2019 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 4,187 2,720 65.7 63.9-67.3 394 9.7 8.7-10.8 401 9.4 8.4-10.5 334 8.0 7.0- 9.0 338 7.3 6.4- 8.3
-Eastern NC 1,369 854 63.4 60.3-66.4 111 8.6 7.0-10.5 135 10.2 8.4-12.3 137 9.8 8.0-11.9 132 8.0 6.6- 9.8
GENDER
Male 617 411 67.5 63.1-71.6 57 10.5 7.9-13.8 53 8.6 6.3-11.5 45 6.5 4.8- 8.9 51 6.9 5.0- 9.5
Female 752 443 59.6 55.2-63.8 54 6.7 5.1- 8.9 82 11.7 9.2-14.9 92 12.8 10.0-16.3 81 9.1 7.0-11.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 818 503 61.4 57.5-65.3 72 8.9 6.9-11.4 77 10.0 7.8-12.8 85 10.6 8.4-13.4 81 9.0 7.0-11.6
Non-Hispanic Black 330 206 65.8 59.4-71.6 25 8.4 5.5-12.8 36 10.6 7.4-15.1 31 8.4 5.3-13.3 32 6.7 4.6- 9.8
Other 221 145 68.4 60.2-75.5 14 7.2 4.1-12.4 22 10.1 5.7-17.2 21 8.3 5.0-13.4 19 6.0 3.5-10.2
AGE
18-34 285 197 69.6 63.3-75.2 23 8.3 5.4-12.4 40 13.6 9.7-18.7 20 6.7 4.1-10.5 *** *** ***
35-44 192 125 64.7 56.4-72.1 21 12.5 7.9-19.2 19 9.3 5.6-15.2 17 9.2 5.1-15.9 *** *** ***
45-54 217 130 58.6 51.0-65.8 20 9.2 5.7-14.4 24 11.2 7.2-17.1 27 15.0 10.2-21.5 16 6.1 3.5-10.3
55-64 253 139 54.6 47.3-61.7 22 8.5 5.2-13.7 23 8.8 5.6-13.4 32 13.4 8.6-20.4 37 14.7 10.2-20.7
65-74 248 160 65.6 58.6-71.9 17 7.4 4.4-12.1 16 6.3 3.6-10.9 21 7.3 4.4-11.7 34 13.5 9.3-19.1
75+ 159 91 59.7 49.5-69.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 8.9 5.2-14.9 29 18.5 11.6-28.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 128 80 65.3 55.1-74.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 11.2 6.2-19.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 390 239 62.5 56.6-68.0 28 8.9 6.1-13.0 50 11.0 8.0-15.0 34 8.8 5.8-13.1 39 8.8 6.1-12.5
Some Post-H.S. 456 264 60.1 54.8-65.2 39 8.7 6.2-12.2 41 10.3 7.4-14.3 59 13.0 9.7-17.0 53 7.9 5.8-10.5
College Graduate 390 267 68.7 63.4-73.6 35 9.2 6.5-12.8 35 9.3 6.5-13.0 30 7.6 5.1-11.2 23 5.2 3.2- 8.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 501 207 41.1 35.9-46.5 28 6.3 4.2- 9.6 64 14.8 11.3-19.2 97 19.9 15.8-24.8 105 17.9 14.3-22.1
No 817 613 75.8 72.3-79.1 77 9.6 7.5-12.1 65 7.6 5.7-10.1 37 4.2 2.9- 6.0 25 2.8 1.8- 4.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 248 151 60.4 53.1-67.2 19 9.6 6.0-15.2 20 8.2 4.9-13.2 29 12.1 8.2-17.5 29 9.7 6.5-14.3
Non-Veteran 1,111 696 64.1 60.6-67.4 92 8.4 6.7-10.5 114 10.7 8.6-13.1 107 9.2 7.3-11.6 102 7.7 6.1- 9.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 688 483 70.9 66.8-74.7 72 10.6 8.3-13.5 66 9.6 7.3-12.6 46 6.2 4.5- 8.4 21 2.7 1.6- 4.4
Unemployed 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 371 229 62.9 56.9-68.5 23 6.8 4.4-10.4 30 7.9 5.2-11.9 39 9.4 6.6-13.2 50 13.0 9.2-17.9
Unable to Work 152 45 30.1 22.0-39.8 *** *** *** 15 9.6 5.2-16.8 35 27.8 19.1-38.6 54 30.8 22.9-40.1
Other not in Labor Force 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 139 66 49.8 40.0-59.5 *** *** *** 21 16.0 9.8-25.0 21 14.5 9.0-22.5 26 16.0 10.1-24.3
$15,000- 24,999 188 101 52.6 43.8-61.2 14 9.9 5.7-16.6 32 19.5 13.2-27.8 21 11.2 6.6-18.3 20 6.9 4.2-10.9
$25,000- 34,999 117 76 70.0 59.8-78.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 178 108 62.5 54.2-70.1 *** *** *** 24 10.8 7.0-16.5 17 9.9 6.0-16.1 19 10.2 6.1-16.4
$50,000- 74,999 153 102 63.7 54.4-72.1 15 11.5 6.8-19.0 *** *** *** 15 9.6 5.5-16.1 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 308 222 72.7 66.7-78.0 35 11.6 8.2-16.2 18 6.3 3.8-10.3 19 6.3 3.8-10.3 14 3.0 1.7- 5.4
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 52 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 137 61 45.2 35.1-55.7 *** *** *** 28 23.8 15.8-34.2 20 12.0 6.7-20.6 22 14.2 8.7-22.3
101% to 150% 142 87 64.6 55.1-73.2 12 11.4 6.4-19.7 *** *** *** 16 8.7 5.1-14.6 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 123 69 58.4 48.1-67.9 14 12.7 7.2-21.3 *** *** *** 14 10.4 5.8-18.0 *** *** ***
More than 200% 604 409 68.0 63.6-72.1 58 10.0 7.6-13.1 49 8.2 6.0-11.1 47 8.1 5.9-11.1 41 5.6 4.0- 7.8
HOUSING
Own 854 546 64.1 60.2-67.8 72 8.6 6.7-11.1 70 9.1 7.0-11.7 84 10.1 7.9-12.9 82 8.1 6.3-10.4
Rent 405 249 63.4 57.8-68.7 30 8.9 6.0-13.0 50 11.3 8.3-15.3 41 9.1 6.5-12.8 35 7.2 4.9-10.5
Other arrangement 97 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 18.0 10.3-29.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 105 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 432 267 61.9 56.3-67.3 38 10.3 7.3-14.4 45 10.8 7.8-14.8 46 10.0 7.1-13.9 36 6.9 4.7-10.1
Rural 832 517 63.9 59.9-67.7 64 7.5 5.7- 9.8 80 10.1 7.8-12.9 84 9.7 7.5-12.5 87 8.8 6.8-11.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 753 452 60.5 56.2-64.7 59 8.8 6.6-11.7 81 11.3 8.8-14.4 85 11.0 8.5-14.1 76 8.4 6.3-11.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 332 215 65.3 59.2-70.9 28 9.0 6.1-13.2 27 9.2 6.0-13.8 30 8.7 5.9-12.7 32 7.8 5.3-11.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 284 187 67.9 61.1-74.1 24 7.4 4.7-11.5 27 8.9 5.8-13.5 22 8.1 4.9-13.3 24 7.6 4.7-12.0

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 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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