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
-FEMALES 2,465 1,567 64.2 61.8-66.6 211 9.8 8.3-11.5 265 10.1 8.7-11.6 212 8.1 6.8- 9.5 210 7.8 6.6- 9.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,625 1,010 61.6 58.5-64.6 150 11.0 9.0-13.4 176 10.2 8.6-12.1 136 8.3 6.7-10.1 153 8.9 7.2-10.9
Non-Hispanic Black 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
Other 295 201 68.6 61.3-75.0 18 6.0 3.3-10.4 29 8.3 5.3-12.7 28 10.7 6.7-16.6 19 6.5 3.4-12.1
AGE
18-34 477 338 69.7 64.7-74.4 52 12.0 8.8-16.2 41 7.8 5.6-10.9 37 8.4 5.8-11.9 *** *** ***
35-44 332 206 63.2 56.7-69.3 40 12.2 8.5-17.3 45 13.3 9.5-18.4 26 7.3 4.7-11.2 15 3.9 2.0- 7.7
45-54 391 227 59.1 52.9-64.9 39 10.7 7.4-15.2 52 11.6 8.5-15.7 41 9.4 6.5-13.3 32 9.2 5.9-14.0
55-64 455 253 57.3 51.6-62.8 38 9.2 6.3-13.2 57 12.0 8.8-16.2 47 9.7 6.8-13.6 60 11.8 8.7-15.9
65-74 457 300 63.0 56.4-69.2 32 8.2 4.6-14.4 39 8.8 6.1-12.7 36 7.1 4.6-10.6 50 12.9 8.9-18.2
75+ 293 198 67.6 59.5-74.7 *** *** *** 26 7.4 4.7-11.4 22 6.2 3.7-10.0 39 16.5 10.5-24.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 249 144 58.5 50.2-66.4 13 6.4 2.9-13.4 22 6.5 4.0-10.6 31 12.8 8.3-19.3 39 15.8 10.3-23.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 573 363 66.4 61.5-71.0 39 9.1 6.4-12.8 52 7.5 5.4-10.4 53 8.0 5.8-10.9 66 8.9 6.5-12.1
Some Post-H.S. 747 452 60.3 55.8-64.7 72 11.2 8.4-14.7 94 12.2 9.6-15.4 62 8.2 6.1-11.0 67 8.0 6.0-10.6
College Graduate 892 604 69.4 65.7-72.8 87 10.3 8.1-12.9 97 11.4 9.1-14.2 66 5.8 4.3- 7.6 38 3.2 2.1- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 255 132 56.7 48.7-64.3 17 7.3 4.2-12.7 25 8.9 5.5-14.1 32 9.3 6.3-13.6 49 17.8 12.3-25.0
$15,000- 24,999 393 233 58.3 51.7-64.6 29 9.0 5.2-14.9 41 8.8 6.1-12.6 44 12.7 8.9-17.7 46 11.3 7.7-16.2
$25,000- 34,999 226 130 55.7 47.1-64.0 14 5.9 2.9-11.5 35 15.3 10.2-22.4 28 15.5 9.7-23.7 19 7.6 4.3-12.9
$35,000- 49,999 289 182 63.4 56.5-69.9 29 11.5 7.7-16.9 33 11.9 8.1-17.0 28 9.0 5.7-13.9 17 4.2 2.5- 7.1
$50,000- 74,999 295 200 69.7 63.1-75.5 29 9.7 6.4-14.5 26 8.6 5.5-13.1 28 8.0 5.2-12.2 12 4.0 2.1- 7.5
$75,000+ 501 359 71.0 65.8-75.6 58 13.1 9.7-17.4 55 11.0 8.1-14.7 20 3.5 2.1- 5.9 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 790 337 42.7 38.1-47.3 52 7.5 5.4-10.3 95 11.6 9.1-14.7 130 15.9 13.0-19.4 176 22.2 18.5-26.5
No 1,619 1,190 73.3 70.4-75.9 155 10.5 8.6-12.7 163 9.5 7.9-11.4 81 4.9 3.7- 6.5 30 1.8 1.2- 2.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 87 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 13.9 7.4-24.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,376 1,512 64.3 61.8-66.8 202 9.7 8.2-11.5 253 10.0 8.6-11.5 205 8.1 6.8- 9.5 204 7.9 6.6- 9.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 661 435 67.9 63.6-71.9 66 10.4 7.9-13.6 82 11.8 9.3-14.9 42 5.1 3.6- 7.3 36 4.7 3.2- 6.9
Regional City or Suburban County 572 371 63.4 58.3-68.2 51 10.0 7.1-13.8 58 9.2 6.8-12.3 48 9.5 6.9-13.0 44 8.0 5.4-11.7
Rural 1,232 761 61.7 58.0-65.3 94 9.1 6.9-11.8 125 9.2 7.4-11.4 122 9.6 7.7-12.0 130 10.4 8.2-13.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,117 780 69.7 66.2-72.9 121 12.2 9.9-14.9 127 10.8 8.9-13.2 63 5.5 4.0- 7.4 26 1.9 1.2- 2.9
Unemployed 90 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 10.3 5.5-18.5 13 15.5 8.6-26.3 14 10.8 5.7-19.6
Retired 724 486 66.8 61.7-71.4 37 5.8 3.4- 9.6 72 9.1 6.9-11.9 58 6.2 4.5- 8.3 71 12.2 8.9-16.5
Unable to Work 244 59 23.3 17.3-30.6 21 7.9 4.6-13.4 23 8.7 5.3-14.0 53 23.3 17.2-30.9 88 36.8 29.0-45.2
Other not in Labor Force 267 184 68.3 61.2-74.7 24 9.7 6.1-15.1 28 10.2 6.6-15.4 22 8.3 5.2-13.1 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 92 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 9.0 4.7-16.8 *** *** ***
50% to 100% 205 102 51.4 42.4-60.4 20 13.2 7.4-22.4 23 10.5 6.2-17.2 30 14.2 9.1-21.3 30 10.8 6.5-17.4
101% to 150% 360 202 56.6 50.1-62.9 25 5.9 3.6- 9.4 42 11.1 7.8-15.7 41 13.3 9.1-18.9 50 13.1 9.4-17.9
151% to 200% 175 111 62.2 52.4-71.1 13 7.0 3.5-13.3 19 12.5 7.6-20.0 19 13.6 7.9-22.6 13 4.7 2.3- 9.4
More than 200% 1,099 748 69.1 65.7-72.3 112 11.7 9.4-14.3 122 10.7 8.7-13.1 77 5.6 4.2- 7.3 40 3.0 2.1- 4.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 478 288 61.3 55.0-67.3 34 8.3 5.3-12.6 62 12.7 9.2-17.2 45 8.1 5.5-11.8 49 9.6 6.0-15.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,030 645 61.7 57.9-65.4 81 8.5 6.4-11.2 99 9.5 7.5-11.8 99 10.0 7.9-12.6 106 10.3 8.1-13.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 957 634 67.6 63.9-71.0 96 11.5 9.1-14.4 104 10.0 8.0-12.4 68 6.1 4.6- 8.0 55 4.9 3.5- 6.8

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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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