2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days

During the past 30 days, for about how many days did poor physical or mental health keep you from doing your
usual activities, such as self-care, work, or recreation?*

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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 4,861 3,758 78.0 76.4-79.5 243 4.9 4.2- 5.8 287 5.9 5.1- 6.8 309 6.8 5.9- 7.9 264 4.4 3.8- 5.1
GENDER
Male 2,185 1,752 81.0 78.8-83.0 98 4.4 3.4- 5.6 116 5.1 4.1- 6.3 114 5.4 4.2- 6.9 105 4.2 3.3- 5.3
Female 2,676 2,006 75.2 72.9-77.4 145 5.5 4.5- 6.7 171 6.6 5.4- 8.1 195 8.1 6.7- 9.8 159 4.6 3.7- 5.6
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,172 2,443 77.5 75.5-79.3 164 5.0 4.1- 6.0 185 6.0 5.0- 7.2 209 6.9 5.7- 8.2 171 4.7 3.9- 5.7
Non-Hispanic Black 941 732 79.4 75.6-82.7 46 4.6 3.2- 6.7 52 4.2 2.9- 6.1 64 8.3 6.0-11.5 47 3.4 2.4- 5.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 149 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 8.9 4.7-16.3
Non-Hispanic Other 185 129 69.2 60.2-76.9 *** *** *** 17 10.9 6.1-18.7 19 10.0 5.7-17.2 11 4.6 2.3- 8.9
Hispanic 353 300 83.8 77.6-88.6 13 4.6 2.3- 9.0 21 6.6 3.5-11.9 11 2.0 1.0- 3.9 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 994 764 76.9 73.5-80.0 80 7.4 5.7- 9.4 87 8.2 6.3-10.5 42 5.5 3.8- 7.8 21 2.1 1.3- 3.3
35-44 650 518 80.6 76.4-84.1 41 5.0 3.4- 7.1 38 5.2 3.5- 7.8 36 7.1 4.7-10.5 17 2.2 1.3- 3.7
45-54 815 618 76.7 72.7-80.2 41 3.8 2.7- 5.4 51 6.5 4.7- 9.1 59 8.5 6.1-11.7 46 4.5 3.1- 6.5
55-64 928 673 74.4 70.6-77.9 44 5.8 4.0- 8.5 44 4.2 2.8- 6.4 88 8.1 6.2-10.4 79 7.5 5.5-10.0
65-74 845 662 80.4 76.8-83.6 27 2.4 1.5- 3.8 48 5.0 3.4- 7.2 47 5.3 3.6- 7.7 61 6.8 5.0- 9.2
75+ 576 474 81.2 76.4-85.2 *** *** *** 19 3.0 1.7- 5.2 34 7.0 4.5-10.8 40 7.8 5.3-11.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 497 370 73.3 67.6-78.4 *** *** *** 18 4.2 2.1- 8.3 53 13.3 9.5-18.4 48 6.7 4.7- 9.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,242 942 77.3 74.3-80.0 52 4.2 3.0- 5.9 84 6.3 4.8- 8.1 86 7.0 5.4- 9.0 78 5.2 4.0- 6.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,333 1,002 78.1 75.2-80.7 63 4.6 3.4- 6.2 86 6.4 5.0- 8.3 98 6.3 4.8- 8.2 84 4.6 3.5- 6.0
College Graduate 1,775 1,433 81.0 78.6-83.2 119 7.4 6.0- 9.1 99 5.8 4.5- 7.3 71 3.7 2.8- 4.9 53 2.2 1.6- 3.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 477 282 60.2 54.0-66.1 17 4.0 2.0- 7.6 42 10.2 6.6-15.3 62 13.6 9.8-18.6 74 12.0 9.0-16.0
$15,000- 24,999 736 522 71.2 66.6-75.4 39 4.8 3.2- 7.0 45 6.9 4.8- 9.9 75 10.9 8.1-14.5 55 6.2 4.4- 8.8
$25,000- 34,999 476 364 78.0 72.6-82.5 21 3.9 2.4- 6.5 29 5.1 3.1- 8.5 40 9.8 6.5-14.5 22 3.2 1.9- 5.3
$35,000- 49,999 557 441 78.5 73.4-82.8 31 5.3 3.4- 8.2 32 5.5 3.7- 8.1 33 8.1 5.0-12.9 20 2.6 1.6- 4.4
$50,000-74,999 627 515 83.8 80.1-86.9 35 5.3 3.5- 7.9 35 5.2 3.5- 7.7 21 2.7 1.6- 4.5 21 3.0 1.9- 4.9
