2017 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 926 590 66.7 62.6-70.7 69 7.2 5.3- 9.7 95 10.1 7.7-13.1 93 8.7 6.7-11.1 79 7.3 5.4- 9.9
GENDER
Male 357 243 71.9 65.5-77.5 22 5.8 3.5- 9.7 35 9.9 6.2-15.6 30 6.3 4.1- 9.5 27 6.0 3.9- 9.2
Female 569 347 62.5 56.9-67.7 47 8.2 5.6-11.9 60 10.3 7.5-13.8 63 10.7 7.8-14.4 52 8.4 5.5-12.5
AGE
18-34 197 145 75.9 67.4-82.8 17 6.4 3.6-11.0 20 10.0 5.8-16.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 134 93 67.6 56.5-76.9 16 11.3 6.3-19.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 157 92 62.0 52.1-70.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 9.9 5.7-16.6 20 11.6 7.0-18.7
55-64 198 110 53.4 44.4-62.2 *** *** *** 30 14.7 9.5-22.0 32 15.5 10.4-22.5 15 9.0 5.0-15.7
65-74 151 94 67.7 57.1-76.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 13.1 7.4-22.1
75+ 77 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 112 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 11.4 6.7-19.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 296 189 69.6 62.5-76.0 22 5.8 3.5- 9.6 37 12.3 7.9-18.7 24 6.7 4.2-10.5 24 5.5 3.2- 9.3
Some Post-H.S. 250 146 59.0 50.8-66.7 18 8.5 4.8-14.6 26 9.7 6.1-15.1 36 12.7 8.5-18.6 24 10.1 5.8-17.0
College Graduate 265 191 77.6 71.0-83.1 22 7.1 4.1-11.9 22 6.6 3.9-11.0 19 5.8 3.2-10.1 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 135 *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 12.3 7.3-20.0 24 14.4 8.7-22.8 27 13.8 8.3-21.9
$15,000- 24,999 196 119 58.8 49.7-67.3 15 8.5 4.8-14.7 21 12.9 7.7-20.7 23 11.4 6.7-18.5 18 8.5 4.9-14.3
$25,000- 34,999 92 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 119 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 92 66 78.2 66.3-86.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 116 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 308 121 40.8 33.4-48.7 *** *** *** 40 10.0 6.4-15.4 68 22.2 16.7-28.9 62 19.6 14.0-26.7
No 583 444 77.3 72.5-81.4 49 7.2 5.1-10.2 51 10.2 7.2-14.3 23 3.1 1.9- 4.9 *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 121 71 60.7 50.1-70.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 13.4 7.8-22.2 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 805 519 67.5 63.0-71.7 58 7.0 4.9- 9.7 81 9.9 7.4-13.2 77 8.1 6.1-10.7 70 7.5 5.4-10.4
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 305 209 70.4 64.0-76.2 20 6.7 4.0-11.2 32 10.2 6.6-15.2 25 6.8 4.2-10.6 19 5.9 3.6- 9.6
Regional City or Suburban County 179 111 68.2 59.1-76.1 *** *** *** 20 11.4 6.6-19.1 25 9.8 6.2-15.1 *** *** ***
Rural 442 270 60.9 54.0-67.4 38 8.8 5.7-13.4 43 9.3 5.9-14.4 43 10.6 7.2-15.3 48 10.4 6.6-16.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 481 351 72.7 67.0-77.8 37 6.8 4.5-10.1 51 11.9 8.4-16.7 31 6.1 3.9- 9.4 *** *** ***
Unemployed 49 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 217 137 67.1 58.7-74.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 22 9.6 5.8-15.6 26 10.7 6.7-16.7
Unable to Work 135 38 24.2 15.8-35.1 *** *** *** 20 13.1 7.5-21.7 36 24.5 16.8-34.3 34 27.4 18.8-38.1
Other not in Labor Force 35 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 110 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 15.0 8.8-24.5
101% to 150% 180 108 57.7 47.7-67.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 22 12.8 8.0-20.0 19 8.8 5.0-15.2
151% to 200% 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 329 237 73.8 66.5-79.9 *** *** *** 29 8.9 5.4-14.5 29 7.1 4.4-11.1 *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 252 150 57.1 48.1-65.7 25 11.2 6.7-18.0 23 8.3 4.7-14.2 27 14.3 8.6-22.9 27 9.1 5.5-14.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 347 223 67.0 60.3-73.0 25 7.7 4.6-12.5 35 10.6 6.9-16.1 35 7.5 5.1-10.9 29 7.2 4.7-11.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 327 217 69.6 63.0-75.4 19 5.5 3.2- 9.3 37 10.3 6.8-15.2 31 7.8 5.2-11.7 23 6.8 3.9-11.7

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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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