2023 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 4,011 2,592 63.2 61.1-65.4 357 10.2 8.8-11.7 463 11.6 10.3-13.0 333 8.5 7.3- 9.9 266 6.6 5.5- 7.7
MALES 1,778 1,236 68.2 65.0-71.3 154 9.9 7.8-12.4 168 9.1 7.5-10.9 114 7.0 5.4- 9.0 106 5.8 4.4- 7.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,070 728 65.6 61.5-69.5 104 11.6 8.7-15.3 112 10.6 8.5-13.1 67 6.4 4.9- 8.3 59 5.8 4.1- 8.2
Non-Hispanic Black 282 189 68.4 60.3-75.5 22 9.1 4.9-16.3 28 7.6 4.6-12.4 19 7.5 4.0-13.8 24 7.4 4.4-12.2
Other 389 293 76.1 68.4-82.4 25 5.7 3.3- 9.6 25 6.1 3.7-10.0 24 8.9 4.3-17.3 22 3.2 1.6- 6.5
AGE
18-34 406 287 69.1 62.9-74.7 45 11.5 7.9-16.3 47 10.9 7.9-15.0 19 6.5 3.4-11.8 *** *** ***
35-44 260 189 74.9 67.8-80.8 26 8.6 5.5-13.1 19 6.6 4.0-10.9 17 5.9 2.9-11.5 *** *** ***
45-54 257 184 73.0 65.2-79.7 20 7.2 4.1-12.2 20 6.6 3.9-11.0 18 5.6 3.2- 9.8 15 7.6 3.8-14.7
55-64 325 199 54.3 45.5-62.8 23 12.3 5.6-24.9 44 13.6 9.3-19.4 25 8.2 5.0-13.0 34 11.7 7.1-18.7
65-74 307 218 67.9 59.6-75.3 28 12.0 7.0-19.9 22 6.9 3.9-11.8 19 7.7 4.0-14.3 20 5.5 3.0- 9.7
75+ 195 136 67.6 57.3-76.4 *** *** *** 15 7.6 3.8-14.9 16 11.2 6.4-19.0 19 10.1 4.7-20.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 164 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 6.9 3.2-14.5 15 10.7 5.6-19.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 402 283 69.1 62.8-74.7 29 9.6 6.2-14.6 36 9.3 6.3-13.4 25 5.7 3.3- 9.5 29 6.5 3.9-10.4
Some Post-H.S. 453 293 66.9 60.8-72.4 38 8.5 5.7-12.6 54 10.4 7.5-14.1 34 7.8 4.8-12.3 34 6.4 3.8-10.6
College Graduate 748 532 70.4 66.0-74.5 79 10.7 8.3-13.8 67 8.5 6.4-11.1 42 7.6 5.0-11.4 28 2.7 1.7- 4.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 14.5 7.4-26.6
$15,000- 24,999 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 145 *** *** *** 13 11.0 5.2-21.7 19 13.3 7.6-22.2 *** *** *** 15 8.3 3.4-18.9
$35,000- 49,999 223 151 61.0 51.5-69.8 17 10.7 5.6-19.8 21 8.5 5.0-14.1 20 14.2 8.3-23.4 14 5.5 2.8-10.6
$50,000- 74,999 243 156 67.4 58.9-74.9 28 10.3 5.5-18.6 23 9.1 5.6-14.4 22 6.9 4.1-11.5 14 6.3 3.4-11.4
$75,000+ 672 495 74.7 70.4-78.5 57 9.6 7.1-12.8 62 9.0 6.7-12.1 39 4.9 3.4- 6.9 19 1.9 1.1- 3.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 530 272 50.2 44.1-56.3 46 10.4 6.8-15.7 68 12.5 9.3-16.7 64 13.2 9.6-17.8 80 13.7 10.1-18.2
No 1,183 919 75.9 72.1-79.4 101 9.7 7.2-12.9 93 7.3 5.7- 9.3 49 4.7 3.0- 7.1 21 2.4 1.3- 4.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 435 281 64.8 58.3-70.8 29 7.3 4.4-11.9 48 10.4 7.4-14.5 40 8.9 5.8-13.3 37 8.7 5.1-14.3
Non-Veteran 1,334 949 69.1 65.4-72.7 124 10.6 8.1-13.7 120 8.7 7.0-10.8 72 6.4 4.7- 8.8 69 5.1 3.7- 7.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 572 405 71.2 66.5-75.5 51 9.3 6.7-12.7 59 10.0 7.4-13.3 30 4.6 3.1- 6.8 27 4.9 3.1- 7.8
Regional City or Suburban County 471 317 64.8 58.0-71.0 51 13.3 8.4-20.2 43 8.0 5.6-11.2 30 7.8 4.8-12.4 30 6.2 3.9- 9.7
Rural 735 514 68.3 62.9-73.3 52 7.5 5.0-11.0 66 9.2 6.6-12.5 54 8.6 5.7-12.8 49 6.4 4.0-10.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,089 812 73.7 70.2-76.9 89 8.6 6.7-10.9 103 9.2 7.3-11.5 52 5.2 3.6- 7.5 33 3.3 2.1- 5.0
Unemployed 74 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 455 304 62.1 54.1-69.4 41 14.4 8.1-24.2 38 7.4 4.9-11.0 38 9.5 6.5-13.7 34 6.7 3.9-11.1
Unable to Work 91 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 12.8 5.9-25.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 43 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 14 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 103 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 10.4 4.7-21.7
101% to 150% 102 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 129 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 10.0 4.8-19.5 11 7.4 3.9-13.7 12 9.5 3.9-21.2
More than 200% 1,057 737 70.1 66.4-73.6 96 9.7 7.5-12.4 108 10.0 8.0-12.5 71 6.5 4.8- 8.6 45 3.7 2.6- 5.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 542 366 65.7 59.4-71.6 44 10.1 6.7-15.0 49 9.7 6.6-14.1 42 6.4 4.4- 9.4 41 8.0 4.8-13.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 512 362 69.4 63.1-75.1 39 8.5 4.8-14.7 42 6.5 4.5- 9.1 37 9.6 6.2-14.5 32 6.0 3.8- 9.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 724 508 68.8 64.0-73.1 71 10.7 7.8-14.4 77 10.6 8.2-13.7 35 5.4 3.5- 8.2 33 4.5 2.9- 7.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 574 401 67.5 62.2-72.4 56 8.7 6.3-11.8 62 12.0 9.0-15.8 30 6.9 4.3-10.8 25 5.0 2.9- 8.4
2nd Quartile 488 353 70.9 64.7-76.4 37 11.6 7.2-18.3 45 7.3 5.3-10.2 25 4.8 2.9- 7.7 28 5.3 3.3- 8.4
3rd Quartile 433 288 67.1 61.1-72.7 40 10.0 6.8-14.5 38 7.9 5.3-11.6 35 8.7 5.7-13.0 32 6.3 3.9-10.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 283 *** *** *** 21 7.2 3.4-14.6 23 8.7 4.4-16.6 24 10.7 4.6-22.9 21 9.3 3.9-20.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 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 2023 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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