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 White 3,157 2,038 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-34 555 394 72.4 67.9-76.5 61 9.0 6.8-11.8 59 10.3 7.7-13.7 29 6.0 4.0- 8.9 *** *** ***
35-44 355 232 65.3 58.9-71.1 41 9.4 6.6-13.4 36 10.8 7.5-15.3 29 9.3 6.0-14.0 *** *** ***
45-54 523 339 66.0 60.6-71.0 58 10.0 7.4-13.4 38 7.5 5.1-10.9 37 7.2 4.6-11.0 51 9.3 6.3-13.4
55-64 625 378 62.8 57.9-67.5 57 9.4 6.8-12.8 43 6.4 4.3- 9.4 53 6.6 4.7- 9.1 94 14.8 11.6-18.8
65-74 623 399 64.8 59.8-69.5 46 7.3 5.1-10.3 66 10.6 7.9-14.0 45 6.9 4.9- 9.8 67 10.4 7.6-14.1
75+ 449 274 61.6 55.4-67.5 21 4.1 2.5- 6.6 40 9.3 6.4-13.5 39 7.4 4.6-11.7 75 17.6 13.5-22.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 203 104 55.1 46.3-63.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** 26 12.3 7.6-19.2 55 24.3 17.7-32.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 734 454 66.9 62.7-70.9 50 7.1 5.1- 9.7 66 8.0 6.0-10.6 72 8.8 6.5-11.6 92 9.3 7.2-11.8
Some Post-H.S. 901 559 66.5 62.6-70.2 79 7.7 5.9- 9.9 98 10.8 8.5-13.6 74 7.2 5.4- 9.5 91 7.8 6.0-10.1
College Graduate 1,317 921 70.0 66.8-72.9 145 12.1 10.1-14.5 112 9.8 7.9-12.1 62 3.7 2.6- 5.1 77 4.5 3.4- 5.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 242 102 44.4 36.3-52.9 16 5.3 3.1- 8.9 *** *** *** 30 13.1 8.6-19.6 75 28.3 21.5-36.3
$15,000- 24,999 372 198 58.5 51.8-64.9 29 5.8 3.9- 8.7 34 9.5 6.1-14.5 50 11.5 8.1-15.9 61 14.7 10.5-20.3
$25,000- 34,999 298 183 65.2 58.0-71.8 22 6.4 3.9-10.2 27 8.4 5.4-13.1 33 10.0 6.3-15.5 33 9.9 6.2-15.3
$35,000- 49,999 363 237 66.7 60.2-72.7 33 8.6 5.6-13.0 40 9.9 6.9-14.2 25 7.5 4.6-11.9 28 7.3 4.2-12.4
$50,000- 74,999 475 335 72.4 67.2-77.1 51 10.0 7.2-13.8 39 8.5 6.0-12.0 27 4.4 2.6- 7.4 23 4.6 2.9- 7.4
$75,000+ 920 673 72.9 69.1-76.4 102 10.7 8.5-13.3 76 8.4 6.5-10.9 37 5.4 3.5- 8.1 32 2.6 1.7- 4.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 955 384 43.1 38.9-47.4 68 7.5 5.6-10.0 98 10.2 8.0-13.0 153 14.4 11.7-17.5 252 24.8 21.3-28.5
No 2,112 1,596 75.5 73.1-77.8 205 8.8 7.5-10.3 178 8.7 7.3-10.3 74 4.1 3.1- 5.5 59 2.9 2.0- 4.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 501 343 70.1 64.9-74.7 37 7.1 4.7-10.6 38 8.2 5.7-11.8 33 6.7 4.5- 9.9 50 7.9 5.7-10.8
Non-Veteran 2,655 1,695 65.9 63.6-68.2 248 8.8 7.6-10.1 246 9.3 7.9-10.8 200 7.0 5.9- 8.5 266 9.0 7.7-10.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 733 496 68.1 64.1-71.9 87 11.0 8.7-13.6 71 10.5 8.1-13.5 43 6.0 4.3- 8.4 36 4.4 3.0- 6.5
Regional City or Suburban County 669 446 68.9 64.5-73.1 53 7.1 5.2- 9.6 71 9.3 7.0-12.2 31 4.8 3.1- 7.3 68 9.9 7.3-13.2
Rural 1,756 1,097 63.8 60.7-66.8 145 7.7 6.2- 9.4 142 8.1 6.6- 9.9 160 9.1 7.3-11.2 212 11.4 9.5-13.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,611 1,167 73.5 70.8-76.0 179 9.5 8.0-11.2 138 8.5 7.0-10.3 83 5.7 4.3- 7.4 44 2.8 1.9- 4.1
Unemployed 98 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 981 626 65.7 61.7-69.5 71 7.3 5.5- 9.7 95 9.0 7.0-11.5 71 6.5 4.7- 8.8 118 11.5 9.2-14.3
Unable to Work 255 40 18.0 12.0-26.0 *** *** *** 18 7.1 4.1-12.0 55 17.1 12.2-23.5 136 54.3 45.8-62.5
Other not in Labor Force 205 138 65.0 56.5-72.7 21 10.3 6.3-16.2 22 14.0 8.7-21.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 154 67 46.6 36.6-56.9 15 6.1 3.4-10.7 *** *** *** 21 10.5 6.4-16.7 38 26.1 17.7-36.8
101% to 150% 377 206 58.9 52.2-65.3 24 5.2 3.2- 8.5 33 8.2 5.2-12.6 39 9.4 6.3-13.7 75 18.3 13.6-24.2
151% to 200% 227 132 60.4 51.9-68.3 15 6.9 3.9-12.0 21 10.6 6.5-17.1 28 11.4 6.9-18.5 31 10.6 6.5-16.9
More than 200% 1,719 1,207 71.6 68.8-74.2 178 9.7 8.2-11.5 152 8.7 7.2-10.5 97 5.9 4.5- 7.7 85 4.0 3.1- 5.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 600 362 60.5 54.6-66.1 52 7.5 5.3-10.5 38 4.8 3.2- 7.3 61 10.4 7.1-15.1 87 16.8 12.5-22.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,193 761 64.4 61.0-67.8 103 8.4 6.7-10.4 118 9.7 7.9-11.9 85 6.8 5.2- 8.9 126 10.6 8.6-13.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,365 916 69.4 66.3-72.3 130 8.9 7.3-10.8 128 9.6 7.8-11.8 88 6.4 5.0- 8.3 103 5.7 4.4- 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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