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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,959 1,342 68.4 65.9-70.8 190 10.3 8.9-12.0 157 8.4 7.0-10.0 121 5.9 4.8- 7.2 149 7.0 5.7- 8.5
Female 2,228 1,378 63.1 60.7-65.5 204 9.1 7.8-10.6 244 10.3 9.0-11.8 213 9.9 8.4-11.6 189 7.6 6.4- 9.0
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,616 1,674 63.8 61.6-66.0 264 10.3 9.1-11.8 248 9.2 8.0-10.6 217 8.7 7.5-10.2 213 7.9 6.7- 9.2
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
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 106 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 9.0 5.0-15.8 18 16.1 9.7-25.4
Non-Hispanic Other 154 107 73.0 64.3-80.2 16 9.4 5.5-15.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 6.3 3.2-11.9
Hispanic 400 302 74.8 69.4-79.5 23 6.7 4.3-10.5 33 7.2 4.8-10.8 26 7.1 4.6-10.9 16 4.1 2.3- 7.2
AGE
18-34 916 632 69.2 65.8-72.5 104 11.3 9.2-13.7 102 10.7 8.7-13.2 57 6.5 4.9- 8.6 21 2.3 1.4- 3.6
35-44 597 389 65.0 60.5-69.3 81 13.8 11.0-17.2 60 9.8 7.4-12.9 40 6.7 4.7- 9.6 27 4.6 3.0- 7.1
45-54 694 445 62.8 58.5-66.9 63 8.7 6.7-11.2 61 8.7 6.6-11.4 73 12.2 9.5-15.5 52 7.6 5.5-10.6
55-64 769 469 62.5 58.5-66.5 60 8.4 6.2-11.2 74 9.4 7.3-12.0 72 8.8 6.7-11.4 94 11.0 8.8-13.7
65-74 685 448 65.8 61.4-69.9 51 7.3 5.5- 9.8 57 8.1 6.0-10.8 48 6.2 4.5- 8.6 81 12.6 9.5-16.4
75+ 463 291 63.6 57.8-69.1 29 5.0 3.4- 7.4 42 7.9 5.6-11.2 40 8.5 5.5-13.0 61 14.9 10.8-20.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 393 254 62.5 56.5-68.1 16 4.4 2.5- 7.6 29 8.3 5.5-12.4 41 11.1 7.7-15.7 53 13.7 10.0-18.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 974 618 65.1 61.6-68.5 74 8.8 6.9-11.2 95 8.8 7.0-11.0 90 8.6 6.8-10.8 97 8.7 7.0-10.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,248 782 65.1 62.0-68.1 114 9.2 7.5-11.1 130 10.6 8.8-12.8 111 8.7 7.0-10.7 111 6.4 5.1- 8.0
College Graduate 1,562 1,060 68.2 65.5-70.7 187 13.5 11.7-15.6 147 9.1 7.6-10.7 91 5.1 4.1- 6.4 77 4.1 3.2- 5.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,320 578 44.1 40.9-47.4 100 8.1 6.5-10.1 165 12.9 10.8-15.2 213 16.3 13.9-18.9 264 18.7 16.2-21.4
No 2,729 2,039 74.9 72.9-76.7 281 10.5 9.2-11.8 223 7.8 6.7- 9.1 118 4.5 3.7- 5.5 68 2.3 1.7- 3.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 599 374 60.4 55.7-65.0 48 9.5 6.9-12.8 53 9.3 6.9-12.5 57 10.1 7.6-13.4 67 10.7 7.9-14.2
Non-Veteran 3,558 2,324 66.4 64.5-68.2 344 9.8 8.7-10.9 346 9.4 8.4-10.6 276 7.7 6.7- 8.8 268 6.8 5.9- 7.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,262 1,604 71.1 68.9-73.2 270 12.3 10.8-13.9 193 8.4 7.2- 9.8 124 5.1 4.2- 6.2 71 3.1 2.4- 4.1
Unemployed 157 88 55.9 46.3-65.1 13 7.8 4.1-14.1 26 15.3 9.6-23.4 19 12.6 7.5-20.5 11 8.5 4.0-16.9
Retired 1,072 693 65.6 62.0-69.0 77 6.8 5.4- 8.6 101 9.0 7.2-11.2 83 7.2 5.5- 9.4 118 11.4 9.1-14.3
Unable to Work 360 98 27.7 22.4-33.8 11 2.6 1.4- 4.8 43 12.3 8.8-17.0 82 26.4 20.9-32.7 126 31.0 25.7-36.7
