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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,170 1,495 70.4 67.9-72.8 154 6.8 5.6- 8.2 187 9.0 7.5-10.8 152 6.4 5.2- 7.8 182 7.4 6.2- 8.9
Female 2,654 1,634 63.7 61.2-66.1 255 9.3 8.0-10.8 246 9.5 8.2-11.1 237 8.3 7.0- 9.8 282 9.1 7.7-10.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,158 2,039 66.5 64.3-68.5 285 8.5 7.4- 9.8 284 9.1 7.9-10.5 234 7.0 5.9- 8.3 316 8.9 7.7-10.2
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
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 150 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 3.7 1.8- 7.5 25 13.0 7.9-20.8
Non-Hispanic Other 182 115 67.2 58.4-75.0 18 9.7 5.7-16.1 12 7.6 3.6-15.2 15 6.6 3.6-11.8 22 8.8 5.0-15.1
Hispanic 347 250 72.5 66.0-78.2 21 5.3 3.1- 9.0 32 10.6 7.0-15.8 28 6.6 4.1-10.3 16 5.0 2.7- 9.0
AGE
18-34 989 702 72.1 68.6-75.4 103 8.5 6.8-10.6 106 11.0 8.8-13.6 51 5.2 3.8- 7.1 27 3.1 1.9- 5.0
35-44 649 449 69.1 64.4-73.4 64 8.9 6.6-11.8 58 9.4 6.8-12.7 48 8.3 5.9-11.6 30 4.3 2.6- 7.2
45-54 811 518 65.3 60.9-69.4 81 9.2 7.1-12.0 55 7.1 5.2- 9.8 70 8.2 6.0-11.1 87 10.1 7.7-13.3
55-64 920 538 60.5 56.4-64.6 74 8.9 6.7-11.9 79 8.3 6.3-11.0 102 8.5 6.7-10.8 127 13.7 11.0-16.8
65-74 841 536 64.8 60.3-69.0 58 6.6 4.7- 9.0 84 9.5 7.3-12.3 67 8.1 5.8-11.1 96 11.1 8.5-14.2
75+ 561 342 61.4 55.8-66.7 27 4.0 2.5- 6.3 49 9.3 6.5-13.0 48 7.9 5.3-11.7 95 17.5 13.8-21.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 491 293 63.0 57.1-68.4 24 5.0 3.0- 8.1 26 5.6 3.3- 9.1 55 10.2 7.2-14.3 93 16.3 12.5-20.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,227 763 66.7 63.4-69.9 88 6.8 5.3- 8.7 122 10.0 8.0-12.4 122 8.4 6.8-10.5 132 8.1 6.5-10.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,321 813 64.9 61.6-68.1 110 7.8 6.3- 9.8 141 10.7 8.8-13.0 122 8.2 6.6-10.2 135 8.3 6.6-10.4
College Graduate 1,772 1,251 71.7 69.0-74.2 187 11.6 9.8-13.6 143 8.8 7.2-10.6 90 3.9 2.9- 5.1 101 4.1 3.2- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 476 207 48.5 42.3-54.6 29 6.3 3.9-10.2 46 9.3 6.3-13.5 71 14.2 10.7-18.6 123 21.7 17.3-26.9
$15,000- 24,999 727 419 60.5 55.6-65.1 53 6.3 4.6- 8.7 67 9.9 7.3-13.3 95 12.1 9.3-15.6 93 11.2 8.5-14.6
$25,000- 34,999 472 309 68.0 62.2-73.4 32 5.7 3.7- 8.6 41 10.0 6.5-14.9 45 8.3 5.7-11.9 45 8.1 5.5-11.7
$35,000- 49,999 554 372 68.1 62.6-73.1 47 8.4 5.8-11.9 58 9.5 6.9-13.0 37 6.5 4.4- 9.6 40 7.5 4.6-12.0
$50,000-74,999 625 437 72.4 67.9-76.5 66 9.8 7.3-13.0 52 8.6 6.3-11.6 38 4.7 3.1- 7.2 32 4.5 3.0- 6.7
$75,000+ 1,140 841 73.6 70.2-76.8 122 10.2 8.3-12.5 89 8.0 6.2-10.3 52 5.6 4.0- 8.0 36 2.5 1.7- 3.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 832 546 67.6 63.3-71.5 60 7.7 5.7-10.5 80 10.5 8.0-13.6 51 4.1 2.9- 5.7 95 10.1 7.9-12.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,464 589 42.6 39.2-46.2 106 7.9 6.2-10.1 153 10.2 8.3-12.4 253 16.6 14.2-19.4 363 22.6 19.8-25.6
