2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days

During the past 30 days, for about how many days did poor physical or mental health keep you from doing your
usual activities, such as self-care, work, or recreation?*

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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 4,238 3,248 76.9 75.4-78.4 233 5.3 4.6- 6.1 265 6.2 5.4- 7.1 289 6.6 5.8- 7.5 203 5.0 4.2- 5.9
GENDER
Male 1,980 1,593 80.9 78.8-82.8 100 5.0 4.0- 6.1 97 4.7 3.8- 5.9 106 5.3 4.2- 6.6 84 4.1 3.2- 5.3
Female 2,258 1,655 73.2 71.0-75.4 133 5.6 4.6- 6.9 168 7.6 6.4- 9.0 183 7.8 6.7- 9.2 119 5.7 4.5- 7.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,651 2,038 76.5 74.6-78.4 154 5.6 4.8- 6.7 168 6.3 5.3- 7.5 166 6.2 5.2- 7.3 125 5.3 4.3- 6.5
Non-Hispanic Black 842 626 76.6 73.2-79.7 51 5.4 3.9- 7.3 50 6.1 4.5- 8.3 72 7.7 6.0- 9.9 43 4.2 2.9- 6.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 109 79 73.5 63.1-81.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 11.5 6.3-19.8
Non-Hispanic Other 155 112 72.9 63.9-80.3 *** *** *** 13 8.0 4.4-14.3 15 7.4 4.3-12.5 *** *** ***
Hispanic 402 331 83.5 78.9-87.2 16 3.9 2.2- 6.9 21 4.1 2.5- 6.7 26 6.4 4.1- 9.7 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 925 686 74.5 71.3-77.5 74 7.7 6.0- 9.8 81 8.3 6.6-10.5 69 6.9 5.4- 8.9 15 2.5 1.4- 4.3
35-44 598 462 78.3 74.4-81.7 41 5.7 4.1- 7.9 46 7.5 5.5-10.2 33 5.6 3.9- 7.9 16 2.9 1.6- 5.3
45-54 693 524 74.1 70.0-77.8 35 4.5 3.2- 6.4 39 5.9 4.1- 8.4 57 9.7 7.2-13.0 38 5.8 4.1- 8.2
55-64 776 580 76.4 72.7-79.7 40 4.3 3.0- 6.2 42 4.7 3.3- 6.6 54 6.3 4.7- 8.3 60 8.4 6.1-11.4
65-74 695 551 80.2 76.3-83.5 28 4.0 2.5- 6.2 30 3.8 2.4- 5.8 43 5.1 3.7- 7.0 43 7.0 4.8-10.0
75+ 484 387 81.7 77.1-85.6 14 2.4 1.4- 4.2 22 3.6 2.3- 5.7 33 6.0 4.0- 8.9 28 6.3 3.7-10.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 402 301 75.1 69.9-79.8 *** *** *** 22 5.5 3.4- 8.8 24 6.1 3.8- 9.7 46 11.3 8.2-15.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 991 777 79.8 76.8-82.5 30 3.1 2.0- 4.8 49 4.5 3.3- 6.2 75 7.0 5.4- 8.9 60 5.6 4.1- 7.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,263 911 73.2 70.2-75.9 79 6.4 5.0- 8.1 90 7.2 5.7- 9.0 116 8.5 7.0-10.3 67 4.8 3.5- 6.6
College Graduate 1,573 1,250 79.1 76.8-81.3 115 7.8 6.4- 9.5 104 7.1 5.7- 8.7 74 4.3 3.4- 5.5 30 1.6 1.0- 2.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,339 769 56.5 53.2-59.7 69 5.2 3.9- 6.8 120 8.8 7.2-10.8 209 15.5 13.3-17.9 172 14.1 11.8-16.7
No 2,759 2,359 85.6 84.0-87.0 157 5.5 4.6- 6.5 140 5.2 4.3- 6.2 76 2.8 2.2- 3.6 27 1.0 0.6- 1.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 604 465 76.6 72.5-80.3 28 4.3 2.8- 6.4 31 5.0 3.4- 7.2 44 7.7 5.6-10.5 36 6.5 4.5- 9.3
Non-Veteran 3,603 2,755 76.8 75.2-78.4 204 5.5 4.7- 6.4 234 6.4 5.6- 7.4 245 6.5 5.6- 7.5 165 4.7 3.9- 5.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,278 1,877 82.9 81.1-84.6 138 5.5 4.6- 6.5 143 6.3 5.2- 7.5 92 4.0 3.2- 4.9 28 1.4 0.8- 2.2
Unemployed 160 100 61.9 52.3-70.6 11 4.7 2.5- 8.6 19 11.7 7.2-18.5 18 13.4 7.6-22.4 12 8.4 4.4-15.3
Retired 1,096 881 82.2 79.4-84.7 44 3.7 2.6- 5.3 45 3.4 2.4- 4.9 76 6.0 4.7- 7.7 50 4.6 3.2- 6.6
