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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

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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 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
GENDER
Male 2,604 554 21.3 19.0-23.9 833 32.6 29.9-35.5 691 26.1 23.6-28.8 340 13.6 11.5-16.0 186 6.3 5.2- 7.7
Female 4,125 845 19.3 17.5-21.2 1,254 29.8 27.7-32.0 1,147 28.8 26.7-31.0 547 13.9 12.3-15.6 332 8.2 7.0- 9.6
RACE
White 5,100 1,182 22.8 21.0-24.6 1,656 31.7 29.7-33.6 1,294 25.9 24.1-27.9 595 12.3 10.8-14.0 373 7.3 6.4- 8.5
African American 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
Asian 78 15 26.0 13.7-43.8 28 33.0 20.0-49.3 24 29.2 17.5-44.4 6 3.5 1.3- 8.9 5 8.4 2.7-23.1
Native American 183 25 17.4 9.7-29.2 31 27.4 16.2-42.4 63 31.9 21.6-44.2 29 12.0 6.9-20.3 35 11.3 6.8-18.2
Other Minorities 265 32 10.7 6.6-16.8 64 29.5 21.3-39.2 92 34.8 26.4-44.3 63 21.2 15.1-28.9 14 3.9 1.9- 7.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 298 41 10.9 6.9-16.6 65 27.7 19.7-37.5 103 32.8 24.8-41.9 76 24.6 17.9-33.0 13 4.0 1.8- 8.5
-English Speaking 126 29 21.0 12.7-32.7 31 25.5 15.9-38.2 47 39.1 27.5-52.0 15 8.3 4.4-15.2 4 6.1 1.4-22.8
-Spanish Speaking 172 12 6.9 3.2-14.2 34 28.6 18.5-41.4 56 30.4 20.6-42.2 61 31.0 21.8-42.1 9 3.1 1.4- 6.9
Non-Hispanic 6,419 1,354 21.0 19.4-22.6 2,018 31.4 29.7-33.2 1,734 27.2 25.6-28.9 808 12.8 11.5-14.2 505 7.6 6.7- 8.6
AGE
18-24 486 120 26.7 20.8-33.6 178 34.6 28.2-41.7 143 29.4 23.6-36.0 39 8.5 4.7-14.8 6 0.7 0.3- 2.0
25-34 1,138 326 24.9 21.6-28.6 433 40.0 35.9-44.3 280 23.8 20.4-27.6 86 10.2 7.6-13.7 13 1.0 0.4- 2.3
35-44 1,319 354 25.0 21.8-28.4 456 32.7 29.2-36.4 332 25.6 22.4-29.2 125 10.9 8.5-13.8 52 5.8 4.0- 8.3
45-54 1,325 273 17.4 14.8-20.5 423 31.3 27.7-35.1 368 31.7 27.9-35.7 154 10.9 8.8-13.4 107 8.7 6.7-11.4
55-64 971 170 17.0 13.9-20.7 246 23.3 19.8-27.3 276 28.5 24.6-32.8 168 20.5 16.8-24.8 111 10.6 8.3-13.5
65-74 799 93 9.9 7.4-13.0 194 22.3 18.5-26.7 233 28.2 23.7-33.2 158 21.6 17.7-26.0 121 18.1 14.3-22.5
75+ 626 44 6.1 4.0- 9.1 145 21.3 16.9-26.5 186 27.0 22.2-32.5 145 25.5 19.7-32.4 106 20.0 15.6-25.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,084 60 7.9 5.1-11.9 195 19.8 15.8-24.4 312 29.2 24.9-33.9 286 24.5 20.8-28.7 231 18.7 15.6-22.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,979 275 14.6 12.3-17.2 608 31.3 28.3-34.5 650 30.8 27.9-33.9 292 15.7 13.2-18.5 154 7.7 6.2- 9.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,565 334 20.7 17.9-23.9 522 34.5 30.9-38.2 444 29.3 25.9-32.9 182 11.5 8.9-14.8 83 4.0 3.0- 5.4
College Graduate 2,080 726 36.0 32.9-39.3 759 36.0 33.0-39.2 428 20.6 18.1-23.3 123 5.4 4.2- 7.0 44 1.9 1.3- 2.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 679 46 8.4 5.1-13.4 120 14.7 11.0-19.5 162 27.3 21.8-33.6 171 24.3 19.1-30.4 180 25.3 20.6-30.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,097 117 10.2 7.7-13.5 296 29.6 25.1-34.6 360 29.7 25.6-34.1 232 21.6 17.9-25.8 92 8.9 6.6-11.9
$25,000- 34,999 813 140 17.2 13.2-22.1 274 36.2 31.1-41.6 278 32.1 27.5-37.0 88 10.9 8.2-14.4 33 3.6 2.2- 6.0
$35,000- 49,999 896 223 24.7 20.8-29.1 336 37.1 32.4-42.0 235 27.4 23.2-32.1 78 8.6 6.3-11.6 24 2.2 1.3- 3.9
$50,000-74,999 747 231 26.1 21.9-30.8 281 37.8 32.6-43.3 170 23.7 19.3-28.7 49 9.1 5.2-15.4 16 3.3 1.9- 5.7
$75,000+ 879 346 40.2 35.7-44.9 325 33.7 29.5-38.1 168 21.2 17.6-25.4 32 3.8 2.4- 5.8 8 1.1 0.4- 3.2
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
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
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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