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
-FEMALES 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
Non-Hispanic White 1,370 834 61.2 58.1-64.2 127 9.4 7.8-11.4 147 9.9 8.3-11.8 138 10.9 8.9-13.1 124 8.6 6.9-10.5
Non-Hispanic Black 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
Other 338 232 69.5 63.0-75.3 27 8.3 5.5-12.4 31 8.2 5.2-12.6 27 9.3 5.7-14.6 21 4.8 2.7- 8.2
AGE
18-34 445 299 68.3 63.3-72.9 46 9.4 6.9-12.6 60 12.7 9.6-16.4 32 7.9 5.4-11.5 *** *** ***
35-44 325 204 62.4 56.0-68.3 40 12.6 9.0-17.2 41 11.8 8.5-16.2 24 8.0 4.9-12.9 16 5.2 2.9- 9.2
45-54 371 220 59.0 53.2-64.6 37 8.9 6.3-12.4 35 8.5 5.8-12.2 49 16.4 12.3-21.7 30 7.2 4.9-10.5
55-64 438 253 59.1 53.5-64.6 38 9.4 6.4-13.7 48 10.5 7.6-14.2 48 10.1 7.1-14.1 51 10.9 8.1-14.6
65-74 361 220 61.9 55.7-67.6 24 7.1 4.6-10.8 34 8.4 5.8-11.9 35 8.4 5.7-12.3 48 14.2 10.1-19.8
75+ 255 159 63.9 55.8-71.2 16 5.2 3.1- 8.6 24 7.6 4.8-11.9 21 8.4 4.3-15.7 35 14.9 9.6-22.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 191 117 58.5 49.9-66.6 *** *** *** 13 6.9 3.8-12.3 26 17.4 11.3-25.8 26 13.6 8.7-20.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 477 290 63.3 58.1-68.2 31 7.2 4.8-10.6 57 10.6 7.8-14.2 48 9.5 6.8-13.0 51 9.5 7.1-12.6
Some Post-H.S. 701 412 62.3 58.1-66.4 62 8.4 6.4-11.0 83 11.2 8.9-14.1 77 11.1 8.5-14.2 67 7.0 5.2- 9.4
College Graduate 856 557 65.7 62.0-69.2 101 13.5 11.0-16.4 91 10.5 8.4-13.0 62 6.0 4.6- 7.9 45 4.3 3.0- 6.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 203 98 51.7 43.8-59.4 11 3.8 2.0- 7.1 32 16.1 11.1-22.9 29 14.5 9.8-20.9 33 13.9 9.6-19.8
$15,000- 24,999 292 166 58.6 51.7-65.3 14 5.2 3.0- 8.9 39 11.7 8.1-16.7 37 12.8 8.6-18.7 36 11.6 7.9-16.7
$25,000- 34,999 183 107 62.0 53.5-69.8 19 9.4 5.7-15.1 21 12.9 8.0-20.1 17 7.4 4.2-12.9 19 8.3 5.0-13.6
$35,000- 49,999 237 140 59.6 51.9-66.8 25 10.7 6.9-16.3 28 8.9 5.9-13.1 26 11.7 7.6-17.5 18 9.1 4.9-16.1
$50,000- 74,999 264 169 65.7 58.6-72.1 37 15.2 10.6-21.3 24 9.2 5.9-14.3 21 6.0 3.7- 9.6 13 3.9 2.1- 7.2
$75,000+ 537 362 67.1 62.4-71.5 66 12.8 9.9-16.4 53 10.1 7.5-13.4 34 7.0 4.7-10.1 22 3.0 1.9- 4.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 741 290 40.0 35.7-44.5 58 8.0 6.0-10.6 105 13.7 11.0-16.8 133 18.8 15.4-22.9 155 19.5 16.3-23.1
No 1,430 1,044 73.5 70.8-76.1 140 9.7 8.1-11.5 135 8.9 7.4-10.7 78 5.8 4.5- 7.5 33 2.1 1.3- 3.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,143 1,331 63.5 61.0-65.9 202 9.2 7.9-10.7 234 10.3 8.9-11.8 198 9.6 8.1-11.3 178 7.4 6.2- 8.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 707 451 64.9 60.8-68.8 77 11.0 8.6-13.9 78 9.8 7.7-12.5 60 8.9 6.7-11.7 41 5.4 3.9- 7.5
Regional City or Suburban County 593 384 65.2 60.5-69.7 48 8.3 6.0-11.2 67 11.3 8.7-14.7 50 8.6 6.0-12.1 44 6.6 4.7- 9.3
Rural 928 543 60.1 56.2-63.9 79 8.0 6.3-10.2 99 10.0 8.0-12.4 103 11.7 9.2-14.7 104 10.2 8.0-12.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,086 744 69.3 66.1-72.4 137 12.3 10.3-14.7 108 9.9 8.0-12.2 71 6.0 4.6- 7.8 26 2.4 1.4- 4.0
Unemployed 84 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 15.7 9.3-25.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 583 354 61.8 56.9-66.5 40 7.4 5.3-10.1 64 9.7 7.4-12.6 54 8.8 6.2-12.5 71 12.3 9.2-16.2
Unable to Work 225 63 27.2 20.6-34.9 *** *** *** 25 10.0 6.4-15.3 54 29.4 22.1-38.1 77 31.2 24.7-38.6
Other not in Labor Force 218 148 69.0 61.5-75.6 12 5.7 2.8-11.2 28 11.8 7.9-17.3 22 10.6 6.7-16.4 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 71 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 214 107 52.9 44.9-60.7 *** *** *** 34 15.7 10.8-22.5 32 14.9 9.8-22.0 31 12.7 8.6-18.3
101% to 150% 226 126 59.1 51.3-66.4 18 8.6 5.3-13.6 24 8.6 5.3-13.6 28 11.1 7.2-16.8 30 12.7 8.4-18.7
151% to 200% 147 91 62.1 52.1-71.2 15 10.4 6.1-17.4 17 10.5 6.1-17.6 11 6.2 3.2-11.9 13 10.6 5.0-21.2
More than 200% 1,021 650 64.8 61.4-68.2 126 13.0 10.8-15.7 107 10.2 8.3-12.5 81 7.6 5.9- 9.7 57 4.3 3.2- 5.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 551 311 58.6 53.5-63.5 44 7.7 5.5-10.5 61 11.3 8.5-15.0 73 13.0 9.9-16.9 62 9.5 7.0-12.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 727 443 61.3 56.8-65.5 63 8.5 6.4-11.1 80 10.1 7.9-12.9 74 11.8 8.9-15.4 67 8.4 6.2-11.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 950 624 66.5 63.0-69.8 97 10.2 8.3-12.6 103 10.0 8.1-12.3 66 7.1 5.4- 9.3 60 6.1 4.6- 8.1

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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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