2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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

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%)
TOTAL 11,582 7,603 67.2 66.0-68.3 941 9.0 8.3- 9.7 1,055 9.4 8.7-10.2 898 7.1 6.5- 7.8 1,085 7.3 6.8- 7.9
GENDER
Male 4,543 3,169 70.3 68.6-72.0 333 8.4 7.4- 9.6 341 7.9 6.9- 8.9 274 5.8 5.0- 6.8 426 7.5 6.7- 8.5
Female 7,039 4,434 64.2 62.7-65.7 608 9.5 8.6-10.5 714 10.9 9.9-11.9 624 8.3 7.5- 9.2 659 7.1 6.4- 7.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 9,668 6,377 67.4 66.1-68.6 809 9.4 8.6-10.2 863 9.3 8.5-10.1 723 6.9 6.2- 7.6 896 7.1 6.5- 7.7
No 1,878 1,202 66.2 63.6-68.8 130 7.5 6.1- 9.2 192 10.1 8.6-11.8 170 8.1 6.8- 9.6 184 8.1 6.8- 9.7
Body Mass Index
Underweight 181 109 61.7 51.1-71.4 *** *** *** 23 17.5 9.8-29.1 *** *** *** 29 11.4 6.9-18.2
Recommended Range 3,461 2,443 70.4 68.3-72.5 287 9.6 8.3-11.0 260 8.5 7.2- 9.9 218 6.2 5.1- 7.4 253 5.3 4.6- 6.3
Overweight 3,916 2,696 69.7 67.8-71.6 298 8.8 7.6-10.1 334 8.8 7.7-10.0 284 6.6 5.6- 7.6 304 6.1 5.3- 7.1
Obese 3,279 1,854 60.1 57.9-62.2 292 9.1 7.8-10.5 364 10.6 9.4-12.1 330 9.1 8.0-10.4 439 11.0 9.8-12.4
Current Smoker
No 9,316 6,253 68.9 67.6-70.1 771 9.1 8.4-10.0 837 8.9 8.2- 9.7 665 6.6 6.0- 7.3 790 6.4 5.9- 7.0
Yes 2,099 1,254 60.7 57.9-63.4 151 8.4 6.9-10.1 205 11.4 9.6-13.5 215 9.0 7.6-10.6 274 10.6 9.1-12.3
History of CVD**
Yes 1,372 617 46.9 43.5-50.3 58 4.4 3.1- 6.1 138 10.5 8.6-12.9 186 13.2 11.1-15.6 373 25.0 22.3-28.0
No 10,120 6,949 69.3 68.1-70.4 874 9.4 8.7-10.2 911 9.4 8.6-10.2 692 6.5 5.9- 7.1 694 5.5 5.0- 6.0
Binge Drinker
No 9,984 6,501 66.7 65.5-68.0 794 8.9 8.1- 9.7 908 9.2 8.5-10.0 790 7.4 6.7- 8.1 991 7.8 7.2- 8.4
Yes 1,070 739 68.7 65.1-72.1 112 10.5 8.5-13.0 106 11.2 8.9-14.1 66 5.5 4.1- 7.3 47 4.0 2.8- 5.7
Heavy Drinker
No 10,534 6,863 66.7 65.5-67.9 879 9.4 8.6-10.2 967 9.4 8.7-10.2 815 7.1 6.5- 7.8 1,010 7.4 6.8- 8.0
Yes 503 367 71.4 66.2-76.1 30 5.7 3.8- 8.5 46 11.1 8.0-15.1 35 6.7 4.5-10.0 25 5.1 3.1- 8.4
COPD
Yes 978 342 37.0 33.0-41.2 52 5.9 4.2- 8.3 106 10.6 8.4-13.3 173 18.0 15.1-21.3 305 28.5 25.0-32.2
No 10,548 7,232 69.3 68.2-70.5 886 9.2 8.5-10.0 947 9.4 8.6-10.1 716 6.3 5.8- 7.0 767 5.7 5.2- 6.3
Current Asthma
Yes 907 352 41.7 37.1-46.4 86 10.6 8.0-13.8 113 12.2 9.7-15.3 150 17.7 14.3-21.7 206 17.8 15.0-21.1
No 10,608 7,218 69.3 68.2-70.5 849 8.9 8.1- 9.6 936 9.2 8.5-10.0 739 6.2 5.7- 6.8 866 6.4 5.9- 7.0
Diabetes
Yes 1,478 722 48.8 45.4-52.1 93 7.8 5.9-10.3 144 10.3 8.4-12.4 221 14.3 12.0-16.9 298 18.9 16.5-21.6
No 10,086 6,873 69.3 68.1-70.5 847 9.1 8.4- 9.9 909 9.3 8.6-10.1 675 6.3 5.7- 6.9 782 6.0 5.4- 6.5
Disability
Yes 3,011 1,002 33.1 30.9-35.4 200 7.0 5.8- 8.4 369 13.3 11.7-15.1 561 19.3 17.5-21.2 879 27.3 25.3-29.4
No 8,444 6,522 76.2 75.0-77.4 732 9.6 8.7-10.5 677 8.4 7.6- 9.3 322 3.9 3.3- 4.5 191 2.0 1.6- 2.4
Housing Stress***
Yes 1,448 663 49.8 46.5-53.1 109 7.8 6.2- 9.8 153 10.9 9.1-13.1 217 14.2 12.1-16.6 306 17.3 15.1-19.7
No 10,134 6,940 69.8 68.6-71.0 832 9.2 8.4-10.0 902 9.2 8.4-10.0 681 6.1 5.5- 6.7 779 5.8 5.3- 6.3

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

***Housing stress includes those who report always or usually worried about rent or mortgage payment.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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