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 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-34 484 316 66.1 61.3-70.6 63 12.7 9.9-16.3 56 11.1 8.3-14.7 39 7.9 5.7-11.0 *** *** ***
35-44 316 191 60.9 54.8-66.7 50 15.6 11.8-20.4 34 10.1 7.1-14.3 26 8.7 5.6-13.3 15 4.7 2.6- 8.1
45-54 412 265 62.6 57.1-67.7 39 8.8 6.4-12.1 31 7.4 5.0-10.8 46 13.9 10.2-18.6 31 7.3 5.0-10.6
55-64 515 325 62.9 57.9-67.6 44 9.3 6.6-13.0 48 9.7 7.2-13.0 44 7.6 5.5-10.6 54 10.5 7.8-13.9
65-74 508 338 66.2 61.0-70.9 41 7.8 5.6-10.8 44 7.8 5.6-10.9 30 5.6 3.7- 8.3 55 12.6 9.1-17.3
75+ 355 221 61.3 54.5-67.7 25 5.6 3.7- 8.4 32 7.6 5.0-11.2 29 9.0 5.3-14.7 48 16.6 11.7-23.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 123 69 53.6 43.6-63.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 14.0 8.0-23.4 24 19.3 12.6-28.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 552 330 61.8 57.2-66.3 45 8.4 6.1-11.5 52 8.9 6.6-11.9 61 10.4 7.9-13.5 64 10.4 8.0-13.4
Some Post-H.S. 811 510 64.0 60.2-67.7 72 9.6 7.5-12.1 83 10.0 7.9-12.6 76 9.6 7.5-12.2 70 6.8 5.1- 9.1
College Graduate 1,124 761 67.8 64.7-70.7 138 13.7 11.6-16.2 105 9.3 7.6-11.4 65 5.1 3.9- 6.6 55 4.0 3.0- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 66 44.9 36.1-54.0 *** *** *** 24 15.7 10.3-23.4 18 12.4 7.6-19.7 29 18.9 12.5-27.4
$15,000- 24,999 243 125 53.0 45.6-60.3 20 8.2 5.1-12.8 27 10.1 6.7-15.1 36 15.6 10.8-22.0 35 13.1 8.9-18.8
$25,000- 34,999 209 121 60.2 52.5-67.4 23 11.2 7.1-17.1 21 9.9 6.4-15.2 21 8.4 5.1-13.5 23 10.3 6.6-15.7
$35,000- 49,999 305 194 65.8 59.4-71.7 29 9.5 6.4-14.0 27 6.5 4.3- 9.8 28 8.5 5.6-12.7 27 9.7 6.1-15.1
$50,000- 74,999 352 240 68.7 62.6-74.2 47 14.9 10.8-20.3 24 7.1 4.5-11.1 28 6.9 4.5-10.4 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 857 605 69.6 66.0-73.0 101 12.3 10.0-15.0 74 9.3 7.1-12.0 40 5.2 3.7- 7.2 37 3.6 2.5- 5.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 816 362 43.6 39.5-47.7 62 8.2 6.1-10.9 97 11.8 9.4-14.6 132 16.9 13.9-20.4 163 19.6 16.4-23.1
No 1,733 1,264 73.0 70.5-75.3 194 11.2 9.6-12.9 143 8.0 6.6- 9.6 83 5.2 4.1- 6.6 49 2.8 2.0- 3.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 422 272 61.9 56.1-67.3 36 9.7 6.6-13.9 34 8.1 5.6-11.6 36 9.7 6.7-13.7 44 10.7 7.3-15.4
Non-Veteran 2,182 1,392 64.1 61.7-66.4 228 10.5 9.1-12.0 213 9.4 8.1-10.9 180 8.6 7.2-10.1 169 7.5 6.3- 8.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 755 505 65.8 61.7-69.6 93 13.5 10.9-16.6 66 8.6 6.4-11.3 52 7.4 5.5- 9.9 39 4.8 3.4- 6.8
Regional City or Suburban County 760 484 63.3 59.2-67.2 69 9.2 7.1-11.8 84 11.0 8.7-13.8 59 8.4 6.2-11.2 64 8.2 6.2-10.7
Rural 1,101 685 62.8 59.3-66.2 102 9.0 7.2-11.1 98 8.4 6.7-10.4 106 10.0 8.0-12.4 110 9.9 7.8-12.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,379 965 69.9 67.0-72.5 174 12.9 11.0-15.0 110 8.0 6.6- 9.8 89 6.2 4.9- 7.8 41 3.0 2.1- 4.4
Unemployed 84 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 794 517 64.7 60.5-68.7 58 6.7 5.1- 8.8 77 9.0 7.0-11.6 56 7.2 5.2-10.0 86 12.4 9.5-16.0
Unable to Work 189 42 22.4 15.9-30.6 *** *** *** 21 9.9 6.1-15.4 44 27.4 20.3-35.9 74 36.8 29.3-45.0
Other not in Labor Force 151 95 65.9 57.1-73.8 15 9.8 5.4-17.1 19 11.2 6.9-17.7 16 10.5 6.2-17.2 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 153 67 47.8 38.7-57.0 *** *** *** 21 13.3 8.3-20.4 20 13.9 8.3-22.4 31 17.0 11.4-24.7
101% to 150% 210 112 56.6 48.9-64.1 20 9.8 6.2-15.2 21 8.4 5.3-12.9 27 11.9 7.9-17.5 30 13.3 8.8-19.5
151% to 200% 187 118 65.6 57.1-73.2 19 9.5 5.8-15.2 14 6.5 3.6-11.4 18 7.6 4.5-12.8 18 10.8 6.0-18.6
More than 200% 1,492 1,016 68.1 65.3-70.8 174 12.5 10.6-14.6 126 8.6 7.0-10.4 96 6.4 5.2- 8.0 80 4.5 3.5- 5.7
HOUSING
Own 1,904 1,256 65.4 62.8-67.9 189 10.1 8.7-11.8 166 8.5 7.2-10.1 143 8.2 6.8- 9.9 150 7.7 6.4- 9.3
Rent 543 326 60.2 55.3-64.8 60 12.1 9.2-15.6 61 10.7 8.1-13.9 53 8.9 6.6-11.9 43 8.2 5.7-11.6
Other arrangement 156 85 55.9 46.8-64.6 *** *** *** 21 14.1 9.0-21.5 20 14.6 9.1-22.7 19 9.0 5.2-15.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 501 288 58.7 53.6-63.7 47 9.5 7.0-12.8 52 10.0 7.4-13.4 62 12.4 9.4-16.2 52 9.4 6.8-12.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 952 608 62.9 59.1-66.6 95 10.2 8.2-12.8 76 7.2 5.6- 9.2 81 9.9 7.7-12.7 92 9.7 7.5-12.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,163 778 66.5 63.3-69.5 122 10.7 8.9-12.9 120 10.6 8.7-12.9 74 6.4 4.9- 8.2 69 5.8 4.5- 7.6

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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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