2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 4,824 3,129 66.9 65.2-68.6 409 8.1 7.2- 9.1 433 9.3 8.2-10.4 389 7.4 6.5- 8.4 464 8.3 7.4- 9.4
-Eastern NC 1,908 1,184 62.1 59.0-65.0 165 8.4 6.9-10.1 175 9.8 8.0-11.9 180 9.3 7.8-11.2 204 10.4 8.5-12.7
GENDER
Male 840 550 65.7 61.5-69.8 63 7.5 5.6-10.0 79 10.3 7.6-13.7 72 8.1 6.1-10.7 76 8.3 6.3-10.9
Female 1,068 634 58.6 54.3-62.8 102 9.2 7.2-11.7 96 9.3 7.3-11.9 108 10.5 8.2-13.3 128 12.4 9.4-16.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,107 680 62.0 58.3-65.7 101 8.4 6.6-10.6 111 10.0 8.0-12.5 93 8.2 6.4-10.5 122 11.3 9.0-14.1
Non-Hispanic Black 499 305 59.3 52.9-65.5 40 7.5 5.0-10.9 46 10.4 6.6-16.0 60 12.8 9.3-17.3 48 10.0 6.2-15.9
Other 302 199 68.5 60.8-75.2 24 10.3 6.2-16.7 18 7.1 3.9-12.4 27 7.3 4.4-12.0 34 6.8 4.2-11.0
AGE
18-34 372 261 67.9 61.6-73.6 43 11.5 8.3-15.6 32 9.0 5.8-13.9 20 5.8 3.6- 9.1 *** *** ***
35-44 247 161 61.7 53.2-69.6 23 7.9 4.7-12.9 21 10.4 5.9-17.7 27 14.7 9.3-22.3 *** *** ***
45-54 311 186 59.5 52.2-66.4 36 8.6 5.8-12.5 25 9.2 5.7-14.4 29 9.4 6.0-14.4 35 13.3 8.2-21.0
55-64 387 213 55.7 49.2-62.0 29 7.1 4.4-11.3 37 9.7 6.6-14.0 57 13.0 9.5-17.5 51 14.5 10.3-20.1
65-74 352 218 60.3 52.9-67.2 22 5.3 3.0- 9.2 38 11.8 7.8-17.4 30 9.4 6.1-14.4 44 13.2 9.0-19.0
75+ 223 131 59.4 50.7-67.6 *** *** *** 21 9.9 5.9-16.0 17 5.9 3.3-10.5 42 19.9 13.9-27.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 237 142 59.2 50.2-67.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 29 8.8 5.5-13.8 40 18.0 11.9-26.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 542 333 65.4 60.2-70.2 41 7.3 5.0-10.6 54 9.3 6.6-12.9 47 7.8 5.4-11.1 67 10.2 7.5-13.6
Some Post-H.S. 561 323 57.2 51.7-62.5 54 8.9 6.5-12.0 62 11.9 8.8-15.8 69 12.8 9.7-16.8 53 9.3 6.1-13.9
College Graduate 561 383 69.4 64.5-73.8 60 12.5 9.3-16.6 42 6.9 4.9- 9.7 35 5.6 3.8- 8.4 41 5.6 3.9- 8.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 215 88 41.7 33.1-50.8 *** *** *** 22 9.1 5.1-15.8 37 17.8 12.2-25.1 57 27.2 19.8-36.3
$15,000- 24,999 322 185 56.5 48.8-63.9 26 8.0 5.1-12.5 28 9.7 5.9-15.4 45 13.9 9.3-20.1 38 11.9 7.3-18.9
$25,000- 34,999 200 129 65.3 55.4-74.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 22 8.9 5.3-14.5
$35,000- 49,999 237 158 64.7 55.2-73.1 19 7.4 4.4-12.2 23 9.2 5.7-14.7 20 10.2 5.9-17.2 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 228 151 68.0 60.2-75.0 20 5.9 3.5- 9.7 21 10.3 6.4-16.3 22 8.8 5.3-14.3 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 366 256 67.5 61.0-73.5 47 13.4 9.4-18.8 26 8.7 5.3-13.9 21 6.6 4.1-10.5 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 650 250 38.6 33.5-44.0 47 7.2 5.0-10.2 69 9.9 7.4-13.2 125 19.8 16.1-24.3 159 24.4 19.8-29.8
No 1,199 898 73.1 69.5-76.5 110 8.9 7.1-11.1 103 10.0 7.8-12.9 47 4.1 2.8- 5.9 41 3.9 2.5- 6.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 355 234 64.1 57.7-70.0 28 8.9 5.9-13.3 32 9.7 6.2-14.7 29 8.9 5.8-13.3 32 8.5 5.6-12.5
Non-Veteran 1,551 949 61.6 58.2-64.9 137 8.3 6.7-10.2 143 9.8 7.9-12.2 150 9.3 7.6-11.5 172 10.9 8.7-13.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 129 84 64.0 53.9-72.9 *** *** *** 13 11.2 6.4-19.0 13 9.3 5.2-16.1 *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 310 197 62.9 56.1-69.2 24 8.0 5.1-12.3 32 11.3 7.3-17.0 27 8.9 5.8-13.6 30 8.9 5.9-13.2
Rural 1,469 903 61.7 58.1-65.2 129 8.4 6.7-10.4 130 9.3 7.3-11.7 140 9.4 7.6-11.7 167 11.2 8.9-14.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 960 663 67.2 62.9-71.2 103 9.7 7.7-12.2 88 10.1 7.6-13.2 67 7.4 5.5- 9.9 39 5.7 3.5- 9.1
Unemployed 93 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 527 333 63.2 57.6-68.5 36 6.3 4.1- 9.4 49 9.6 6.7-13.5 44 8.6 5.9-12.5 65 12.3 9.1-16.5
Unable to Work 208 50 19.5 13.8-26.9 *** *** *** 20 11.0 6.5-18.0 48 22.1 15.9-29.8 84 43.9 35.0-53.3
Other not in Labor Force 106 76 73.7 62.6-82.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 172 79 42.5 32.9-52.8 *** *** *** 17 11.4 6.3-19.6 32 19.2 12.2-28.9 33 20.3 12.3-31.8
101% to 150% 321 192 59.9 52.1-67.2 22 5.2 3.1- 8.7 29 11.2 6.3-19.1 34 10.6 7.0-15.9 44 13.0 8.8-18.9
151% to 200% 138 84 69.6 59.8-77.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 9.7 5.8-15.9
More than 200% 812 548 66.4 61.8-70.8 79 8.9 6.7-11.7 69 9.1 6.9-12.1 65 8.9 6.6-11.8 51 6.7 4.2-10.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 639 382 57.7 51.8-63.4 60 10.5 7.5-14.5 48 5.8 3.9- 8.3 71 13.6 9.8-18.5 78 12.5 8.5-17.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 926 575 63.2 59.3-67.0 81 8.0 6.2-10.3 100 10.8 8.6-13.6 76 7.9 6.0-10.2 94 10.1 7.9-12.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 343 227 63.5 56.2-70.3 24 7.2 4.5-11.3 27 11.1 6.8-17.6 33 8.9 5.9-13.0 32 9.3 5.1-16.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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