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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-WHITES

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 11,870 7,801 68.4 67.0-69.7 958 9.3 8.4-10.3 1,042 8.4 7.7- 9.3 937 6.9 6.2- 7.7 1,132 6.9 6.3- 7.6
-WHITES 9,244 6,080 67.8 66.3-69.3 765 9.7 8.7-10.8 802 8.4 7.6- 9.3 709 6.9 6.2- 7.7 888 7.2 6.4- 8.0
GENDER
Male 3,538 2,481 70.4 68.0-72.7 271 9.2 7.8-11.0 265 8.0 6.8- 9.6 189 5.2 4.2- 6.4 332 7.2 6.1- 8.4
Female 5,706 3,599 65.5 63.5-67.4 494 10.2 8.9-11.6 537 8.7 7.7- 9.7 520 8.5 7.5- 9.7 556 7.2 6.2- 8.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 176 121 75.5 66.4-82.7 16 10.5 5.7-18.6 13 4.3 2.3- 8.0 11 4.2 1.8- 9.3 15 5.5 2.9-10.5
Non-Hispanic 9,063 5,959 67.6 66.0-69.1 749 9.7 8.7-10.8 787 8.5 7.7- 9.4 696 7.0 6.2- 7.8 872 7.2 6.5- 8.1
AGE
18-24 229 166 73.7 65.1-80.9 25 11.4 6.6-19.1 25 9.0 5.5-14.3 9 3.2 1.2- 7.9 4 2.7 0.6-10.6
25-34 631 439 71.1 66.3-75.5 79 11.9 9.0-15.5 62 9.8 7.3-13.0 40 6.0 3.8- 9.2 11 1.2 0.6- 2.5
35-44 1,255 831 68.0 64.6-71.2 157 11.7 9.8-14.1 132 9.1 7.3-11.3 85 6.7 5.2- 8.7 50 4.5 3.1- 6.4
45-54 1,702 1,121 66.5 63.5-69.4 180 10.7 8.9-12.8 135 7.0 5.7- 8.5 125 7.5 6.0- 9.3 141 8.3 6.6-10.4
55-64 2,107 1,335 63.2 60.3-65.9 181 9.3 7.7-11.2 187 8.1 6.8- 9.8 171 8.6 7.1-10.5 233 10.7 8.9-12.8
65+ 3,249 2,135 67.3 65.1-69.3 137 4.1 3.4- 5.1 257 7.9 6.7- 9.2 274 8.0 6.9- 9.3 446 12.7 11.4-14.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 985 518 54.8 49.3-60.1 45 4.8 3.1- 7.3 68 8.7 6.1-12.2 117 11.6 8.5-15.7 237 20.2 15.8-25.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,590 1,685 67.6 64.7-70.5 165 8.4 6.8-10.5 227 7.6 6.4- 9.1 234 8.9 7.3-10.8 279 7.4 6.3- 8.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,350 1,546 68.9 65.6-72.0 174 8.6 6.4-11.5 221 9.1 7.4-11.2 189 6.2 5.1- 7.5 220 7.1 5.8- 8.7
College Graduate 3,308 2,323 70.7 68.4-72.8 380 12.8 11.3-14.6 286 8.3 7.1- 9.8 167 4.6 3.7- 5.8 152 3.5 2.8- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 824 362 50.8 45.3-56.2 37 4.9 3.1- 7.5 85 9.1 6.7-12.2 125 13.5 10.7-16.9 215 21.8 18.1-26.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,318 721 53.0 48.8-57.3 90 8.2 6.1-11.0 129 9.6 7.7-11.9 157 13.1 10.2-16.7 221 16.1 13.3-19.2
$25,000- 34,999 958 641 66.7 61.8-71.2 52 7.9 5.3-11.8 80 7.4 5.4-10.0 90 9.6 7.3-12.6 95 8.4 6.2-11.2
$35,000-49,999 1,176 790 67.4 63.2-71.2 111 10.0 7.7-12.9 119 8.9 6.9-11.4 86 8.9 6.6-11.9 70 4.8 3.3- 6.9
$50,000- 74,999 1,307 925 72.3 68.7-75.7 138 10.4 8.4-12.9 109 8.1 6.1-10.7 68 4.8 3.5- 6.7 67 4.3 3.0- 6.2
$75,000+ 2,223 1,643 74.5 71.7-77.1 249 11.9 10.0-14.2 177 7.7 6.3- 9.3 82 3.3 2.3- 4.7 72 2.6 1.8- 3.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,353 1,450 44.8 42.0-47.6 229 7.8 6.5- 9.3 384 11.2 9.7-12.9 507 15.1 13.3-17.1 783 21.1 18.9-23.5
No 5,553 4,368 78.0 76.2-79.7 512 10.7 9.3-12.2 390 6.8 5.9- 7.8 191 3.5 2.8- 4.3 92 1.0 0.8- 1.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,333 913 69.4 65.7-73.0 88 7.9 5.9-10.5 91 5.7 4.4- 7.3 94 6.2 4.6- 8.3 147 10.8 8.4-13.7
Non-Veteran 7,909 5,165 67.6 65.9-69.2 677 10.0 8.9-11.2 711 8.8 7.9- 9.8 615 7.0 6.2- 7.9 741 6.6 5.9- 7.5

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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.

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