7
RACE
White 2,542 1,609 66.3 63.4-69.0 206 9.9 8.4-11.7 251 9.0 7.7-10.5 220 7.3 5.9- 8.9 256 7.5 6.4- 8.8
African American 75 46 54.6 36.9-71.1 5 11.0 4.4-24.9 9 17.3 5.2-44.5 3 2.3 0.7- 7.9 12 14.8 6.9-29.0
Other Minorities 134 78 70.0 57.5-80.1 17 14.8 8.3-25.1 12 3.6 1.6- 7.9 12 3.0 1.3- 6.8 15 8.6 3.5-19.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 59 44 82.3 66.1-91.7 3 4.1 1.3-12.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 6 4.7 1.8-11.8 5 8.6 2.3-27.4
Non-Hispanic 2,700 1,696 65.5 62.7-68.2 226 10.5 8.9-12.3 271 9.3 7.9-11.0 230 6.9 5.6- 8.5 277 7.8 6.7- 9.1
AGE
18-24 88 62 77.7 65.4-86.6 14 13.3 7.0-23.7 8 5.7 2.4-12.8 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 3 2.6 0.7- 8.9
25-34 190 130 70.8 62.0-78.2 27 12.0 8.0-17.6 17 9.7 5.1-17.5 12 6.0 2.9-11.7 4 1.6 0.5- 5.2
35-44 343 204 62.2 55.5-68.6 51 15.7 11.7-20.8 42 10.4 7.3-14.5 26 5.8 3.5- 9.3 20 5.9 3.4-10.0
45-54 490 307 64.2 58.0-70.0 47 10.6 7.4-14.8 40 6.1 4.2- 8.7 47 9.7 5.7-15.9 49 9.5 6.6-13.4
55-64 642 400 63.0 58.4-67.4 36 5.9 4.0- 8.6 64 9.5 7.3-12.4 64 9.2 6.8-12.3 78 12.4 9.5-16.0
65+ 989 621 63.1 59.3-66.7 54 6.5 4.8- 8.8 99 11.1 8.7-14.1 86 7.4 5.9- 9.4 129 11.9 9.7-14.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 380 204 57.3 46.8-67.2 19 7.5 4.3-12.9 36 8.3 5.3-12.9 45 11.6 6.4-20.3 76 15.3 10.7-21.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 900 556 65.8 61.5-69.9 68 10.0 7.5-13.2 96 10.1 7.8-13.0 83 6.1 4.7- 7.9 97 8.0 6.1-10.4
Some Post-H.S. 681 413 66.3 60.5-71.6 62 10.4 7.6-14.2 69 7.5 5.5-10.2 65 8.2 5.8-11.4 72 7.6 5.5-10.3
College Graduate 799 568 70.8 66.1-75.1 80 12.0 9.3-15.4 70 9.1 6.3-13.1 43 4.0 2.8- 5.7 38 4.0 2.7- 6.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 356 157 54.3 45.6-62.9 19 8.1 4.5-13.9 33 8.5 5.3-13.2 58 10.3 7.4-14.2 89 18.8 13.9-24.9
$15,000- 24,999 509 298 56.4 50.1-62.6 46 12.4 8.8-17.2 54 9.3 6.6-13.0 51 11.1 7.5-16.3 60 10.8 7.6-15.1
$25,000- 34,999 345 230 69.2 62.9-74.8 25 7.2 4.5-11.3 38 9.5 6.6-13.6 30 7.1 4.7-10.5 22 7.0 4.2-11.6
$35,000- 49,999 370 239 64.7 58.2-70.7 31 10.3 6.8-15.3 40 9.4 6.5-13.4 32 8.1 5.0-13.0 28 7.5 4.9-11.2
$50,000-74,999 357 253 71.8 65.0-77.8 36 13.1 8.7-19.1 29 8.1 5.3-12.2 22 4.1 2.5- 6.7 17 2.9 1.8- 4.9
$75,000+ 405 303 73.9 66.7-80.0 44 12.1 8.4-17.0 36 9.9 5.9-16.1 14 2.3 1.3- 4.0 8 1.9 0.8- 4.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,037 415 42.7 38.4-47.2 83 9.9 7.6-12.7 128 11.3 9.0-14.0 157 14.1 11.0-17.9 254 22.0 18.9-25.5
No 1,598 1,235 75.9 72.7-78.9 137 10.7 8.8-13.1 135 8.1 6.4-10.3 65 3.6 2.5- 5.1 26 1.6 0.9- 2.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 355 222 63.4 57.3-69.1 25 8.5 5.5-13.0 44 12.4 8.7-17.2 29 6.2 4.1- 9.2 35 9.5 6.6-13.5
Non-Veteran 2,176 1,379 66.7 63.5-69.7 186 10.6 8.9-12.6 207 8.7 7.1-10.5 185 6.9 5.4- 8.7 219 7.2 6.0- 8.6

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^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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
**Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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