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
Non-Hispanic White 2,397 1,520 60.9 58.2-63.6 248 12.0 10.1-14.1 288 12.2 10.6-14.0 188 8.2 6.9- 9.8 153 6.7 5.4- 8.2
GENDER
Male 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
Female 1,327 792 56.6 53.0-60.1 144 12.3 10.1-15.0 176 13.6 11.3-16.3 121 10.0 7.9-12.6 94 7.5 5.7- 9.7
AGE
18-34 432 268 62.2 56.5-67.6 63 14.6 11.0-19.2 69 16.4 12.7-21.1 20 4.1 2.5- 6.4 *** *** ***
35-44 279 169 60.0 53.1-66.6 40 14.7 10.5-20.1 39 13.7 9.7-19.0 19 6.6 3.9-11.1 *** *** ***
45-54 336 211 60.4 53.1-67.2 34 10.2 6.8-15.0 39 10.4 6.7-15.7 33 12.0 7.9-18.0 19 7.0 4.0-12.0
55-64 436 262 54.1 47.1-61.0 34 12.0 6.5-20.9 57 14.2 10.4-19.2 44 8.8 6.0-12.6 39 10.9 7.3-15.9
65-74 481 316 61.2 54.8-67.2 49 11.4 7.6-16.7 43 8.4 5.7-12.2 37 11.4 7.6-16.9 36 7.6 4.7-12.1
75+ 404 272 68.8 62.0-74.8 25 6.9 4.1-11.3 39 7.2 4.8-10.8 35 9.1 5.8-13.8 33 8.1 4.7-13.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 81 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 454 286 61.7 56.0-67.2 37 11.5 7.8-16.6 46 9.3 6.6-13.0 41 8.3 5.7-11.8 44 9.2 6.3-13.1
Some Post-H.S. 667 393 59.2 54.3-63.9 58 10.1 7.5-13.4 103 16.1 12.8-20.0 67 9.2 6.8-12.5 46 5.4 3.8- 7.6
College Graduate 1,186 793 65.1 61.6-68.4 146 14.0 11.6-16.8 131 11.0 9.1-13.3 70 6.8 5.1- 8.9 46 3.1 2.1- 4.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 93 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 137 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 11.4 6.4-19.5 22 11.7 6.6-19.8 23 17.6 9.8-29.5
$25,000- 34,999 176 *** *** *** *** *** *** 24 13.1 8.0-20.6 21 9.0 5.5-14.4 24 15.9 9.4-25.5
$35,000- 49,999 250 145 55.0 46.6-63.0 35 18.6 12.2-27.2 29 10.2 6.6-15.4 25 10.9 6.9-16.9 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 335 209 62.0 55.3-68.3 40 10.8 7.2-16.0 42 13.5 9.7-18.6 25 7.4 4.7-11.5 19 6.2 3.6-10.5
$75,000+ 938 637 65.7 61.6-69.6 104 12.0 9.7-14.7 112 13.0 10.3-16.3 58 6.6 4.7- 9.2 27 2.7 1.6- 4.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 757 344 44.2 39.3-49.2 65 10.6 7.7-14.4 110 11.9 9.4-15.0 119 16.5 13.3-20.2 119 16.8 13.4-20.8
No 1,571 1,134 69.1 65.8-72.2 175 12.8 10.4-15.6 167 12.0 10.0-14.3 65 4.3 3.1- 6.0 30 1.9 1.1- 3.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 334 212 62.5 55.6-69.1 25 8.5 4.9-14.3 40 12.2 8.4-17.4 27 8.0 5.3-11.9 30 8.8 5.3-14.3
Non-Veteran 2,057 1,305 60.7 57.8-63.5 222 12.5 10.5-14.9 247 12.2 10.4-14.1 160 8.3 6.8-10.0 123 6.4 5.1- 8.0
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 700 450 62.2 57.5-66.6 80 11.9 9.1-15.3 90 14.2 11.1-18.0 49 7.1 5.1- 9.7 31 4.7 3.1- 7.1
Regional City or Suburban County 669 421 59.0 53.7-64.1 75 13.7 9.9-18.7 82 12.3 9.4-16.0 47 7.1 5.0-10.2 44 7.8 5.3-11.3
Rural 1,028 649 61.6 57.5-65.6 93 10.6 8.2-13.8 116 10.6 8.5-13.1 92 10.0 7.7-12.9 78 7.2 5.3- 9.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,217 823 65.8 62.3-69.2 140 12.7 10.4-15.3 150 12.7 10.5-15.3 69 5.7 4.3- 7.7 35 3.1 2.0- 4.6
Unemployed 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 18.9 10.8-30.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 828 544 61.5 56.2-66.6 70 11.5 7.5-17.2 79 8.1 6.1-10.8 75 11.0 8.2-14.6 60 7.9 5.5-11.2
Unable to Work 128 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 28 18.9 11.8-28.9 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 124 *** *** *** 22 16.5 10.2-25.5 26 22.9 15.3-32.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 114 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 98 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 164 80 44.3 35.4-53.7 20 16.7 10.2-26.3 21 13.7 8.5-21.5 22 11.6 7.1-18.3 21 13.6 7.7-23.0
More than 200% 1,492 977 63.8 60.6-67.0 167 12.0 10.0-14.4 180 12.6 10.6-15.1 101 7.0 5.5- 8.9 67 4.5 3.3- 6.1
HOUSING
Own 1,751 1,145 61.9 58.7-65.1 181 12.7 10.4-15.3 196 11.2 9.4-13.3 139 8.5 6.9-10.4 90 5.7 4.3- 7.5
Rent 490 284 56.7 51.2-62.0 52 10.8 7.9-14.7 73 15.6 12.1-19.9 35 7.1 4.7-10.6 46 9.8 6.6-14.2
Other arrangement 135 81 61.6 51.1-71.0 *** *** *** 15 13.6 8.0-22.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 583 371 62.1 56.6-67.3 48 10.4 7.0-15.0 64 10.5 7.7-14.0 54 8.6 6.2-11.9 46 8.5 5.7-12.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 783 484 59.6 54.8-64.2 82 12.9 9.4-17.5 90 10.6 8.2-13.5 73 10.2 7.6-13.6 54 6.7 4.7- 9.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,031 665 61.4 57.3-65.3 118 12.1 9.7-15.0 134 14.2 11.6-17.4 61 6.5 4.8- 8.8 53 5.8 4.0- 8.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 904 584 62.1 57.7-66.3 104 11.7 9.3-14.7 120 14.3 11.5-17.7 52 6.9 4.9- 9.7 44 5.0 3.3- 7.5
2nd Quartile 672 435 61.7 56.5-66.6 65 13.1 9.4-18.0 74 10.1 7.7-13.0 52 7.6 5.4-10.7 46 7.6 5.3-10.7
3rd Quartile 607 371 57.9 52.6-63.0 64 12.3 8.9-16.7 73 13.2 10.0-17.2 58 9.1 6.8-12.3 41 7.5 5.0-11.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 214 130 62.2 53.0-70.7 15 7.4 4.1-12.9 21 7.4 4.3-12.6 26 14.5 8.8-23.0 *** *** ***

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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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