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 White 3,080 2,026 66.2 64.0-68.3 264 9.8 8.4-11.3 289 8.9 7.7-10.2 214 6.7 5.7- 7.9 287 8.5 7.3- 9.9
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-34 581 407 70.7 66.2-74.8 77 13.4 10.4-17.2 50 8.0 5.8-10.8 30 5.3 3.5- 7.9 17 2.7 1.6- 4.4
35-44 360 231 67.6 61.6-73.0 41 10.5 7.4-14.8 44 11.4 8.0-16.1 27 6.8 4.5-10.3 17 3.6 2.0- 6.4
45-54 472 291 62.4 56.9-67.6 38 9.3 6.5-13.1 52 9.6 7.0-13.0 44 9.1 6.4-12.8 47 9.5 6.6-13.7
55-64 565 352 61.6 56.4-66.5 46 9.8 7.0-13.8 53 9.5 6.9-12.9 45 7.3 5.1-10.4 69 11.8 8.7-15.7
65-74 638 419 63.7 58.2-68.9 44 7.4 4.6-11.8 50 6.6 4.7- 9.0 39 6.9 4.7- 9.9 86 15.4 11.3-20.6
75+ 422 292 68.1 61.4-74.1 *** *** *** 38 8.7 5.6-13.4 25 4.9 3.0- 8.0 51 13.9 9.3-20.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 206 104 55.9 46.7-64.8 *** *** *** 20 6.9 4.1-11.3 *** *** *** 53 22.4 15.6-31.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 708 450 65.5 61.1-69.6 53 9.1 6.7-12.3 64 8.3 6.1-11.1 59 7.8 5.8-10.4 82 9.3 7.1-12.2
Some Post-H.S. 910 585 64.5 60.5-68.3 85 10.2 7.9-13.2 87 9.6 7.5-12.4 65 7.2 5.4- 9.5 88 8.5 6.5-11.0
College Graduate 1,255 886 71.6 68.6-74.4 116 10.6 8.6-12.9 118 9.2 7.5-11.3 71 5.0 3.8- 6.5 64 3.6 2.7- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 229 109 55.9 47.7-63.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 23 7.4 4.7-11.4 66 24.3 18.0-31.8
$15,000- 24,999 357 202 55.0 48.1-61.7 30 10.8 6.5-17.5 34 9.6 6.4-14.1 29 9.1 5.9-13.8 62 15.5 11.4-20.7
$25,000- 34,999 257 158 59.7 51.8-67.1 20 7.5 4.4-12.5 29 10.8 7.1-16.1 27 13.5 8.3-21.1 23 8.5 5.2-13.5
$35,000- 49,999 367 235 64.9 58.7-70.6 39 9.7 6.8-13.8 38 11.0 7.7-15.4 33 9.9 6.7-14.4 22 4.5 2.8- 7.0
$50,000- 74,999 459 307 66.9 61.3-72.1 45 11.7 8.4-16.2 42 8.1 5.7-11.3 37 7.4 5.1-10.6 28 5.9 3.4-10.1
$75,000+ 885 663 75.0 71.3-78.3 81 10.6 8.3-13.5 75 7.9 5.9-10.5 36 3.4 2.3- 5.0 30 3.1 2.0- 4.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 936 419 44.6 40.5-48.8 57 6.7 5.0- 9.1 107 11.7 9.3-14.6 130 13.5 11.0-16.4 223 23.5 19.9-27.4
No 2,076 1,562 74.6 72.2-76.9 200 10.7 9.0-12.5 174 7.7 6.4- 9.2 83 4.3 3.3- 5.5 57 2.8 1.9- 4.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 500 331 65.6 60.1-70.8 39 8.5 5.9-11.9 48 10.8 7.6-15.2 36 7.0 4.7-10.3 46 8.1 5.2-12.3
Non-Veteran 2,580 1,695 66.2 63.8-68.5 225 10.0 8.5-11.7 243 8.7 7.4-10.0 178 6.6 5.6- 7.9 239 8.5 7.2-10.0
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 712 483 69.0 64.9-72.8 78 12.3 9.6-15.5 78 10.2 8.0-12.9 34 3.9 2.7- 5.7 39 4.7 3.1- 7.1
Regional City or Suburban County 791 524 66.0 61.7-70.0 66 8.7 6.4-11.6 68 8.2 6.2-10.7 61 8.0 6.0-10.6 72 9.1 6.7-12.4
Rural 1,581 1,021 64.3 61.1-67.4 120 8.9 7.0-11.2 145 8.7 7.0-10.7 119 7.5 6.0- 9.4 176 10.6 8.7-12.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,547 1,122 71.7 68.9-74.4 161 11.4 9.6-13.6 141 8.9 7.4-10.8 79 5.2 4.0- 6.8 44 2.7 1.9- 3.8
Unemployed 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 992 674 66.9 62.7-70.8 55 6.4 4.3- 9.5 93 8.6 6.7-11.1 61 5.2 3.9- 7.0 109 12.8 10.0-16.3
Unable to Work 238 43 18.9 13.4-25.9 *** *** *** 20 7.9 4.7-13.0 55 25.4 19.0-33.1 108 44.3 36.1-52.9
Other not in Labor Force 208 135 68.1 60.5-74.8 28 14.2 9.5-20.8 23 9.9 6.2-15.3 13 5.3 3.0- 9.4 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 150 *** *** *** 19 18.8 10.8-30.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 35 17.2 11.0-25.7
101% to 150% 348 185 54.3 47.6-60.7 23 5.3 3.2- 8.6 41 12.5 8.8-17.5 32 11.9 7.8-17.8 67 16.0 12.0-21.0
151% to 200% 217 136 65.0 56.8-72.4 17 7.7 4.4-13.0 21 8.4 5.1-13.3 23 11.1 6.7-17.7 20 7.9 4.6-13.2
More than 200% 1,744 1,232 71.0 68.3-73.6 165 10.8 9.0-12.8 159 8.6 7.1-10.4 106 5.5 4.4- 6.8 82 4.1 3.1- 5.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 528 331 63.4 57.6-68.8 39 9.5 6.2-14.3 62 10.4 7.5-14.2 40 7.3 4.9-10.9 56 9.4 6.6-13.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,308 848 63.6 60.2-66.9 98 7.9 6.2-10.1 115 9.0 7.2-11.0 98 7.7 6.1- 9.7 149 11.7 9.6-14.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,248 849 69.3 66.1-72.3 127 11.7 9.6-14.2 114 8.6 6.9-10.6 76 5.5 4.2- 7.1 82 5.0 3.7- 6.7

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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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