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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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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%)
TOTAL 1,056 135 13.5 10.4-17.3 294 29.9 25.7-34.6 354 31.6 27.6-35.8 186 17.0 14.0-20.6 87 7.9 6.0-10.4
GENDER
Male 369 45 13.1 8.8-19.0 107 30.0 23.4-37.5 115 29.7 23.5-36.8 69 19.3 14.2-25.7 33 7.9 4.9-12.5
Female 687 90 13.8 9.8-19.1 187 29.9 24.6-35.8 239 33.0 28.0-38.3 117 15.4 11.9-19.7 54 7.9 5.6-11.1
AGE
18-24 92 20 25.7 13.7-42.8 38 45.0 30.2-60.7 25 20.9 12.5-32.9 9 8.4 3.2-20.6 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 193 34 13.7 8.7-21.0 77 44.0 34.0-54.5 62 28.9 20.8-38.7 20 13.4 7.2-23.6 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 238 38 15.8 10.5-23.2 68 28.5 20.8-37.7 91 35.0 26.9-44.0 28 16.3 10.0-25.5 13 4.4 2.1- 9.1
45-54 220 24 10.6 5.9-18.3 58 24.0 17.2-32.6 83 45.2 36.0-54.7 34 10.2 6.6-15.5 21 9.9 5.5-17.1
55-64 129 7 8.0 3.4-17.4 16 11.8 5.7-23.0 47 32.6 22.2-45.0 36 28.1 18.4-40.3 23 19.5 11.5-31.2
65-74 94 0 0.0 . - . 19 14.3 7.5-25.6 23 25.7 15.4-39.8 34 38.5 26.0-52.7 18 21.4 11.6-36.1
75+ 70 6 4.3 1.1-15.8 14 21.0 10.3-37.9 18 18.4 9.8-31.8 20 27.9 17.0-42.4 12 28.4 15.6-46.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 204 9 3.7 1.4- 9.1 33 17.3 9.1-30.3 57 27.7 19.3-38.0 62 28.7 20.0-39.2 43 22.7 15.4-32.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 355 41 14.7 9.0-23.1 86 26.9 20.2-34.7 146 36.7 29.8-44.2 63 17.4 12.3-24.2 19 4.3 2.2- 8.3
Some Post-H.S. 282 49 16.7 11.1-24.4 92 36.9 28.5-46.1 85 28.9 21.6-37.6 41 12.3 8.2-18.2 15 5.1 2.7- 9.6
College Graduate 206 34 17.5 11.6-25.6 82 40.1 31.2-49.7 66 31.2 23.5-40.1 18 9.1 5.2-15.4 6 2.1 0.8- 5.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 7 3.0 1.2- 7.7 20 9.4 4.9-17.1 44 35.9 24.3-49.3 50 30.8 20.3-43.6 29 21.0 12.5-33.0
$15,000- 24,999 236 24 10.3 5.8-17.9 63 31.6 21.9-43.3 80 26.7 19.5-35.3 47 25.5 17.3-35.8 22 5.9 3.2-10.5
$25,000- 34,999 163 23 17.6 8.3-33.5 54 34.1 23.8-46.1 67 36.8 26.4-48.6 16 10.6 5.7-18.7 3 1.0 0.3- 3.4
$35,000- 49,999 125 27 21.4 12.2-34.8 39 36.6 24.6-50.5 42 33.5 22.8-46.2 14 6.9 3.4-13.6 3 1.5 0.5- 5.0
$50,000-74,999 63 7 4.2 1.6-10.7 28 56.1 38.2-72.5 19 29.4 16.8-46.2 6 5.8 2.1-14.7 3 4.6 1.3-14.9
$75,000+ 59 17 37.8 22.8-55.5 23 36.5 22.0-54.0 16 20.8 11.4-34.8 3 4.9 1.3-16.8 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 1 4.3 0.6-25.0 8 40.1 21.0-62.9 8 20.2 9.3-38.4 10 35.4 18.6-56.9 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 96 13 15.9 8.8-27.0 24 26.5 17.5-37.9 36 40.0 29.1-52.0 19 14.8 9.1-23.0 4 2.8 0.9- 8.5
Guilford 118 18 17.5 10.4-27.8 36 33.7 22.9-46.6 43 32.9 23.4-44.0 12 10.9 5.1-22.0 9 5.0 2.2-10.6
Henderson/Transylvania 13 4 12.0 2.9-38.3 2 14.0 2.3-52.7 3 17.6 3.9-52.8 3 54.6 15.6-88.7 1 1.9 0.2-14.7
Mecklenburg 133 22 18.4 11.7-27.6 42 30.6 22.6-40.0 43 36.2 27.3-46.2 17 10.1 5.9-16.6 9 4.7 2.3- 9.3
Orange 42 9 27.3 13.2-48.2 16 34.1 19.4-52.7 12 26.5 13.7-45.0 4 10.9 3.8-27.3 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6
Pitt 111 9 10.4 4.2-23.4 32 29.9 21.0-40.6 43 38.0 26.8-50.6 15 11.7 6.7-19.5 12 10.1 4.9-19.6
Randolph 17 4 29.7 10.4-60.5 5 40.0 16.3-69.5 5 21.0 7.3-47.1 3 9.4 2.7-27.7 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 96 14 16.0 8.8-27.3 24 32.5 18.8-50.2 32 29.8 19.7-42.3 22 17.8 10.7-28.0 4 3.9 1.4-10.9
Wake 74 12 14.5 7.5-26.0 29 43.3 28.8-59.0 23 28.9 18.2-42.6 7 11.5 4.8-25.1 3 1.8 0.6- 5.7
Western NC 23 0 0.0 . - . 7 31.3 14.0-56.1 6 26.3 11.5-49.5 5 24.4 9.7-49.0 5 18.0 7.0-39.0
Piedmont NC 114 11 14.3 6.5-28.5 31 29.1 19.3-41.2 34 27.1 18.5-38.0 25 19.8 12.8-29.4 13 9.7 5.2-17.6
Eastern NC 192 18 10.5 6.2-17.3 38 26.1 18.6-35.3 66 32.6 25.2-40.9 44 20.0 14.1-27.6 26 10.8 6.9-16.5

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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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