Other not in Labor Force 271 182 67.2 60.5-73.2 20 7.8 4.7-12.7 34 12.2 8.5-17.3 26 10.2 6.8-15.2 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 350 178 53.5 47.5-59.5 19 5.2 3.1- 8.7 49 14.5 10.6-19.4 44 11.9 8.7-16.2 60 14.9 11.1-19.7
$15,000- 24,999 522 305 59.9 54.8-64.8 31 6.5 4.4- 9.3 61 10.9 8.2-14.3 59 10.9 8.1-14.5 66 11.9 8.8-15.9
$25,000- 34,999 352 219 64.0 58.1-69.6 36 10.3 7.2-14.5 30 9.4 6.4-13.8 33 7.9 5.3-11.5 34 8.4 5.7-12.0
$35,000- 49,999 472 297 64.7 59.5-69.5 47 10.7 7.8-14.6 49 8.0 5.9-10.8 40 8.3 5.9-11.6 39 8.3 5.7-12.1
$50,000-74,999 489 331 68.1 63.0-72.8 68 15.2 11.7-19.6 37 7.9 5.4-11.3 34 6.0 4.1- 8.7 19 2.8 1.7- 4.7
$75,000+ 1,134 808 70.4 67.2-73.4 136 12.4 10.4-14.7 93 8.8 6.9-11.1 54 5.2 3.8- 7.0 43 3.2 2.3- 4.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 868 582 67.6 63.7-71.3 57 6.1 4.6- 8.0 82 8.9 7.0-11.3 70 9.1 6.8-12.2 77 8.2 6.2-10.9
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 118 65 54.7 44.4-64.7 *** *** *** 19 17.4 10.8-26.9 17 16.0 9.9-24.9 15 10.7 5.7-19.1
50% to 100% 375 189 51.8 45.8-57.7 22 6.2 3.9- 9.8 55 15.7 11.7-20.6 48 12.0 8.5-16.5 61 14.4 10.8-18.9
101% to 150% 421 251 63.0 57.4-68.3 36 9.5 6.7-13.3 38 7.5 5.2-10.7 44 8.6 6.1-12.0 52 11.3 8.0-15.7
151% to 200% 305 190 64.1 57.5-70.1 30 10.1 6.9-14.6 28 8.0 5.2-12.1 29 8.6 5.7-12.7 28 9.2 5.8-14.5
More than 200% 2,016 1,377 68.7 66.3-71.0 241 12.6 11.0-14.4 173 8.6 7.2-10.2 123 6.0 4.9- 7.4 102 4.1 3.3- 5.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 868 582 67.6 63.7-71.3 57 6.1 4.6- 8.0 82 8.9 7.0-11.3 70 9.1 6.8-12.2 77 8.2 6.2-10.9
HOUSING
Own 2,650 1,770 66.7 64.6-68.8 253 9.8 8.5-11.1 231 8.8 7.6-10.1 194 7.6 6.4- 8.9 202 7.2 6.1- 8.5
Rent 1,210 767 64.9 61.8-68.0 113 10.1 8.3-12.3 124 9.5 7.8-11.5 107 8.1 6.6-10.0 99 7.4 5.8- 9.2
Other arrangement 293 160 57.5 50.9-63.9 22 7.3 4.7-11.3 44 15.3 11.2-20.7 32 11.6 7.8-16.8 35 8.3 5.6-12.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,377 923 66.6 63.7-69.5 158 11.9 10.1-14.0 128 9.3 7.6-11.3 93 6.9 5.5- 8.7 75 5.2 4.0- 6.8
Regional City or Suburban County 1,144 750 66.3 63.0-69.4 99 9.1 7.3-11.2 118 10.2 8.3-12.4 87 7.3 5.7- 9.4 90 7.1 5.6- 8.9
Rural 1,666 1,047 64.3 61.4-67.0 137 8.1 6.7- 9.7 155 8.9 7.4-10.6 154 9.4 7.8-11.3 173 9.4 7.8-11.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 979 599 63.3 59.6-66.8 78 8.4 6.5-10.7 94 9.5 7.5-11.9 109 10.8 8.6-13.3 99 8.1 6.4-10.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,385 889 64.4 61.3-67.4 131 9.5 7.8-11.4 127 8.9 7.3-10.7 111 8.7 7.0-10.8 127 8.5 6.9-10.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,823 1,232 67.6 65.1-70.0 185 10.5 9.0-12.2 180 9.7 8.3-11.4 114 6.2 5.0- 7.6 112 6.0 4.8- 7.4

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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