2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-Females

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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 6,608 4,638 68.6 67.2-70.0 445 7.4 6.6- 8.2 574 9.1 8.2-10.0 555 9.0 8.2- 9.9 396 6.0 5.3- 6.7
-FEMALES 3,768 2,500 64.3 62.4-66.2 287 8.7 7.6- 9.9 361 9.5 8.4-10.7 362 10.5 9.3-11.8 258 7.0 6.1- 8.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 2,516 1,661 63.8 61.4-66.1 194 8.7 7.4-10.2 229 9.2 7.9-10.6 245 10.5 9.0-12.1 187 7.9 6.6- 9.3
Non-Hispanic Black 807 535 62.9 58.7-67.0 67 10.5 8.0-13.6 89 10.7 8.4-13.6 71 10.1 7.7-13.2 45 5.7 4.1- 7.9
Other 405 279 69.1 63.4-74.3 21 5.3 3.4- 8.2 42 9.7 6.8-13.6 38 10.4 7.2-14.9 25 5.5 3.4- 8.8
AGE
18-34 653 386 60.2 55.8-64.5 78 11.0 8.6-14.0 78 11.6 9.1-14.6 77 12.4 9.6-15.9 34 4.8 3.4- 6.8
35-44 515 295 59.9 55.0-64.6 55 10.7 8.1-14.0 67 11.4 8.8-14.8 57 10.4 7.9-13.5 41 7.6 5.3-10.8
45-54 641 377 58.5 53.9-62.8 52 9.5 7.0-12.6 68 9.8 7.6-12.6 73 11.2 8.7-14.3 71 11.1 8.4-14.5
55-64 726 471 63.9 59.6-68.1 50 8.0 5.8-10.9 69 7.6 5.8-10.0 76 11.1 8.6-14.1 60 9.3 6.9-12.5
65-74 686 533 74.8 70.4-78.8 29 4.3 2.8- 6.7 46 7.2 5.2-10.0 46 8.2 5.7-11.7 32 5.4 3.6- 8.1
75+ 489 394 79.3 74.7-83.4 18 3.7 2.2- 6.2 30 6.0 3.9- 9.0 31 6.8 4.5-10.1 16 4.2 2.4- 7.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 381 243 61.0 54.6-67.0 17 5.6 3.3- 9.3 25 6.5 4.1-10.1 48 13.5 9.4-18.8 48 13.5 9.7-18.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,014 706 68.2 64.5-71.6 54 6.9 5.0- 9.4 84 8.2 6.4-10.5 91 9.4 7.4-11.9 79 7.3 5.6- 9.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,107 678 61.4 57.9-64.7 94 9.2 7.3-11.4 115 10.4 8.4-12.7 133 12.1 10.0-14.5 87 7.0 5.6- 8.9
College Graduate 1,258 866 66.1 62.9-69.1 122 11.7 9.7-14.1 137 11.3 9.4-13.5 89 7.6 6.1- 9.6 44 3.3 2.4- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 414 234 53.3 47.2-59.4 26 7.8 4.8-12.4 41 10.2 7.0-14.5 59 14.1 10.4-19.0 54 14.6 10.7-19.5
$15,000- 24,999 632 385 59.4 54.4-64.2 44 7.6 5.5-10.5 66 10.2 7.7-13.5 78 13.1 9.8-17.2 59 9.7 7.1-13.2
$25,000- 34,999 329 222 66.8 60.5-72.6 20 6.1 3.7- 9.7 29 7.6 5.0-11.3 38 12.7 9.0-17.6 20 6.9 4.2-11.2
$35,000- 49,999 399 261 63.5 57.5-69.1 34 9.0 6.2-12.9 40 10.1 7.0-14.3 41 12.3 8.6-17.3 23 5.1 3.1- 8.1
$50,000- 74,999 402 272 66.0 60.2-71.5 40 12.4 8.8-17.2 41 8.8 6.2-12.4 30 8.0 5.3-11.8 19 4.8 2.8- 7.9
$75,000+ 718 509 68.5 64.4-72.4 77 12.4 9.7-15.8 65 9.0 6.9-11.7 43 6.8 4.9- 9.5 24 3.2 2.1- 5.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,044 542 46.1 42.4-49.8 65 7.8 5.9-10.2 107 10.6 8.5-13.2 173 18.0 15.3-21.1 157 17.5 14.7-20.7
No 2,652 1,903 70.2 68.0-72.4 220 9.1 7.9-10.6 249 9.2 8.0-10.6 185 8.0 6.7- 9.5 95 3.4 2.7- 4.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 126 87 68.8 59.0-77.3 *** *** *** 13 9.0 4.8-16.1 11 8.4 4.4-15.6 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 3,635 2,407 64.1 62.2-66.0 281 8.8 7.8-10.1 348 9.5 8.4-10.7 350 10.6 9.3-11.9 249 7.0 6.0- 8.1
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,109 720 63.6 60.3-66.8 117 11.4 9.4-13.8 112 9.4 7.7-11.4 100 10.1 8.2-12.5 60 5.4 4.1- 7.2
Regional City or Suburban 793 533 65.4 61.4-69.3 54 6.7 5.0- 8.9 71 9.4 7.1-12.2 81 10.3 8.1-13.0 54 8.2 6.1-11.1
Rural 1,866 1,247 64.2 61.3-67.0 116 7.7 6.1- 9.5 178 9.6 8.0-11.4 181 10.9 9.0-13.1 144 7.7 6.3- 9.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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