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
-MALES 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
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,436 980 69.8 66.8-72.7 106 6.9 5.5- 8.6 131 9.0 7.3-11.0 92 6.5 5.0- 8.4 127 7.9 6.3- 9.7
Non-Hispanic Black 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
Other 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 497 382 77.4 72.6-81.6 36 6.1 4.1- 9.1 47 9.8 7.0-13.8 21 4.4 2.7- 7.2 11 2.2 1.1- 4.2
35-44 297 209 69.2 62.2-75.3 29 9.1 6.0-13.5 27 10.8 6.8-16.8 15 5.3 2.9- 9.5 17 5.7 3.2- 9.8
45-54 386 262 67.8 61.6-73.4 33 8.1 5.4-12.0 28 7.1 4.6-10.8 28 7.9 4.9-12.6 35 9.1 5.9-13.7
55-64 402 249 63.6 57.6-69.3 26 7.8 5.0-12.0 34 7.8 5.2-11.7 44 8.2 5.7-11.8 49 12.4 8.9-17.1
65-74 366 247 70.2 64.1-75.6 20 3.9 2.3- 6.6 34 9.0 6.0-13.3 25 6.3 4.0- 9.8 40 10.6 7.3-15.2
75+ 203 130 64.5 55.4-72.7 *** *** *** 16 7.9 4.4-14.0 19 10.2 5.5-18.4 30 14.8 9.6-22.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 226 154 69.0 60.8-76.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 23 9.2 5.3-15.4 31 12.4 8.2-18.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 603 390 68.1 63.2-72.6 44 7.3 5.2-10.3 52 9.2 6.5-12.9 60 8.5 6.2-11.6 57 6.9 5.0- 9.4
Some Post-H.S. 539 354 68.2 63.2-72.7 33 5.4 3.5- 8.1 56 11.5 8.5-15.4 42 6.3 4.5- 8.9 54 8.6 6.2-11.9
College Graduate 797 594 76.4 72.7-79.7 68 8.9 6.8-11.6 70 8.6 6.5-11.2 27 2.5 1.5- 4.1 38 3.7 2.5- 5.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 192 102 56.2 47.0-65.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 28 12.6 7.9-19.4 43 22.9 16.0-31.6
$15,000- 24,999 306 181 60.6 53.4-67.4 21 6.5 3.9-10.6 33 12.2 7.9-18.3 33 10.2 6.8-14.9 38 10.6 7.1-15.4
$25,000- 34,999 196 131 66.9 57.6-75.2 14 5.9 3.2-10.6 15 10.0 4.9-19.4 18 8.0 4.3-14.6 18 9.1 5.1-15.7
$35,000- 49,999 266 189 73.3 66.0-79.6 18 7.3 3.9-13.1 30 8.8 5.4-14.0 16 6.3 3.6-10.9 13 4.3 2.1- 8.3
$50,000- 74,999 311 224 76.3 70.3-81.5 22 6.5 3.8-10.8 26 8.0 5.1-12.4 18 3.9 2.2- 6.6 21 5.3 3.2- 8.7
$75,000+ 600 463 76.5 71.9-80.6 47 7.4 5.4-10.1 47 8.6 6.1-12.0 22 4.9 2.8- 8.3 21 2.6 1.5- 4.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 620 287 48.4 43.2-53.5 42 7.8 5.4-11.2 50 7.9 5.5-11.4 98 15.1 11.8-19.1 143 20.8 17.1-25.0
No 1,465 1,150 78.4 75.6-81.0 101 6.2 4.9- 7.8 132 9.6 7.8-11.9 48 3.2 2.2- 4.6 34 2.5 1.7- 3.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 636 428 68.3 63.7-72.5 43 6.7 4.7- 9.5 54 8.8 6.4-12.1 50 8.0 5.7-10.9 61 8.2 6.1-11.0
Non-Veteran 1,531 1,065 71.1 68.1-73.9 111 6.9 5.5- 8.6 133 9.1 7.3-11.2 101 5.8 4.5- 7.5 121 7.2 5.7- 8.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 605 448 75.0 70.7-78.7 46 7.0 5.0- 9.5 54 9.5 6.9-12.7 29 4.1 2.7- 6.1 28 4.5 3.0- 6.9
Regional City or Suburban County 442 300 69.1 63.5-74.1 25 5.8 3.6- 9.2 47 10.5 7.3-14.7 29 6.1 4.0- 9.4 41 8.5 5.9-12.1
Rural 1,123 747 67.0 63.2-70.6 83 7.3 5.5- 9.6 86 7.7 5.8-10.2 94 8.6 6.5-11.3 113 9.4 7.4-11.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,345 1,016 75.9 72.9-78.7 106 7.3 5.8- 9.1 118 9.1 7.3-11.4 67 5.0 3.7- 6.8 38 2.7 1.8- 4.0
Unemployed 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 502 328 67.6 62.2-72.5 30 4.9 3.2- 7.5 40 7.2 5.0-10.3 42 7.9 5.3-11.5 62 12.5 9.3-16.5
Unable to Work 158 34 22.6 14.4-33.5 *** *** *** 15 9.7 5.3-17.2 34 17.4 11.5-25.4 69 44.0 34.0-54.5
Other not in Labor Force 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 139 74 54.4 44.0-64.4 *** *** *** 12 8.3 4.2-15.8 16 8.6 5.0-14.4 27 21.7 14.0-32.0
101% to 150% 290 178 62.6 55.0-69.6 16 5.2 2.7- 9.7 26 9.8 5.7-16.3 31 9.8 6.4-14.6 39 12.6 8.6-18.2
151% to 200% 141 *** *** *** 11 7.8 4.0-14.9 13 9.8 4.7-19.1 16 9.1 4.3-18.2 17 10.7 5.5-19.6
More than 200% 1,140 852 76.1 72.9-79.1 80 6.4 4.9- 8.3 97 8.6 6.7-11.0 57 5.3 3.8- 7.4 54 3.5 2.6- 4.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 430 276 64.4 57.7-70.5 35 8.6 5.7-12.8 27 5.9 3.5- 9.6 46 10.9 7.0-16.6 46 10.3 7.1-14.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 773 531 69.0 64.8-73.0 55 6.4 4.6- 8.8 69 9.0 6.8-12.0 47 6.0 4.2- 8.5 71 9.6 7.3-12.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 967 688 72.7 69.1-76.0 64 6.8 5.1- 8.9 91 9.7 7.5-12.4 59 5.6 4.2- 7.5 65 5.3 3.9- 7.1

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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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