2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 4,623 3,079 68.0 66.3-69.7 374 9.0 7.9-10.1 429 8.7 7.8- 9.7 342 6.9 6.0- 7.8 399 7.5 6.6- 8.5
-Eastern NC 1,656 1,069 65.5 62.5-68.3 129 8.6 6.9-10.8 172 10.0 8.4-11.8 144 8.2 6.8-10.0 142 7.7 6.2- 9.5
GENDER
Male 768 513 68.2 64.0-72.1 53 7.9 5.6-11.1 73 9.4 7.3-12.2 60 7.4 5.5- 9.9 69 7.1 5.4- 9.4
Female 888 556 62.9 58.6-66.9 76 9.4 6.9-12.6 99 10.5 8.3-13.2 84 9.0 7.0-11.6 73 8.3 6.1-11.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,035 664 63.4 59.6-67.0 87 9.7 7.4-12.7 109 10.0 8.1-12.3 81 8.4 6.5-10.7 94 8.5 6.6-10.9
Non-Hispanic Black 392 261 70.9 65.1-76.1 26 5.9 3.6- 9.6 38 10.1 6.9-14.5 35 6.4 4.3- 9.4 32 6.6 4.3-10.2
Other 231 145 63.7 54.8-71.8 *** *** *** 26 9.9 6.2-15.4 28 11.5 7.2-17.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 337 244 71.6 65.5-77.1 25 8.9 5.3-14.7 31 8.6 5.9-12.4 25 7.4 4.9-11.1 *** *** ***
35-44 219 135 62.7 55.0-69.8 26 12.0 7.7-18.2 28 10.9 7.2-16.2 16 8.2 4.8-13.6 14 6.2 3.4-11.0
45-54 270 176 64.0 56.2-71.1 *** *** *** 25 10.0 6.3-15.5 29 10.0 6.5-15.1 22 9.9 5.4-17.3
55-64 304 171 56.6 49.3-63.7 24 9.0 5.7-13.9 40 13.3 9.2-18.9 33 9.5 6.3-13.9 36 11.6 7.5-17.5
65-74 312 200 64.4 57.5-70.6 25 7.4 4.7-11.5 27 9.3 5.9-14.4 23 7.6 4.6-12.2 37 11.3 7.7-16.3
75+ 187 121 66.8 57.6-74.9 *** *** *** 21 8.3 5.0-13.5 *** *** *** 21 10.9 6.6-17.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 184 99 54.9 45.8-63.7 *** *** *** 25 12.2 7.6-19.0 21 10.9 6.5-17.7 28 14.0 8.4-22.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 466 308 69.0 63.7-73.8 29 6.9 4.6-10.4 44 8.9 6.4-12.3 45 9.1 6.5-12.6 40 6.2 4.2- 8.9
Some Post-H.S. 493 310 63.6 58.0-68.9 47 10.8 7.2-15.7 52 9.8 7.1-13.3 37 7.7 5.4-10.9 47 8.1 5.7-11.4
College Graduate 513 351 69.2 64.1-73.9 42 8.0 5.6-11.3 52 10.8 7.9-14.6 41 6.4 4.5- 9.0 27 5.6 3.4- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 167 79 50.4 40.7-59.9 13 6.5 3.6-11.5 *** *** *** 27 12.0 7.8-18.1 34 24.6 16.2-35.5
$15,000- 24,999 272 152 54.9 47.5-62.0 19 7.1 4.2-12.0 40 16.1 11.3-22.5 25 12.3 7.9-18.5 36 9.6 6.3-14.3
$25,000- 34,999 168 113 67.9 58.8-75.9 *** *** *** 16 9.7 5.3-17.0 17 8.7 5.0-14.5 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 209 150 74.0 66.4-80.4 *** *** *** 17 8.4 4.9-13.8 *** *** *** 15 5.9 3.2-10.5
$50,000- 74,999 224 157 68.0 60.0-75.1 20 11.5 6.9-18.4 20 8.8 5.4-14.1 17 7.5 4.3-12.8 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 309 223 73.9 67.1-79.6 27 10.7 6.5-17.1 26 6.7 4.2-10.5 22 5.7 3.4- 9.4 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 553 231 43.3 37.8-48.9 37 7.0 4.5-10.8 77 13.5 10.4-17.4 90 15.2 11.9-19.2 118 20.9 16.8-25.8
No 1,064 808 75.8 72.5-78.9 90 8.9 6.9-11.4 93 8.5 6.7-10.7 53 5.3 3.9- 7.2 20 1.5 0.9- 2.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 346 227 66.1 59.6-72.0 23 8.7 5.1-14.5 36 10.2 7.0-14.6 32 8.8 6.0-12.8 28 6.2 4.0- 9.4
Non-Veteran 1,308 841 65.4 62.0-68.6 106 8.6 6.7-11.1 137 10.0 8.2-12.1 112 8.1 6.5-10.1 112 7.9 6.2-10.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 101 67 66.1 55.3-75.5 *** *** *** 17 17.2 10.4-27.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 389 244 61.4 55.5-67.0 35 9.7 6.5-14.3 43 10.8 7.8-14.9 33 8.9 6.2-12.7 34 9.1 6.2-13.3
Rural 1,168 759 67.1 63.4-70.5 87 8.3 6.2-11.1 113 9.1 7.3-11.3 107 8.3 6.6-10.4 102 7.2 5.5- 9.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 823 602 71.6 67.5-75.4 68 9.8 7.2-13.3 81 10.1 7.9-12.8 47 5.6 4.0- 7.8 25 2.9 1.9- 4.5
Unemployed 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 477 317 67.2 61.7-72.2 30 6.6 4.2-10.2 50 9.7 7.0-13.2 40 7.3 5.1-10.4 40 9.2 6.2-13.5
Unable to Work 184 49 28.8 20.9-38.1 14 6.2 3.5-11.0 19 7.9 4.7-13.0 39 21.2 14.8-29.4 63 35.9 27.0-46.0
Other not in Labor Force 94 60 69.2 58.1-78.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 129 65 54.4 44.2-64.3 13 10.7 5.8-18.7 *** *** *** 20 16.4 9.9-25.8 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 252 134 53.8 46.3-61.2 20 7.1 4.1-12.1 33 14.8 9.9-21.4 26 11.6 7.4-17.6 39 12.7 8.6-18.4
151% to 200% 139 95 70.7 61.1-78.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 750 539 72.5 68.3-76.4 60 9.6 7.0-13.1 65 7.6 5.7-10.0 54 6.7 4.8- 9.2 32 3.6 2.4- 5.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 523 338 68.1 62.5-73.3 35 5.8 3.7- 9.0 54 10.0 7.1-13.9 51 9.4 6.6-13.2 45 6.6 4.2-10.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 814 522 64.3 60.2-68.2 65 8.7 6.5-11.6 82 9.8 7.7-12.5 73 8.3 6.4-10.7 72 8.8 6.7-11.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 321 210 64.9 58.0-71.3 29 11.8 7.2-18.7 37 10.5 7.4-14.8 20 6.5 3.9-10.7 25 6.3 3.8-10.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2018 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2018 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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