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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

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  Total
Respond.#
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,729 1,399 20.3 18.8-21.8 2,087 31.2 29.4-32.9 1,838 27.5 25.9-29.2 887 13.7 12.4-15.2 518 7.3 6.5- 8.3
Henderson/ Transylvania 473 101 21.7 17.3-26.8 154 32.2 27.2-37.6 132 26.8 22.1-32.0 59 14.1 9.3-20.8 27 5.3 3.5- 8.1
GENDER
Male 190 41 21.8 15.7-29.5 66 34.1 26.9-42.2 53 27.7 20.9-35.7 21 11.6 7.0-18.7 9 4.7 2.3- 9.2
Female 283 60 21.5 15.6-28.7 88 30.1 23.6-37.4 79 25.8 19.9-32.8 38 16.6 9.0-28.7 18 6.0 3.5-10.2
RACE
White 432 94 23.0 18.4-28.3 149 35.4 30.2-40.9 118 25.9 21.4-31.1 47 10.1 7.0-14.4 24 5.6 3.5- 8.7
Other 36 6 11.9 4.0-30.5 4 13.2 4.5-33.2 13 33.3 17.0-55.0 11 38.4 17.2-65.2 2 3.2 0.6-14.7
AGE
18-44 163 42 22.4 15.8-30.9 66 37.7 28.9-47.4 36 23.2 16.2-32.2 14 13.2 5.5-28.4 5 3.4 1.4- 8.3
45+ 307 58 21.0 15.5-27.8 88 27.9 22.5-34.1 94 29.3 23.6-35.8 45 14.9 10.3-21.0 22 6.9 4.3-11.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 194 20 8.6 5.2-13.8 56 29.0 21.6-37.8 67 31.7 23.9-40.8 30 21.7 12.6-34.8 21 9.0 5.4-14.5
Some College + 278 81 32.6 26.0-40.1 97 34.6 28.3-41.4 65 22.7 17.4-29.1 29 7.7 5.2-11.4 6 2.3 1.0- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 256 37 13.8 9.0-20.4 82 29.9 23.3-37.5 74 28.5 21.8-36.4 46 20.9 13.1-31.6 17 7.0 4.1-11.6
$50,000+ 98 37 36.4 26.5-47.7 37 42.8 32.2-54.0 21 17.8 11.5-26.5 2 2.2 0.5- 8.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 415 91 22.6 18.2-27.8 132 33.2 27.9-38.8 117 26.9 22.2-32.1 50 12.1 8.9-16.2 25 5.2 3.3- 8.1
Forsyth 464 91 18.5 14.8-22.8 162 39.6 34.3-45.1 129 26.7 22.3-31.7 57 10.6 7.9-14.0 25 4.7 3.0- 7.2
Guilford 425 95 22.2 17.9-27.3 148 34.7 29.3-40.6 122 30.3 25.2-35.9 37 9.0 5.9-13.5 23 3.7 2.3- 6.0
Mecklenburg 448 120 27.5 22.5-33.1 139 32.1 26.3-38.5 115 25.7 21.0-30.9 52 11.4 8.1-15.8 22 3.3 2.1- 5.2
Orange 441 147 31.2 25.6-37.3 161 40.1 32.6-48.0 91 19.9 15.4-25.4 29 6.8 4.5-10.2 13 2.0 1.1- 3.7
Pitt 418 95 23.9 18.2-30.6 139 35.1 29.6-41.0 105 25.4 20.4-31.1 42 8.5 5.9-12.0 37 7.1 4.8-10.5
Randolph 432 76 17.2 13.4-21.9 132 29.7 24.3-35.7 131 34.7 28.0-42.2 65 12.9 9.7-16.8 28 5.5 3.4- 8.6
Robeson 441 57 12.9 9.6-17.0 89 20.3 15.5-26.0 149 35.3 29.7-41.2 93 21.7 17.0-27.3 53 9.9 7.2-13.4
Wake 428 128 29.9 25.0-35.4 155 36.1 30.7-41.8 102 24.4 19.9-29.6 32 8.1 5.4-11.8 11 1.5 0.7- 3.1
Western NC 659 95 13.9 11.2-17.1 188 29.7 25.6-34.2 180 27.8 23.9-32.0 115 17.4 14.3-21.0 81 11.2 8.6-14.4
Piedmont NC 886 159 18.4 15.2-22.1 269 29.9 26.3-33.8 235 25.7 22.3-29.5 140 17.4 14.1-21.2 83 8.6 6.8-10.9
Eastern NC 799 144 18.7 15.6-22.1 219 29.2 25.5-33.3 230 30.3 26.5-34.3 116 12.7 10.2-15.7 90 9.1 7.2-11.5

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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