2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 4,432 2,915 65.5 63.5-67.4 373 8.2 7.3- 9.3 443 9.2 8.2-10.3 378 9.2 8.0-10.5 323 7.9 6.7- 9.3
Eastern NC 1,590 1,036 65.1 61.8-68.2 106 6.9 5.4- 8.8 158 9.0 7.4-10.9 138 9.6 7.7-12.0 152 9.4 7.6-11.6
GENDER
Male 736 494 66.6 61.7-71.1 48 7.1 4.9-10.2 65 8.4 6.2-11.3 57 8.6 6.0-12.2 72 9.3 6.8-12.6
Female 854 542 63.7 59.2-67.9 58 6.7 4.9- 9.1 93 9.6 7.4-12.3 81 10.5 7.9-13.9 80 9.5 7.1-12.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 888 563 62.8 58.6-66.9 64 6.8 5.1- 9.1 100 11.0 8.7-13.8 78 8.8 6.5-11.7 83 10.5 8.1-13.5
Non-Hispanic Black 328 215 66.9 59.6-73.5 25 8.2 4.9-13.4 24 4.9 2.9- 8.0 33 11.2 7.2-17.1 31 8.8 5.3-14.1
Other 337 228 67.9 59.8-75.0 *** *** *** 30 8.4 5.1-13.4 24 10.5 5.7-18.4 38 7.3 4.6-11.5
AGE
18-34 331 240 72.4 66.0-77.9 32 9.9 6.7-14.4 29 8.5 5.7-12.7 20 6.9 4.0-11.8 *** *** ***
35-44 237 155 64.4 56.0-72.1 16 4.8 2.7- 8.1 27 9.8 6.0-15.5 *** *** *** 25 12.5 7.9-19.2
45-54 231 156 71.1 63.0-78.0 *** *** *** 27 9.1 5.9-13.8 *** *** *** 18 5.6 3.2- 9.6
55-64 300 172 52.6 44.5-60.6 19 6.5 3.8-10.8 27 9.6 5.8-15.5 45 15.2 10.1-22.1 37 16.1 10.5-24.0
65-74 297 187 61.4 53.5-68.6 *** *** *** 26 7.1 4.4-11.2 28 11.5 7.3-17.6 36 10.8 7.2-15.9
75+ 167 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 11.3 6.5-18.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 167 105 63.2 52.3-72.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 15.2 8.4-25.8 25 13.4 7.7-22.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 406 263 64.3 57.9-70.3 *** *** *** 47 12.3 8.8-16.9 30 7.9 5.0-12.2 47 10.5 7.2-15.0
Some Post-H.S. 495 325 66.7 61.2-71.8 28 6.4 4.1-10.0 46 7.3 5.1-10.4 51 10.0 7.1-14.0 45 9.6 6.7-13.5
College Graduate 519 341 64.6 59.0-69.8 52 11.5 8.5-15.5 54 10.5 7.5-14.3 37 7.9 5.0-12.5 35 5.5 3.5- 8.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 545 250 46.7 40.9-52.5 31 6.8 4.4-10.5 57 8.3 5.9-11.5 91 18.4 14.1-23.8 116 19.8 15.6-24.8
No 996 749 75.8 72.1-79.1 70 6.5 4.8- 8.7 98 9.5 7.4-12.0 46 4.8 3.3- 7.0 33 3.5 2.3- 5.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 291 184 67.0 59.7-73.6 *** *** *** 33 9.3 6.2-13.7 25 8.0 5.1-12.4 29 8.8 5.1-14.7
Non-Veteran 1,292 846 64.5 60.8-68.1 86 7.0 5.4- 9.0 125 9.0 7.2-11.1 113 10.0 7.8-12.8 122 9.5 7.5-11.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 843 602 70.8 66.7-74.7 65 7.5 5.7- 9.8 82 9.6 7.4-12.3 52 7.6 5.3-10.9 42 4.5 3.1- 6.4
Unemployed 62 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 430 275 61.9 55.2-68.2 *** *** *** 40 7.5 5.1-11.1 39 9.9 6.7-14.2 50 14.6 10.2-20.4
Unable to Work 142 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 93 73 84.2 74.8-90.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 114 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 14.2 8.0-24.1 25 18.8 10.7-30.8
