2018 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 4,623 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 858 577 70.8 67.0-74.3 64 7.6 5.7-10.0 82 9.1 7.0-11.7 72 6.9 5.2- 9.1 63 5.7 4.2- 7.6
GENDER
Male 346 242 73.3 67.7-78.3 25 7.0 4.5-10.9 25 6.5 4.2-10.0 24 7.3 4.6-11.3 30 5.9 3.9- 8.7
Female 512 335 68.7 63.5-73.4 39 8.0 5.5-11.6 57 11.2 8.2-15.1 48 6.6 4.7- 9.2 33 5.5 3.5- 8.5
AGE
18-34 176 140 78.6 70.9-84.6 *** *** *** 14 7.7 4.3-13.3 12 7.0 3.8-12.4 *** *** ***
35-44 117 76 67.0 56.3-76.2 *** *** *** 18 16.2 9.6-25.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 168 113 72.9 64.5-79.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 7.9 4.6-13.3 *** *** ***
55-64 170 97 60.9 51.6-69.6 *** *** *** 23 12.3 7.6-19.3 16 7.6 4.3-13.1 21 9.6 5.4-16.3
65-74 146 98 67.0 56.6-75.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 12.2 7.0-20.4
75+ 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 102 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 263 182 74.6 68.0-80.2 15 6.3 3.5-11.1 18 6.2 3.6-10.5 22 6.2 3.5-10.5 26 6.7 4.3-10.5
Some Post-H.S. 264 170 69.6 62.8-75.6 22 7.8 4.8-12.6 30 10.8 7.1-16.2 22 6.8 4.3-10.6 20 5.0 3.0- 8.0
College Graduate 228 162 72.6 64.9-79.1 22 9.9 6.0-15.9 20 8.8 5.3-14.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 113 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 11.9 6.6-20.6 18 12.7 7.2-21.5 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 156 96 64.1 54.6-72.7 *** *** *** 20 11.7 7.0-18.9 19 13.2 7.8-21.3 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 90 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 117 90 81.9 73.1-88.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 96 73 81.9 71.5-89.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 123 91 73.7 63.6-81.8 16 13.4 7.8-22.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 271 114 46.2 38.4-54.2 20 8.4 4.9-14.0 33 11.2 7.6-16.2 53 18.5 13.4-24.9 51 15.8 11.3-21.7
No 558 438 79.7 75.5-83.4 42 7.1 5.0-10.0 47 8.4 6.0-11.7 19 2.8 1.6- 4.7 *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 130 84 69.8 60.1-78.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 9.7 5.7-16.1
Non-Veteran 728 493 70.9 66.8-74.8 59 8.2 6.1-11.0 68 9.0 6.8-11.9 61 6.8 5.0- 9.2 47 5.0 3.5- 7.2
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 290 206 74.7 68.6-79.9 19 5.3 3.2- 8.8 29 9.5 6.2-14.3 17 4.6 2.6- 7.9 19 5.9 3.5- 9.7
Regional City or Suburban County 177 120 69.7 61.3-76.9 15 10.6 6.1-17.7 16 8.5 4.9-14.5 *** *** *** 16 5.6 3.3- 9.5
Rural 391 251 67.0 60.8-72.7 30 8.2 5.2-12.8 37 8.9 6.1-12.9 45 10.4 7.2-14.9 28 5.5 3.4- 8.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 435 338 79.5 74.8-83.5 35 8.1 5.6-11.6 37 8.1 5.6-11.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 216 139 67.6 59.7-74.7 *** *** *** 22 8.8 5.4-13.9 21 7.7 4.7-12.4 19 9.5 5.7-15.4
Unable to Work 102 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 26 22.6 14.4-33.6
Other not in Labor Force 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 97 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 15.0 8.7-24.7 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 157 96 63.6 54.1-72.1 *** *** *** 17 10.5 6.0-17.8 23 15.5 9.6-24.1 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 341 252 77.1 71.5-81.9 30 9.1 6.0-13.6 29 7.7 4.9-11.8 *** *** *** 18 3.8 2.2- 6.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 222 144 70.3 62.0-77.4 *** *** *** 25 11.9 7.3-18.7 20 6.2 3.6-10.4 *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 359 243 70.1 64.3-75.3 24 7.6 4.8-11.8 29 8.1 5.4-12.0 32 7.7 5.1-11.3 31 6.5 4.4- 9.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 277 190 71.7 65.2-77.4 23 7.7 4.9-12.0 28 9.0 5.8-13.7 20 6.4 3.8-10.5 16 5.2 2.9- 9.3

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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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