$75,000+ 1,142 962 84.4 81.5-86.8 69 5.9 4.5- 7.8 54 4.6 3.3- 6.4 37 3.2 2.1- 4.8 20 1.9 1.1- 3.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 848 674 79.9 76.2-83.2 31 4.2 2.7- 6.6 50 5.6 3.9- 8.0 41 5.1 3.5- 7.5 52 5.1 3.6- 7.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,474 840 57.2 53.7-60.6 68 5.5 4.1- 7.4 115 7.4 5.8- 9.3 230 17.2 14.6-20.2 221 12.8 10.8-15.0
No 3,218 2,781 85.9 84.3-87.4 168 4.8 4.0- 5.7 159 5.2 4.3- 6.2 71 2.9 2.1- 3.9 39 1.3 0.9- 1.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 715 570 80.5 76.8-83.7 28 4.5 2.9- 6.9 39 5.6 3.9- 8.0 36 4.3 2.9- 6.3 42 5.1 3.5- 7.2
Non-Veteran 4,144 3,188 77.7 75.9-79.3 215 5.0 4.2- 5.9 247 5.9 5.0- 6.9 272 7.1 6.1- 8.4 222 4.3 3.6- 5.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,298 1,035 79.8 77.0-82.3 83 6.4 5.0- 8.2 70 6.0 4.5- 8.0 71 5.4 4.2- 7.1 39 2.4 1.6- 3.4
Regional City or Suburban County 983 764 78.9 75.6-81.9 42 3.7 2.5- 5.3 74 6.9 5.3- 9.0 55 6.2 4.4- 8.6 48 4.3 3.1- 6.0
Rural 2,582 1,961 75.8 73.4-78.1 118 4.3 3.4- 5.5 143 5.2 4.2- 6.4 183 8.4 6.8-10.3 177 6.3 5.2- 7.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,545 2,132 83.6 81.7-85.3 146 5.3 4.4- 6.4 148 5.7 4.7- 7.0 84 4.1 3.1- 5.5 35 1.2 0.8- 1.8
Unemployed 188 127 63.1 53.5-71.8 *** *** *** 15 11.6 6.2-20.5 26 16.2 10.2-24.7 15 7.0 3.8-12.5
Retired 1,308 1,050 81.9 79.2-84.4 42 2.1 1.5- 3.1 63 4.2 3.1- 5.8 73 5.3 3.9- 7.1 80 6.4 4.9- 8.3
Unable to Work 450 165 38.3 32.2-44.8 20 6.5 3.8-11.1 31 5.1 3.2- 8.1 110 26.5 21.1-32.7 124 23.6 18.9-29.0
Other not in Labor Force 340 261 76.5 70.2-81.8 28 8.6 5.6-13.0 29 8.5 5.2-13.5 14 4.7 2.5- 8.7 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 140 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 13.1 7.3-22.6 26 19.5 12.0-30.0 19 10.1 5.8-16.9
50% to 100% 361 240 69.3 62.5-75.4 15 4.2 2.1- 8.1 32 8.2 5.2-12.8 36 10.3 6.5-15.8 38 8.0 5.3-12.0
101% to 150% 696 484 70.4 65.6-74.8 33 4.0 2.6- 6.1 43 6.1 4.1- 9.0 72 12.0 8.9-16.1 64 7.5 5.4-10.3
151% to 200% 329 246 76.5 70.0-82.0 14 3.2 1.8- 5.7 15 5.0 2.6- 9.5 32 10.9 7.0-16.7 22 4.4 2.5- 7.5
More than 200% 2,275 1,877 83.3 81.2-85.1 129 5.5 4.5- 6.8 119 5.0 4.0- 6.3 87 3.7 2.7- 4.9 63 2.5 1.8- 3.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 848 674 79.9 76.2-83.2 31 4.2 2.7- 6.6 50 5.6 3.9- 8.0 41 5.1 3.5- 7.5 52 5.1 3.6- 7.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,056 797 74.9 70.7-78.7 41 4.2 2.8- 6.3 58 3.7 2.6- 5.2 78 9.5 6.8-13.1 82 7.8 5.7-10.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,789 1,372 77.0 74.5-79.4 92 4.7 3.7- 6.1 109 5.7 4.6- 7.1 112 7.1 5.6- 8.9 104 5.4 4.3- 6.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 2,018 1,591 79.4 77.1-81.6 110 5.3 4.2- 6.5 120 6.5 5.2- 8.1 119 6.0 4.7- 7.5 78 2.9 2.2- 3.7

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*Respondents who reported no mental and physical health problems in the past month were not asked this question, however, they are included in the 'None' category here.

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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