2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 1,984 1,355 69.7 67.2-72.0 177 8.5 7.2-10.0 183 9.1 7.7-10.7 126 6.1 5.0- 7.5 143 6.7 5.5- 8.0
GENDER
Male 902 651 73.0 69.5-76.2 69 7.1 5.4- 9.3 73 8.5 6.5-10.9 47 4.8 3.5- 6.5 62 6.6 5.0- 8.8
Female 1,082 704 66.7 63.2-69.9 108 9.8 7.9-11.9 110 9.6 7.7-11.8 79 7.3 5.7- 9.5 81 6.7 5.1- 8.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,289 882 68.9 65.9-71.8 131 9.4 7.8-11.3 110 8.7 7.0-10.6 74 6.1 4.7- 7.9 92 6.9 5.4- 8.8
Non-Hispanic Black 396 263 70.6 65.1-75.6 28 7.2 4.6-10.9 46 9.9 7.0-14.0 29 6.2 4.1- 9.4 30 6.0 4.0- 8.9
Other 299 210 72.0 65.4-77.7 18 6.3 3.7-10.4 27 9.4 6.0-14.5 23 5.9 3.6- 9.5 21 6.4 3.7-10.7
AGE
18-34 480 344 74.3 69.7-78.5 47 7.7 5.6-10.6 60 12.0 9.1-15.7 20 3.8 2.4- 6.1 *** *** ***
35-44 306 222 72.1 65.7-77.8 34 9.7 6.7-13.9 25 7.9 4.9-12.6 16 6.2 3.6-10.7 *** *** ***
45-54 350 239 68.7 62.8-74.1 32 9.9 6.8-14.1 20 6.5 4.0-10.4 28 6.8 4.3-10.5 31 8.1 5.4-12.0
55-64 359 222 61.9 55.8-67.6 36 10.8 7.5-15.4 27 7.6 4.8-11.8 30 7.2 4.9-10.5 44 12.5 9.0-17.2
65-74 283 187 68.1 61.4-74.2 19 6.7 4.1-10.7 34 9.4 6.4-13.6 18 7.1 4.0-12.3 25 8.7 5.5-13.5
75+ 176 116 65.0 56.2-72.9 *** *** *** 16 9.2 5.3-15.6 *** *** *** 24 13.3 8.6-20.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 158 94 64.1 55.1-72.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 10.1 5.9-16.9 31 14.8 9.7-22.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 447 285 69.4 64.4-73.9 33 7.2 5.0-10.3 44 9.2 6.4-12.9 51 8.3 6.2-11.2 34 6.0 4.1- 8.7
Some Post-H.S. 497 335 69.0 64.2-73.4 36 7.3 5.1-10.3 56 10.8 8.1-14.2 29 5.5 3.7- 8.3 41 7.4 5.3-10.3
College Graduate 876 635 72.6 69.1-75.8 99 11.8 9.6-14.5 75 8.8 6.9-11.2 30 3.4 2.3- 5.1 37 3.4 2.4- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 168 76 51.2 42.3-60.1 *** *** *** 20 10.1 6.0-16.5 26 12.9 8.3-19.4 36 18.7 12.9-26.3
$15,000- 24,999 244 140 60.7 53.2-67.7 17 6.2 3.6-10.4 27 11.3 7.3-17.1 34 11.7 7.9-17.2 26 10.0 6.6-15.1
$25,000- 34,999 165 117 72.2 63.3-79.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 8.4 4.7-14.6 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 217 149 69.6 61.7-76.5 19 9.4 5.6-15.3 22 8.7 5.1-14.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 272 196 73.9 67.6-79.4 36 11.7 8.1-16.5 22 7.9 5.0-12.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 584 443 75.7 71.4-79.5 60 9.8 7.5-12.7 46 7.6 5.4-10.6 20 4.6 2.8- 7.4 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 476 205 45.6 40.2-51.1 41 9.4 6.6-13.2 56 10.8 7.9-14.5 67 14.0 10.7-18.1 107 20.3 16.4-24.9
No 1,428 1,094 77.1 74.4-79.5 130 8.3 6.9-10.0 117 8.4 6.9-10.3 55 3.7 2.8- 5.1 32 2.4 1.6- 3.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 223 151 70.3 63.1-76.5 17 7.1 4.0-12.3 24 10.4 6.7-15.8 16 7.1 4.2-11.7 15 5.2 2.9- 9.0
Non-Veteran 1,761 1,204 69.6 67.0-72.1 160 8.7 7.3-10.2 159 8.9 7.4-10.6 110 6.0 4.8- 7.4 128 6.8 5.6- 8.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,161 804 69.9 66.7-72.9 114 9.3 7.5-11.3 117 10.5 8.5-12.9 67 5.4 4.1- 7.2 59 4.9 3.6- 6.5
Regional City or Suburban County 444 293 69.6 64.4-74.3 31 6.6 4.5- 9.6 43 8.6 6.1-11.9 29 5.7 3.8- 8.7 48 9.5 6.7-13.3
Rural 379 258 69.1 63.2-74.4 32 8.8 5.9-12.9 23 5.0 3.1- 8.0 30 8.8 5.8-13.1 36 8.3 5.7-11.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,156 865 75.8 72.8-78.5 115 9.1 7.5-11.1 102 9.0 7.2-11.1 47 4.0 2.9- 5.6 27 2.1 1.4- 3.3
Unemployed 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 432 288 68.7 63.4-73.6 33 7.0 4.8-10.2 39 7.4 5.2-10.5 28 7.5 4.9-11.4 44 9.3 6.7-12.9
Unable to Work 139 26 20.9 13.7-30.4 *** *** *** 16 9.9 5.7-16.6 34 19.0 13.0-27.0 57 42.7 33.2-52.8
Other not in Labor Force 176 125 71.2 62.7-78.4 15 8.4 4.8-14.2 20 12.3 7.5-19.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 121 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 16.0 9.8-25.1
101% to 150% 217 114 57.6 49.6-65.3 15 8.0 4.5-13.8 24 8.5 5.1-13.7 31 10.9 7.2-16.1 33 15.0 10.0-22.0
151% to 200% 114 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,028 758 74.6 71.3-77.5 105 9.5 7.7-11.7 84 8.1 6.3-10.4 40 4.4 3.1- 6.3 41 3.4 2.4- 4.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 93 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 592 387 66.3 61.7-70.7 57 9.4 7.0-12.5 51 8.7 6.4-11.8 39 6.0 4.1- 8.7 58 9.5 7.0-12.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,299 908 71.6 68.6-74.3 113 8.1 6.6- 9.9 126 9.4 7.7-11.5 78 6.0 4.6- 7.7 74 5.0 3.9- 6.6

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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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