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
-FEMALES 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
Non-Hispanic White 1,721 1,058 63.4 60.3-66.3 179 10.1 8.5-11.9 153 9.2 7.6-11.2 142 7.5 6.1- 9.3 189 9.8 8.1-11.9
Non-Hispanic Black 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
Other 90 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 12.3 6.5-21.9
AGE
18-34 492 320 66.7 61.6-71.5 67 10.9 8.4-14.1 59 12.2 9.2-16.0 30 6.1 4.1- 8.9 16 4.0 2.1- 7.6
35-44 351 239 68.8 62.2-74.8 35 8.7 5.8-12.9 31 8.0 5.3-12.0 33 11.3 7.5-16.8 13 3.0 1.1- 8.4
45-54 424 255 62.8 56.6-68.7 48 10.4 7.3-14.5 27 7.2 4.4-11.4 42 8.5 5.7-12.6 52 11.2 7.7-15.9
55-64 518 289 57.7 51.9-63.3 48 10.0 6.8-14.4 45 8.8 5.9-12.8 58 8.8 6.4-11.9 78 14.8 11.2-19.4
65-74 475 289 60.0 53.7-66.0 38 8.9 6.0-13.0 50 10.0 7.1-14.0 42 9.6 6.2-14.6 56 11.5 8.0-16.2
75+ 358 212 59.4 52.2-66.1 19 4.9 2.8- 8.4 33 10.1 6.5-15.4 29 6.5 3.9-10.5 65 19.2 14.4-25.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 265 139 57.1 48.7-65.1 15 4.9 2.6- 9.2 17 6.7 3.6-12.2 32 11.3 7.1-17.4 62 20.0 14.3-27.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 623 372 65.1 60.3-69.6 44 6.2 4.4- 8.7 70 10.9 8.2-14.2 62 8.3 6.2-11.2 75 9.5 7.1-12.6
Some Post-H.S. 781 458 62.4 57.9-66.7 77 9.8 7.5-12.7 85 10.1 7.8-13.1 80 9.6 7.3-12.6 81 8.1 5.9-11.0
College Graduate 975 657 67.3 63.4-71.0 119 14.1 11.4-17.2 73 9.0 6.8-11.7 63 5.1 3.7- 7.1 63 4.5 3.3- 6.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 284 105 42.6 34.5-51.1 20 8.7 4.8-15.1 36 12.5 8.0-19.1 43 15.4 10.7-21.8 80 20.8 15.5-27.3
$15,000- 24,999 419 236 60.1 53.4-66.5 32 6.3 4.1- 9.4 34 8.0 5.2-12.1 62 13.8 9.8-19.1 55 11.8 8.1-16.9
$25,000- 34,999 276 178 69.0 61.5-75.5 18 5.5 3.1- 9.7 26 9.9 6.0-15.9 27 8.4 5.3-13.1 27 7.2 4.3-11.9
$35,000- 49,999 288 183 62.1 54.0-69.6 29 9.6 6.3-14.4 28 10.3 6.7-15.6 21 6.7 3.8-11.7 27 11.2 6.0-20.1
$50,000- 74,999 314 213 68.8 61.9-74.9 44 12.8 9.0-18.0 26 9.1 5.9-13.8 20 5.6 3.0-10.1 11 3.8 1.9- 7.3
$75,000+ 540 378 70.0 64.8-74.8 75 13.7 10.5-17.8 42 7.3 5.0-10.4 30 6.6 4.1-10.4 15 2.4 1.2- 4.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 844 302 37.7 33.1-42.5 64 8.1 5.9-11.0 103 12.2 9.5-15.4 155 17.9 14.6-21.8 220 24.2 20.3-28.5
No 1,727 1,278 73.9 71.1-76.5 185 10.1 8.5-11.9 134 8.4 6.9-10.3 74 4.5 3.3- 5.9 56 3.1 2.2- 4.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,574 1,585 63.8 61.3-66.2 242 9.1 7.8-10.6 239 9.5 8.1-11.1 231 8.3 7.0- 9.8 277 9.3 7.9-10.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 685 440 64.6 60.1-68.7 80 11.4 9.0-14.5 76 11.7 9.0-15.1 51 7.0 5.1- 9.7 38 5.3 3.6- 7.6
Regional City or Suburban County 534 333 65.9 60.8-70.7 48 7.8 5.6-10.7 56 9.7 7.2-13.0 41 6.5 4.4- 9.4 56 10.0 7.1-13.9
Rural 1,435 861 61.5 57.8-65.1 127 8.4 6.7-10.5 114 7.5 5.9- 9.4 145 10.6 8.4-13.1 188 12.0 9.7-14.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,188 829 70.2 66.7-73.4 149 11.0 9.1-13.3 106 9.5 7.6-11.8 71 6.0 4.4- 8.1 33 3.3 2.0- 5.5
Unemployed 108 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 11.4 5.4-22.5 15 11.3 6.4-19.3 *** *** ***
Retired 785 492 64.3 59.6-68.8 62 8.5 6.2-11.5 76 8.9 6.6-11.8 60 7.4 5.1-10.7 95 10.9 8.4-14.0
Unable to Work 291 56 18.5 13.2-25.5 *** *** *** 27 8.7 5.4-13.7 71 22.4 16.9-29.1 129 45.6 37.7-53.8
Other not in Labor Force 265 181 70.4 63.1-76.7 26 8.7 5.6-13.2 24 10.2 6.4-15.8 19 7.0 4.0-12.1 15 3.7 1.9- 7.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 91 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 13.0 7.0-23.1 *** *** *** 18 10.6 5.8-18.7
50% to 100% 223 105 50.5 41.0-59.9 19 7.7 4.3-13.5 20 11.5 6.7-19.1 37 15.9 10.3-23.9 42 14.4 9.2-21.9
101% to 150% 396 217 57.8 51.0-64.2 28 6.9 4.2-11.2 37 7.8 5.1-11.8 45 10.4 7.2-14.7 69 17.1 12.3-23.2
151% to 200% 183 112 65.4 55.8-73.8 11 4.5 2.2- 9.2 18 12.9 7.2-22.0 19 10.3 5.8-17.4 23 6.9 4.1-11.6
More than 200% 1,127 756 67.9 64.2-71.4 141 12.2 10.0-14.8 94 8.4 6.6-10.6 78 6.5 4.8- 8.8 58 5.0 3.4- 7.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 609 358 57.1 50.9-63.2 57 9.5 6.6-13.4 40 5.0 3.4- 7.5 61 11.3 7.8-16.2 93 17.1 12.4-22.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,003 600 61.0 57.1-64.7 95 10.0 7.9-12.5 101 10.1 8.0-12.6 97 9.0 7.0-11.5 110 9.9 7.8-12.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,042 676 67.5 63.8-71.0 103 8.8 7.0-11.0 105 10.2 8.1-12.8 79 7.0 5.3- 9.2 79 6.5 4.8- 8.7

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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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