$15,000- 24,999 148 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 23 14.5 8.7-23.2
$25,000- 34,999 183 117 60.0 49.7-69.5 *** *** *** 20 13.3 7.6-22.3 23 13.8 7.6-23.6 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 174 112 65.5 55.9-74.0 *** *** *** 21 11.6 7.0-18.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 190 134 72.3 63.2-79.8 *** *** *** 20 8.1 4.9-13.2 13 6.9 3.8-12.1 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 433 296 66.8 60.7-72.4 38 9.0 6.2-12.8 44 10.2 7.4-14.0 29 8.4 4.8-14.2 26 5.6 3.6- 8.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 348 238 67.8 60.6-74.2 19 7.0 4.2-11.4 27 5.7 3.3- 9.7 30 8.9 5.6-13.8 34 10.6 6.7-16.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 162 90 62.1 51.2-71.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 9.4 5.1-16.5 27 12.1 7.3-19.3
101% to 150% 107 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 148 96 63.1 52.2-72.8 *** *** *** 18 10.5 6.1-17.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 759 514 67.3 62.7-71.6 60 7.7 5.6-10.6 75 9.3 7.2-11.9 57 8.9 6.2-12.7 53 6.8 4.8- 9.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 348 238 67.8 60.6-74.2 19 7.0 4.2-11.4 27 5.7 3.3- 9.7 30 8.9 5.6-13.8 34 10.6 6.7-16.5
HOUSING
Own 1,076 716 65.1 61.1-68.9 68 5.9 4.4- 7.9 110 9.8 7.8-12.2 87 9.2 6.9-12.1 95 10.1 7.8-13.0
Rent 388 240 65.1 59.0-70.7 30 9.4 6.2-14.2 33 6.7 4.5-10.0 40 10.0 7.0-14.1 45 8.7 6.0-12.6
Other arrangement 107 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 113 75 68.6 57.5-77.9 *** *** *** 18 13.0 7.8-20.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 421 273 67.3 61.5-72.6 33 7.9 5.2-11.7 44 8.6 6.1-12.1 33 7.7 4.8-12.2 38 8.5 5.7-12.4
Rural 1,056 688 63.5 59.2-67.5 65 6.4 4.7- 8.7 96 8.8 6.7-11.3 101 11.2 8.6-14.3 106 10.2 7.8-13.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 863 560 63.5 58.5-68.1 59 8.0 5.7-11.0 82 8.6 6.5-11.4 80 10.8 7.9-14.6 82 9.1 6.6-12.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 360 235 66.6 60.3-72.3 20 5.1 3.0- 8.6 32 8.4 5.5-12.7 34 9.4 6.0-14.3 39 10.4 7.2-14.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 367 241 66.9 60.8-72.4 27 6.7 4.4-10.0 44 10.4 7.4-14.5 24 7.3 4.6-11.4 31 8.8 5.7-13.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 295 197 67.4 60.5-73.6 16 4.8 2.8- 8.0 39 13.2 9.1-18.8 18 7.0 4.0-12.1 25 7.6 4.7-12.1
2nd Quartile 208 138 66.4 58.1-73.8 17 7.5 4.3-12.9 16 7.9 4.5-13.4 *** *** *** 17 9.3 5.4-15.3
3rd Quartile 450 281 67.0 61.4-72.1 34 6.9 4.6-10.3 50 8.4 5.9-11.7 34 7.2 4.7-10.8 51 10.5 7.5-14.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 637 420 61.1 54.9-66.9 39 7.7 5.1-11.7 53 8.0 5.6-11.4 66 13.9 9.9-19.2 59 9.2 6.1-13.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 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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