Unable to Work 360 139 36.8 31.1-43.0 *** *** *** 30 6.9 4.5-10.5 76 21.2 16.8-26.5 107 33.0 27.2-39.4
Other not in Labor Force 276 195 68.6 62.1-74.5 28 11.5 7.8-16.7 24 9.2 6.0-13.8 26 9.4 6.2-13.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 355 219 62.6 56.7-68.2 17 4.3 2.4- 7.5 33 8.4 5.7-12.2 43 12.1 8.8-16.3 43 12.6 9.0-17.4
$15,000- 24,999 526 366 69.1 64.1-73.7 23 4.2 2.6- 6.5 40 7.1 5.0-10.0 50 10.5 7.5-14.3 47 9.2 6.5-12.9
$25,000- 34,999 356 260 74.8 69.3-79.7 21 6.3 3.9-10.1 16 4.6 2.7- 7.9 35 7.9 5.5-11.2 24 6.3 3.7-10.4
$35,000- 49,999 474 354 75.9 71.2-80.1 22 4.1 2.6- 6.6 35 6.5 4.6- 9.3 44 8.6 6.2-11.8 19 4.8 2.7- 8.4
$50,000-74,999 490 394 80.8 76.4-84.5 38 6.5 4.5- 9.2 31 6.5 4.4- 9.4 21 5.1 3.1- 8.1 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 1,140 939 81.7 79.0-84.2 72 6.7 5.3- 8.6 65 5.9 4.5- 7.7 43 3.7 2.7- 5.2 21 1.9 1.1- 3.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 897 716 80.1 76.7-83.1 40 4.2 2.9- 6.1 45 5.6 4.0- 7.8 53 5.2 3.8- 7.0 43 5.0 3.4- 7.3
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 118 70 59.3 48.9-68.9 *** *** *** 13 9.4 5.2-16.2 12 11.1 6.1-19.4 15 12.7 7.1-21.7
50% to 100% 382 231 61.5 55.6-67.0 20 4.7 2.8- 7.8 41 10.5 7.4-14.7 52 13.2 9.8-17.4 38 10.2 7.0-14.6
101% to 150% 417 299 72.4 66.9-77.3 22 5.2 3.2- 8.3 18 4.0 2.4- 6.7 43 9.9 6.9-14.1 35 8.5 5.6-12.7
151% to 200% 311 234 76.1 70.0-81.3 14 4.2 2.3- 7.8 17 4.3 2.5- 7.4 24 7.5 4.8-11.4 22 7.9 4.6-13.1
More than 200% 2,026 1,624 80.6 78.5-82.5 125 6.1 5.1- 7.3 129 6.4 5.3- 7.7 101 4.8 3.8- 5.9 47 2.1 1.5- 3.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 897 716 80.1 76.7-83.1 40 4.2 2.9- 6.1 45 5.6 4.0- 7.8 53 5.2 3.8- 7.0 43 5.0 3.4- 7.3
HOUSING
Own 2,687 2,145 80.0 78.1-81.7 132 4.6 3.8- 5.6 143 5.4 4.5- 6.4 155 5.6 4.7- 6.7 112 4.5 3.5- 5.6
Rent 1,217 871 70.9 67.9-73.8 79 6.6 5.2- 8.4 95 7.6 6.0- 9.5 106 9.5 7.7-11.6 66 5.4 4.0- 7.2
Other arrangement 297 198 66.9 60.5-72.8 20 7.2 4.4-11.4 27 10.2 6.8-15.1 28 7.5 4.9-11.2 24 8.2 5.1-12.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,387 1,059 76.7 74.1-79.2 106 7.5 6.1- 9.2 99 7.1 5.7- 8.8 88 6.5 5.2- 8.2 35 2.2 1.5- 3.2
Regional City or Suburban County 1,164 899 77.7 74.8-80.4 54 4.5 3.3- 6.0 74 6.4 4.9- 8.3 83 6.5 5.1- 8.3 54 4.9 3.6- 6.7
Rural 1,687 1,290 76.4 73.8-78.8 73 3.9 3.0- 5.1 92 5.3 4.2- 6.6 118 6.8 5.5- 8.3 114 7.6 6.0- 9.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,003 763 75.9 72.5-78.9 39 3.8 2.7- 5.4 57 5.7 4.3- 7.6 79 7.8 6.0- 9.9 65 6.9 5.0- 9.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,399 1,073 76.8 74.0-79.3 69 4.4 3.4- 5.8 84 6.3 4.9- 8.0 91 6.0 4.8- 7.5 82 6.5 5.0- 8.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,836 1,412 77.5 75.2-79.6 125 6.7 5.5- 8.1 124 6.4 5.2- 7.8 119 6.6 5.4- 8.0 56 3.0 2.2- 4.0

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*Respondents who reported no mental and physical health problems in the past month were not asked this question, however, they are included in the 'None' category here.

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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