2019 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 4,187 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 837 528 66.3 62.5-69.9 79 9.4 7.4-11.9 93 11.9 9.4-14.8 68 6.8 5.1- 9.0 69 5.6 4.3- 7.3
GENDER
Male 350 237 68.6 62.7-73.9 31 9.8 6.7-14.1 33 11.3 7.7-16.2 21 5.6 3.5- 8.7 28 4.7 3.1- 7.1
Female 487 291 64.4 59.3-69.2 48 9.1 6.6-12.3 60 12.3 9.3-16.3 47 7.8 5.5-11.2 41 6.3 4.5- 8.9
AGE
18-34 175 121 70.1 62.2-76.9 17 9.4 5.7-15.2 26 14.8 9.9-21.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 128 87 68.4 58.3-76.9 18 15.0 9.2-23.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 152 90 62.1 53.3-70.2 16 9.1 5.3-15.2 18 12.8 7.8-20.4 17 10.6 6.5-16.8 *** *** ***
55-64 169 92 59.6 50.8-67.9 15 7.9 4.7-13.1 15 7.7 4.3-13.4 22 13.8 8.2-22.4 25 11.0 7.2-16.4
65-74 128 81 64.2 53.9-73.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 12.8 7.7-20.4
75+ 74 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 235 148 63.6 56.1-70.5 18 9.9 6.1-15.8 25 11.1 7.1-16.8 22 8.3 4.9-13.7 22 7.1 4.4-11.1
Some Post-H.S. 280 170 66.7 60.2-72.7 29 8.8 5.9-12.9 33 13.4 9.2-19.2 19 5.2 3.0- 8.7 29 6.0 4.0- 8.8
College Graduate 246 165 69.3 62.5-75.3 29 13.5 9.2-19.5 25 8.7 5.7-12.9 18 6.3 3.8-10.2 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 106 60 61.0 50.1-70.8 *** *** *** 13 14.4 7.8-25.0 14 11.6 6.6-19.6 16 11.6 6.7-19.3
$15,000- 24,999 134 77 63.1 53.6-71.7 *** *** *** 20 14.2 8.8-22.0 *** *** *** 17 8.6 5.0-14.3
$25,000- 34,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 97 *** *** *** 15 19.7 11.4-31.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 151 109 74.5 65.6-81.7 19 12.2 7.4-19.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 284 111 39.4 32.9-46.3 26 10.7 7.0-15.9 41 18.3 13.2-24.8 49 16.2 11.7-22.2 57 15.4 11.5-20.1
No 520 392 77.2 72.8-81.0 49 9.1 6.7-12.3 50 9.5 6.9-13.0 18 2.8 1.6- 4.7 *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 112 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 14.0 7.8-24.1 14 12.5 7.0-21.2 13 9.3 5.2-16.3
Non-Veteran 718 462 68.2 64.1-72.0 67 9.0 6.9-11.7 80 11.7 9.1-14.9 54 6.1 4.4- 8.4 55 5.0 3.7- 6.8
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 333 218 66.1 60.1-71.7 38 11.0 7.8-15.3 39 12.9 9.1-18.0 19 5.7 3.5- 9.2 19 4.3 2.6- 7.0
Regional City or Suburban County 205 140 72.6 64.9-79.2 20 10.1 6.1-16.2 17 9.2 5.2-15.6 17 5.0 2.9- 8.7 *** *** ***
Rural 299 170 61.8 55.3-67.9 21 6.7 4.2-10.5 37 12.4 8.7-17.4 32 9.7 6.3-14.7 39 9.4 6.6-13.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 420 296 72.2 67.1-76.8 53 12.6 9.4-16.6 46 10.8 7.7-14.8 16 3.2 1.9- 5.2 *** *** ***
Unemployed 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 207 132 68.6 61.0-75.3 18 8.5 5.2-13.6 18 9.3 5.4-15.4 18 6.5 3.8-11.0 21 7.1 4.3-11.3
Unable to Work 124 44 36.4 27.1-46.7 *** *** *** 17 17.4 10.4-27.7 27 23.4 15.1-34.4 33 21.2 14.7-29.6
Other not in Labor Force 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 38 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 95 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 12.9 7.2-22.2 15 12.2 6.9-20.6
101% to 150% 118 70 65.8 55.4-74.9 13 13.2 7.3-22.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 8.2 4.7-14.0
151% to 200% 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 311 209 71.1 65.0-76.5 40 12.2 8.7-16.8 32 10.4 6.8-15.4 18 4.1 2.4- 6.8 *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 406 272 69.2 63.8-74.2 42 10.3 7.4-14.1 39 10.9 7.6-15.2 31 6.4 4.2- 9.8 22 3.2 2.0- 5.2
Rent 340 206 63.8 57.8-69.4 31 9.4 6.4-13.7 38 10.9 7.6-15.5 29 7.4 4.9-11.0 36 8.5 5.9-12.1
Other arrangement 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 20.6 12.2-32.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 276 172 66.1 59.2-72.4 20 7.5 4.5-12.3 25 9.2 5.9-14.1 31 10.3 6.5-15.9 28 6.8 4.5-10.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 252 151 64.3 57.3-70.7 26 9.2 6.1-13.7 37 16.6 11.7-23.0 19 5.4 3.2- 8.9 19 4.5 2.7- 7.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 309 205 68.0 61.8-73.6 33 10.8 7.4-15.4 31 9.9 6.6-14.7 18 5.6 3.4- 9.2 22 5.7 3.6- 8.9

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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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