No 3,194 2,430 76.1 74.1-78.0 286 8.2 7.1- 9.4 266 9.0 7.8-10.4 122 3.8 3.1- 4.8 90 2.8 2.2- 3.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 716 477 67.3 63.0-71.4 56 7.9 5.8-10.8 61 9.1 6.7-12.1 56 8.1 5.9-10.8 66 7.7 5.8-10.1
Non-Veteran 4,107 2,652 66.9 65.0-68.7 353 8.2 7.2- 9.3 372 9.3 8.2-10.6 332 7.3 6.3- 8.4 398 8.4 7.4- 9.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,290 888 69.6 66.6-72.5 126 9.3 7.6-11.2 130 10.6 8.7-12.9 80 5.6 4.3- 7.2 66 4.9 3.7- 6.5
Regional City or Suburban County 976 633 67.4 63.7-70.9 73 6.9 5.2- 8.9 103 10.1 8.0-12.6 70 6.3 4.7- 8.4 97 9.3 7.3-11.9
Rural 2,560 1,610 64.2 61.6-66.8 210 7.9 6.6- 9.3 200 7.6 6.3- 9.1 239 9.6 8.0-11.4 301 10.8 9.2-12.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,534 1,846 73.4 71.1-75.5 255 8.9 7.7-10.3 224 9.3 7.9-10.9 138 5.5 4.4- 6.7 71 3.0 2.1- 4.1
Unemployed 188 112 63.6 54.6-71.7 18 9.1 5.3-15.2 19 10.3 5.8-17.6 21 9.5 5.8-15.0 18 7.5 4.3-12.9
Retired 1,287 820 65.7 62.2-69.0 92 7.0 5.4- 8.9 116 8.2 6.5-10.2 102 7.6 5.8- 9.9 157 11.6 9.5-14.0
Unable to Work 449 90 20.1 15.3-26.0 14 5.4 2.7-10.4 42 9.1 6.3-13.1 105 20.4 16.2-25.4 198 45.0 38.7-51.4
Other not in Labor Force 337 240 71.3 64.9-77.0 30 8.2 5.3-12.3 30 11.2 7.5-16.5 22 6.5 3.9-10.6 15 2.8 1.4- 5.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 142 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 10.9 6.1-18.8 27 21.4 13.8-31.8 30 12.9 8.1-19.9
50% to 100% 363 180 52.3 45.2-59.3 29 7.4 4.7-11.4 32 10.2 6.6-15.4 53 13.0 9.1-18.2 69 17.1 12.5-23.0
101% to 150% 686 395 60.1 55.1-64.9 44 6.1 4.1- 9.0 63 8.8 6.2-12.3 76 10.1 7.7-13.2 108 15.0 11.7-19.0
151% to 200% 325 197 64.1 56.9-70.7 22 6.1 3.7- 9.8 31 11.5 7.3-17.5 35 9.7 6.2-14.9 40 8.7 5.6-13.2
More than 200% 2,267 1,608 72.3 69.8-74.6 221 9.1 7.8-10.7 191 8.5 7.1-10.1 135 5.9 4.7- 7.4 112 4.2 3.3- 5.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 832 546 67.6 63.3-71.5 60 7.7 5.7-10.5 80 10.5 8.0-13.6 51 4.1 2.9- 5.7 95 10.1 7.9-12.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,039 634 60.5 55.9-64.8 92 9.1 6.9-11.8 67 5.4 3.9- 7.5 107 11.1 8.4-14.7 139 13.9 10.9-17.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,777 1,132 64.8 61.9-67.5 150 8.3 6.8-10.0 170 9.6 8.0-11.4 144 7.6 6.2- 9.3 181 9.8 8.1-11.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 2,010 1,365 70.1 67.5-72.5 167 7.8 6.5- 9.3 196 9.9 8.4-11.7 138 6.3 5.2- 7.7 144 5.9 4.7- 7.3

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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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