2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,280 1,517 66.9 64.6-69.1 234 10.5 9.1-12.1 216 9.4 8.1-10.9 157 7.0 5.9- 8.4 156 6.2 5.2- 7.4
GENDER
Male 1,067 741 68.7 65.3-71.9 112 11.0 9.0-13.4 81 8.5 6.6-10.9 59 5.5 4.1- 7.2 74 6.4 4.8- 8.4
Female 1,213 776 65.2 62.0-68.2 122 10.1 8.3-12.2 135 10.2 8.4-12.3 98 8.5 6.7-10.7 82 6.1 4.8- 7.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,432 936 65.0 62.1-67.9 155 11.3 9.5-13.3 138 9.3 7.7-11.2 100 7.5 6.0- 9.4 103 6.9 5.5- 8.6
Non-Hispanic Black 474 303 67.0 62.0-71.6 52 10.0 7.4-13.3 53 12.5 9.2-16.6 32 5.6 3.8- 8.2 34 5.0 3.4- 7.2
Other 374 278 75.3 69.9-80.1 27 7.8 5.1-11.7 25 4.8 3.1- 7.4 25 7.2 4.4-11.5 19 4.8 2.9- 8.0
AGE
18-34 521 354 68.2 63.5-72.5 70 12.8 9.9-16.2 52 10.0 7.4-13.5 32 6.6 4.5- 9.5 13 2.4 1.4- 4.3
35-44 343 227 66.9 61.1-72.3 51 14.4 10.7-19.0 36 10.9 7.6-15.4 18 4.7 2.8- 7.9 *** *** ***
45-54 385 257 64.4 58.6-69.9 36 8.9 6.3-12.4 31 8.4 5.7-12.2 33 9.9 6.8-14.2 28 8.4 5.4-12.9
55-64 427 274 64.9 59.5-69.9 30 8.2 5.5-12.2 41 9.2 6.6-12.7 35 7.8 5.3-11.3 47 9.9 7.2-13.4
65-74 330 217 67.4 61.6-72.7 27 8.2 5.5-12.1 31 8.8 6.0-12.7 20 5.8 3.5- 9.5 35 9.7 6.8-13.6
75+ 234 159 68.1 59.7-75.4 14 4.5 2.5- 7.9 22 7.9 4.9-12.5 *** *** *** 22 11.7 7.0-18.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 212 143 61.8 53.5-69.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** 22 13.1 8.2-20.2 26 12.8 8.2-19.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 468 305 66.5 61.5-71.1 37 8.8 6.2-12.5 39 8.7 6.2-12.1 45 8.4 6.1-11.5 42 7.6 5.5-10.4
Some Post-H.S. 630 411 67.8 63.6-71.7 59 9.0 6.9-11.8 73 11.4 8.8-14.5 41 6.4 4.6- 9.0 46 5.4 3.9- 7.4
College Graduate 965 656 68.3 65.0-71.5 129 15.3 12.9-18.2 89 8.4 6.8-10.4 49 4.4 3.2- 5.9 42 3.5 2.5- 4.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 637 295 46.3 41.7-51.0 58 9.4 6.9-12.6 81 13.0 10.2-16.4 86 13.7 10.6-17.4 117 17.6 14.4-21.5
No 1,567 1,161 74.0 71.5-76.5 170 11.1 9.4-13.0 130 8.2 6.7- 9.9 71 4.8 3.7- 6.2 35 1.9 1.3- 2.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 270 172 60.1 53.0-66.7 22 9.9 6.1-15.5 24 10.5 6.8-15.8 23 9.1 5.7-14.3 29 10.5 6.9-15.6
Non-Veteran 1,991 1,331 67.6 65.1-69.9 210 10.6 9.2-12.2 191 9.3 7.9-10.9 134 6.8 5.6- 8.3 125 5.7 4.6- 6.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,299 918 70.8 67.9-73.5 168 13.1 11.1-15.3 109 8.4 6.8-10.4 64 4.9 3.7- 6.4 40 2.8 2.0- 4.0
Unemployed 81 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 537 363 68.6 63.7-73.1 38 6.6 4.7- 9.2 54 9.3 7.0-12.4 34 6.3 4.0- 9.9 48 9.2 6.6-12.7
