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
-MALES 2,158 1,512 72.0 69.6-74.3 163 8.1 6.8- 9.7 164 7.2 6.0- 8.7 130 5.6 4.6- 6.8 189 7.1 5.8- 8.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,455 1,016 71.0 68.0-73.8 114 8.4 6.8-10.4 113 7.4 5.9- 9.3 78 5.0 3.9- 6.5 134 8.1 6.5-10.2
Non-Hispanic Black 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
Other 327 237 76.5 70.4-81.6 21 7.3 4.1-12.8 23 6.6 4.2-10.3 25 5.9 3.6- 9.3 21 3.7 2.2- 6.2
AGE
18-34 519 389 76.6 72.2-80.4 54 10.2 7.5-13.7 38 6.3 4.4- 9.0 26 4.9 3.2- 7.4 12 2.0 1.1- 3.6
35-44 280 204 74.6 68.3-80.1 21 6.3 3.9-10.0 26 10.0 6.4-15.4 13 4.5 2.5- 8.0 16 4.6 2.6- 7.9
45-54 360 260 74.9 69.1-79.9 22 6.1 3.7- 9.8 21 5.0 3.1- 8.2 29 7.5 4.9-11.4 28 6.5 3.9-10.6
55-64 366 243 66.1 59.6-72.0 27 10.0 6.5-15.2 31 8.7 5.8-12.8 23 4.9 3.0- 8.1 42 10.3 6.8-15.2
65-74 384 244 63.5 56.7-69.9 26 5.8 3.5- 9.3 29 5.6 3.7- 8.5 23 7.5 4.6-12.2 62 17.5 12.2-24.5
75+ 219 148 66.8 57.8-74.7 11 7.2 3.4-14.6 19 10.1 5.3-18.6 14 4.9 2.4- 9.7 27 11.1 7.0-17.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 247 162 68.5 60.8-75.3 11 6.3 3.4-11.5 24 7.3 4.7-11.3 15 4.8 2.5- 9.0 35 13.0 8.2-20.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 573 395 72.1 67.5-76.2 36 6.6 4.5- 9.6 44 7.6 5.4-10.7 40 6.3 4.4- 9.0 58 7.3 5.3-10.0
Some Post-H.S. 574 393 71.0 66.3-75.3 52 8.9 6.4-12.2 40 7.2 4.9-10.5 37 6.1 4.3- 8.7 52 6.8 4.7- 9.7
College Graduate 757 557 75.0 71.1-78.5 64 9.9 7.5-12.9 54 6.5 4.7- 8.8 38 4.5 3.1- 6.6 44 4.1 2.9- 5.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 162 86 60.1 50.7-68.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 10.7 6.3-17.7 37 17.2 11.5-25.0
$15,000- 24,999 287 181 65.4 58.5-71.8 19 6.3 3.8-10.3 25 8.9 5.6-13.7 22 8.9 5.5-14.2 40 10.5 7.1-15.3
$25,000- 34,999 179 127 70.6 62.0-78.0 18 9.2 5.3-15.3 *** *** *** 13 8.5 4.5-15.6 11 6.2 3.2-11.6
$35,000- 49,999 250 181 76.3 69.8-81.8 19 5.1 2.9- 8.8 19 7.8 4.8-12.6 14 5.8 3.3-10.2 17 4.9 2.9- 8.3
$50,000- 74,999 319 222 70.9 64.1-76.9 29 10.9 7.1-16.4 29 7.4 4.9-11.0 16 4.6 2.6- 8.0 23 6.2 3.3-11.5
$75,000+ 598 461 76.9 72.4-80.9 47 9.9 7.2-13.5 40 6.3 4.1- 9.6 23 2.9 1.8- 4.7 27 3.9 2.4- 6.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 601 279 50.3 45.1-55.4 38 6.7 4.4-10.1 67 11.0 8.3-14.4 81 13.0 10.0-16.7 136 19.0 15.4-23.3
No 1,479 1,175 79.6 76.9-82.0 118 8.3 6.7-10.2 91 5.7 4.4- 7.4 48 3.3 2.4- 4.5 47 3.1 2.1- 4.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 608 401 66.9 61.9-71.5 42 7.7 5.2-11.2 55 9.4 6.7-13.0 46 6.8 4.9- 9.4 64 9.2 6.6-12.7
Non-Veteran 1,543 1,105 73.6 70.8-76.2 121 8.3 6.7-10.2 109 6.6 5.2- 8.2 84 5.2 4.1- 6.7 124 6.3 5.0- 8.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 594 445 76.9 72.8-80.6 50 8.5 6.2-11.3 44 6.3 4.5- 8.8 20 3.4 2.1- 5.5 35 4.9 3.1- 7.5
Regional City or Suburban County 536 365 70.0 65.1-74.5 41 8.5 5.9-12.0 42 7.8 5.5-11.0 37 5.8 4.1- 8.2 51 7.9 5.5-11.4
Rural 1,028 702 69.4 65.5-72.9 72 7.6 5.7-10.1 78 7.5 5.6-10.0 73 7.3 5.4- 9.6 103 8.3 6.4-10.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,279 1,003 78.5 75.6-81.0 100 8.4 6.7-10.5 85 6.7 5.2- 8.6 51 3.7 2.7- 5.0 40 2.8 1.9- 4.0
Unemployed 68 *** *** *** 11 13.8 7.1-24.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 553 364 66.3 61.0-71.3 36 6.8 4.4-10.3 54 9.0 6.4-12.7 32 5.2 3.4- 7.9 67 12.6 9.3-16.8
Unable to Work 162 42 29.9 21.5-39.8 *** *** *** 11 6.6 3.3-12.7 35 22.5 15.2-31.8 70 39.9 30.1-50.6
Other not in Labor Force 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 43 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 134 81 63.3 53.2-72.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 10.8 6.2-18.2 19 13.5 7.7-22.6
101% to 150% 264 154 63.1 55.8-69.9 17 5.8 3.3-10.2 25 10.2 6.5-15.7 25 10.8 6.8-16.8 43 10.0 7.0-14.2
151% to 200% 139 99 76.0 67.4-82.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,178 872 74.7 71.4-77.7 99 9.5 7.6-12.0 87 6.8 5.3- 8.9 53 4.2 3.0- 5.7 67 4.8 3.5- 6.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 409 277 70.0 63.6-75.6 29 7.4 4.3-12.5 31 7.0 4.4-11.0 30 7.5 4.7-11.6 42 8.1 5.5-11.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 889 619 70.7 66.9-74.3 57 7.3 5.4- 9.8 69 7.7 5.8-10.1 57 5.5 4.1- 7.4 87 8.8 6.7-11.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 860 616 73.9 70.2-77.2 77 9.1 7.1-11.6 64 6.8 5.0- 9.0 43 5.1 3.6- 7.2 60 5.1 3.6- 7.1

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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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