2022 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 4,432 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
Females 2,337 1,470 61.2 58.3-64.1 210 8.7 7.4-10.2 261 10.6 9.0-12.4 227 10.9 9.1-13.0 169 8.6 6.8-11.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,443 865 58.5 54.9-62.0 149 10.0 8.2-12.0 179 11.6 9.7-13.7 144 11.1 8.8-14.0 106 8.9 6.8-11.4
Non-Hispanic Black 477 320 67.1 61.5-72.1 38 7.3 5.0-10.6 41 8.9 6.0-12.9 45 9.4 6.7-13.2 33 7.3 4.7-11.1
Other 371 254 65.2 56.7-72.8 21 6.2 3.5-10.8 36 10.1 5.7-17.3 32 11.8 7.2-18.6 28 6.7 2.9-14.7
AGE
18-34 473 313 64.5 58.7-69.9 54 10.5 7.8-14.1 60 13.8 10.0-18.7 38 9.9 6.5-14.8 *** *** ***
35-44 358 232 61.8 54.4-68.6 35 9.2 6.2-13.6 36 8.1 5.5-11.7 27 8.1 4.5-14.0 28 12.8 7.6-20.7
45-54 374 233 64.0 57.1-70.4 37 8.1 5.6-11.7 41 9.8 6.7-14.2 36 12.4 8.4-17.9 27 5.6 3.6- 8.7
55-64 430 234 53.6 47.2-59.9 50 12.6 9.1-17.3 52 10.4 7.4-14.3 52 9.7 7.0-13.3 42 13.7 8.9-20.6
65-74 393 246 58.1 50.8-65.1 24 4.6 2.6- 8.1 38 9.6 6.3-14.6 53 19.5 13.2-27.9 32 8.1 5.3-12.2
75+ 255 167 62.7 53.5-71.0 *** *** *** 30 10.2 6.6-15.5 18 7.1 3.7-13.2 30 14.9 9.0-23.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 148 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 465 294 63.9 58.3-69.1 27 5.6 3.6- 8.5 50 11.8 8.5-16.1 50 10.3 7.2-14.3 44 8.5 6.0-11.9
Some Post-H.S. 704 426 59.6 54.3-64.7 52 7.9 5.7-10.8 83 12.1 9.0-16.0 80 10.6 8.1-13.8 63 9.8 6.4-14.7
College Graduate 1,014 652 64.6 60.8-68.1 124 13.5 11.0-16.5 121 10.6 8.6-12.9 76 8.3 6.3-10.9 41 3.0 2.1- 4.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 151 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 29 17.2 9.4-29.4
$15,000- 24,999 222 115 46.2 37.1-55.4 23 9.2 5.6-14.8 25 9.8 6.0-15.7 28 14.4 8.0-24.6 31 20.4 12.5-31.4
$25,000- 34,999 259 166 59.4 51.2-67.1 14 7.5 4.1-13.2 33 15.2 10.1-22.1 30 11.3 7.3-17.0 16 6.7 3.1-13.6
$35,000- 49,999 247 145 54.9 46.7-62.8 21 6.3 3.7-10.6 36 16.4 11.1-23.6 28 13.7 8.6-21.2 17 8.7 5.0-14.7
$50,000- 74,999 276 170 62.4 54.3-69.9 31 10.6 7.0-15.6 40 12.3 8.6-17.3 22 11.5 6.0-20.9 13 3.2 1.5- 6.4
$75,000+ 644 432 68.7 64.2-72.9 75 11.8 9.1-15.2 70 9.9 7.5-12.9 50 7.9 5.7-10.9 17 1.7 1.0- 2.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 747 330 41.2 36.2-46.5 57 6.6 4.9- 9.0 93 11.9 8.8-15.9 137 19.2 15.2-24.1 130 21.0 16.2-26.7
No 1,522 1,090 71.4 68.4-74.2 151 10.4 8.6-12.5 162 9.9 8.3-11.9 83 6.3 4.7- 8.4 36 2.0 1.4- 3.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 83 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 11.5 6.0-21.1 13 16.0 9.2-26.5 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,243 1,420 61.5 58.5-64.4 200 8.7 7.3-10.2 247 10.5 8.9-12.4 213 10.7 8.8-12.8 163 8.7 6.8-11.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 764 482 62.8 58.0-67.4 83 10.3 8.1-13.2 100 12.4 9.8-15.5 68 8.8 6.6-11.7 31 5.7 2.8-11.0
Regional City or Suburban County 615 384 61.6 56.0-66.9 59 9.6 7.1-12.9 60 8.0 5.9-10.8 61 11.5 8.0-16.2 51 9.2 6.4-13.2
Rural 958 604 59.3 54.5-64.0 68 6.2 4.6- 8.2 101 10.9 8.1-14.6 98 12.4 9.3-16.4 87 11.1 8.0-15.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,175 778 67.7 64.2-71.0 135 11.0 9.0-13.4 147 11.8 9.7-14.2 80 7.0 5.3- 9.2 35 2.5 1.7- 3.7
Unemployed 91 *** *** *** 11 15.4 8.2-27.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 629 409 62.1 56.0-67.9 33 5.1 3.2- 7.8 71 10.2 7.6-13.7 67 12.3 9.2-16.4 49 10.2 5.9-17.2
Unable to Work 184 42 15.5 10.2-22.9 *** *** *** 12 3.7 1.7- 8.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 221 159 67.8 58.0-76.2 20 7.8 4.7-12.5 21 11.5 5.9-21.2 14 9.4 4.5-18.6 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 222 117 50.2 40.4-60.0 15 9.0 5.0-15.7 27 13.1 6.5-24.6 29 9.0 5.7-13.9 34 18.7 11.1-29.6
101% to 150% 169 92 47.0 37.0-57.4 16 6.3 3.4-11.5 22 16.4 10.0-25.8 *** *** *** 13 7.7 4.0-14.3
151% to 200% 196 114 56.1 46.9-64.9 15 7.8 4.1-14.1 31 15.6 10.3-22.9 22 13.6 8.1-21.9 14 7.0 3.6-13.0
More than 200% 1,116 717 65.0 61.5-68.4 121 11.0 8.9-13.4 134 11.3 9.2-13.7 95 8.8 6.9-11.2 49 3.9 2.8- 5.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 602 381 57.8 51.2-64.1 38 5.4 3.6- 8.0 61 9.3 6.6-12.8 62 14.2 9.5-20.6 60 13.4 8.8-19.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 724 455 62.9 57.9-67.6 68 9.5 7.2-12.5 68 8.7 6.5-11.5 78 11.5 8.4-15.6 55 7.4 5.2-10.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,011 634 61.6 57.4-65.7 104 9.6 7.6-12.0 132 12.6 10.0-15.7 87 8.8 6.9-11.3 54 7.4 4.7-11.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 712 444 60.8 56.0-65.4 67 9.4 7.0-12.5 100 14.1 10.7-18.2 64 10.0 7.5-13.2 37 5.7 3.7- 8.7
2nd Quartile 657 423 62.4 57.0-67.5 62 9.3 7.0-12.3 62 9.5 7.1-12.6 61 9.6 6.6-13.6 49 9.2 5.8-14.4
3rd Quartile 576 339 59.3 53.2-65.2 61 9.1 6.8-12.2 65 9.3 6.7-12.6 63 12.5 8.6-18.0 48 9.7 6.3-14.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 392 264 63.4 55.0-71.1 20 3.8 2.2- 6.6 34 7.2 4.6-11.2 39 13.2 8.7-19.6 35 12.4 6.6-22.1

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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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