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
-MALES 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
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,246 840 66.6 63.5-69.6 137 11.3 9.4-13.5 101 8.5 6.8-10.5 79 6.4 5.0- 8.2 89 7.2 5.6- 9.2
Non-Hispanic Black 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
Other 322 239 76.9 71.2-81.7 17 6.7 3.9-11.2 21 4.8 3.0- 7.6 21 4.9 3.1- 7.9 24 6.7 4.2-10.5
AGE
18-34 471 333 70.1 65.3-74.6 58 13.1 10.0-16.9 42 8.9 6.3-12.4 25 5.1 3.4- 7.6 13 2.9 1.6- 5.1
35-44 272 185 67.7 61.2-73.6 41 15.0 10.9-20.3 19 7.8 4.7-12.7 16 5.4 3.2- 9.0 11 4.0 2.1- 7.5
45-54 323 225 66.9 60.5-72.7 26 8.4 5.6-12.4 26 9.0 5.9-13.4 24 7.6 4.9-11.8 22 8.1 4.7-13.6
55-64 331 216 66.5 60.5-72.0 22 7.1 4.5-11.1 26 8.1 5.3-12.1 24 7.2 4.6-11.1 43 11.1 7.8-15.4
65-74 324 228 70.2 63.7-76.0 27 7.6 5.1-11.2 23 7.8 4.7-12.6 13 3.7 2.0- 6.6 33 10.7 6.8-16.4
75+ 208 132 63.3 54.9-71.0 13 4.8 2.6- 8.6 18 8.4 4.8-14.2 19 8.7 5.1-14.4 26 14.8 9.4-22.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 202 137 66.0 57.6-73.6 *** *** *** 16 9.5 5.4-16.2 15 5.6 3.1- 9.9 27 13.9 8.7-21.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 497 328 66.8 62.0-71.3 43 10.3 7.5-13.9 38 7.2 5.1-10.2 42 7.7 5.6-10.7 46 7.9 5.7-10.9
Some Post-H.S. 547 370 68.5 63.9-72.7 52 10.1 7.6-13.3 47 9.9 7.3-13.5 34 5.8 4.0- 8.4 44 5.6 4.0- 7.9
College Graduate 706 503 71.3 67.5-74.8 86 13.5 10.9-16.7 56 7.3 5.6- 9.5 29 4.0 2.7- 5.9 32 3.9 2.6- 5.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 147 80 55.9 46.4-65.0 *** *** *** 17 12.3 7.1-20.5 15 8.6 5.0-14.5 27 16.2 10.2-24.7
$15,000- 24,999 230 139 61.3 53.6-68.5 17 7.9 4.8-12.8 22 9.9 6.3-15.1 22 8.7 5.6-13.3 30 12.2 7.7-19.0
$25,000- 34,999 169 112 66.1 57.6-73.6 17 11.2 6.7-18.1 *** *** *** 16 8.3 4.8-13.9 15 8.4 4.9-14.2
$35,000- 49,999 235 157 69.2 62.2-75.4 22 10.7 6.8-16.5 21 7.2 4.5-11.3 14 5.3 2.9- 9.4 21 7.7 4.8-12.1
$50,000- 74,999 225 162 70.8 63.2-77.4 31 15.3 10.3-22.0 13 6.4 3.4-11.8 13 5.9 3.2-10.7 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 597 446 73.1 68.7-77.1 70 12.1 9.4-15.3 40 7.7 5.2-11.2 20 3.7 2.3- 6.0 21 3.4 2.1- 5.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 579 288 49.1 44.2-54.0 42 8.2 5.8-11.6 60 11.9 9.0-15.5 80 13.2 10.3-16.6 109 17.7 14.0-22.0
No 1,299 995 76.3 73.5-78.9 141 11.3 9.5-13.4 88 6.7 5.2- 8.6 40 3.1 2.2- 4.3 35 2.6 1.8- 3.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 526 336 62.0 57.0-66.8 46 9.7 7.2-13.1 44 9.0 6.5-12.3 43 9.0 6.5-12.3 57 10.3 7.4-14.2
Non-Veteran 1,415 993 70.4 67.5-73.1 142 10.5 8.8-12.5 112 8.2 6.6-10.2 78 5.0 3.9- 6.4 90 5.9 4.6- 7.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 670 472 68.5 64.1-72.5 81 13.0 10.3-16.1 50 8.6 6.2-12.0 33 4.9 3.4- 7.0 34 5.1 3.2- 7.8
Regional City or Suburban County 551 366 67.4 62.8-71.7 51 9.9 7.4-13.2 51 9.1 6.7-12.2 37 6.1 4.3- 8.7 46 7.5 5.4-10.4
Rural 738 504 69.1 65.0-72.9 58 8.1 6.0-10.9 56 7.6 5.7-10.1 51 6.7 4.9- 9.1 69 8.5 6.3-11.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,176 860 72.7 69.7-75.5 133 12.2 10.2-14.6 85 7.1 5.6- 8.9 53 4.3 3.2- 5.8 45 3.7 2.7- 5.1
Unemployed 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 489 339 70.1 64.8-74.8 37 6.2 4.3- 8.7 37 8.1 5.5-11.8 29 5.2 3.5- 7.8 47 10.4 7.1-14.9
Unable to Work 135 35 28.6 20.3-38.7 *** *** *** 18 16.1 9.7-25.4 28 21.5 14.6-30.5 49 30.6 22.4-40.1
Other not in Labor Force 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 161 82 50.3 41.4-59.1 12 9.5 5.1-16.9 21 15.5 9.8-23.6 16 7.8 4.6-13.1 30 16.8 11.0-24.8
101% to 150% 195 125 66.9 58.6-74.2 18 10.4 6.3-16.7 14 6.5 3.7-11.1 16 6.2 3.6-10.4 22 10.0 5.6-17.2
151% to 200% 158 99 65.7 57.0-73.4 15 9.8 5.6-16.4 11 5.9 3.0-11.4 18 10.5 6.3-17.0 15 8.1 4.6-13.8
More than 200% 995 727 72.3 68.9-75.4 115 12.2 10.0-14.7 66 7.0 5.2- 9.4 42 4.6 3.2- 6.4 45 4.0 2.9- 5.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 428 288 68.3 62.9-73.2 34 9.1 6.3-13.0 33 7.5 5.1-11.0 36 8.4 5.7-12.1 37 6.7 4.6- 9.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 658 446 67.8 63.5-71.9 68 10.5 8.1-13.6 47 7.5 5.4-10.3 37 5.4 3.8- 7.7 60 8.7 6.4-11.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 873 608 68.9 65.1-72.4 88 10.8 8.6-13.4 77 9.4 7.2-12.2 48 5.1 3.7- 6.9 52 5.9 4.2- 8.2

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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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