Unable to Work 163 45 28.1 20.8-36.8 *** *** *** 22 15.1 9.7-23.0 35 23.3 16.3-32.2 54 29.7 22.6-38.0
Other not in Labor Force 158 106 64.2 55.2-72.3 14 9.7 5.3-17.0 19 12.3 7.5-19.5 14 10.9 6.4-18.1 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 163 90 57.8 48.9-66.2 *** *** *** 21 14.0 8.6-21.8 16 8.3 4.9-14.0 26 14.0 9.1-21.1
$15,000- 24,999 252 161 66.0 58.8-72.5 *** *** *** 21 7.1 4.4-11.2 24 8.2 5.1-12.8 34 14.4 9.6-20.8
$25,000- 34,999 194 123 63.0 54.9-70.4 19 10.0 6.2-15.7 15 10.1 5.9-16.9 19 8.9 5.3-14.5 18 8.0 4.8-13.0
$35,000- 49,999 228 140 63.5 56.1-70.3 31 14.7 10.0-21.1 22 7.5 4.7-11.7 21 8.5 5.2-13.6 14 5.8 3.3-10.0
$50,000- 74,999 267 180 68.8 61.8-75.0 44 16.9 12.1-23.1 21 7.5 4.5-12.2 16 5.4 3.0- 9.3 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 705 499 69.6 65.5-73.4 85 12.9 10.3-16.0 64 9.7 7.3-12.9 33 5.0 3.4- 7.2 24 2.8 1.8- 4.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 185 102 56.7 48.4-64.6 *** *** *** 23 13.8 8.9-20.8 18 8.6 5.0-14.3 32 15.9 10.8-22.7
101% to 150% 220 132 63.7 55.9-70.8 21 9.9 6.2-15.5 19 7.0 4.1-11.6 20 7.6 4.5-12.4 28 11.9 7.5-18.4
151% to 200% 131 92 69.2 59.7-77.4 12 10.1 5.6-17.6 *** *** *** 13 9.8 5.4-16.9 *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,173 798 68.4 65.2-71.4 154 13.8 11.7-16.3 103 8.8 7.0-11.0 69 5.6 4.3- 7.3 49 3.3 2.4- 4.5
HOUSING
Own 1,414 973 68.5 65.5-71.3 140 10.3 8.6-12.4 126 8.9 7.3-10.9 85 6.3 4.9- 8.1 90 6.0 4.7- 7.6
Rent 692 444 65.3 61.2-69.2 77 11.4 8.9-14.3 66 9.3 7.1-12.1 56 7.6 5.6-10.1 49 6.5 4.7- 8.8
Other arrangement 153 87 57.6 48.6-66.1 12 7.6 4.2-13.3 22 14.5 9.2-22.1 16 12.7 7.5-20.6 16 7.6 4.5-12.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,272 853 66.4 63.3-69.4 149 12.3 10.4-14.5 118 9.5 7.7-11.7 86 6.7 5.3- 8.5 66 5.0 3.8- 6.7
Regional City or Suburban County 561 376 67.6 63.0-72.0 51 8.9 6.6-11.9 53 9.5 7.0-12.8 33 6.3 4.1- 9.5 48 7.7 5.6-10.6
Rural 447 288 67.0 61.8-71.9 34 7.5 5.0-11.2 45 9.0 6.6-12.2 38 9.0 6.1-13.0 42 7.5 5.4-10.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 126 79 69.7 60.5-77.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 11.4 6.6-19.1 *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 824 542 66.6 62.7-70.3 77 9.5 7.4-12.2 78 8.9 6.9-11.4 59 8.0 5.9-10.9 68 7.0 5.3- 9.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,330 896 66.7 63.7-69.6 147 11.7 9.8-13.8 129 9.9 8.1-12.0 81 6.0 4.7- 7.6 77 5.7 4.4- 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 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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