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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status--FEMALE 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 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 3,135 712 21.4 19.4-23.5 1,010 30.7 28.4-33.1 802 26.8 24.4-29.3 373 13.0 11.3-14.9 238 8.1 6.8- 9.8
African American 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
Asian 42 6 15.4 6.3-33.2 11 25.3 11.1-48.0 15 38.1 21.0-58.8 5 5.8 2.0-15.7 5 15.3 5.1-38.0
Native American 111 14 16.0 7.8-30.0 15 17.7 7.5-36.5 40 37.6 25.0-52.2 20 18.8 9.6-33.5 22 9.8 5.4-17.1
Other Minorities 120 16 12.3 5.9-24.2 24 20.8 12.1-33.2 44 41.6 29.5-54.8 27 18.6 10.4-31.0 9 6.7 3.0-14.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 142 20 12.9 6.6-23.7 27 19.5 11.4-31.2 53 38.1 27.2-50.5 34 21.2 12.6-33.4 8 8.3 3.3-19.7
-English Speaking 70 17 19.6 10.1-34.6 17 23.3 11.9-40.5 25 37.1 22.5-54.5 9 9.3 4.2-19.3 2 10.7 2.1-40.2
-Spanish Speaking 72 3 8.9 2.4-28.1 10 17.2 7.7-34.4 28 38.7 24.2-55.5 25 28.2 15.5-45.6 6 6.9 2.5-17.6
Non-Hispanic 3,976 822 19.6 17.8-21.5 1,225 30.5 28.3-32.7 1,094 28.4 26.3-30.6 511 13.3 11.8-15.0 324 8.2 7.1- 9.6
AGE
18-24 297 72 26.8 19.4-35.8 104 32.5 24.8-41.3 97 35.4 27.6-44.2 20 4.0 2.1- 7.4 4 1.3 0.4- 4.1
25-34 690 203 25.1 21.0-29.7 265 39.6 34.5-44.9 173 26.1 21.7-31.0 41 8.6 5.6-13.0 8 0.7 0.2- 2.2
35-44 759 210 25.5 21.4-30.0 258 33.2 28.5-38.2 181 23.1 19.1-27.8 78 11.1 7.9-15.3 32 7.1 4.5-11.2
45-54 796 165 16.8 13.6-20.7 243 29.4 25.0-34.1 216 29.9 25.3-34.9 104 13.5 10.4-17.3 68 10.4 7.4-14.6
55-64 598 99 13.9 10.5-18.1 161 24.5 19.9-29.7 175 31.3 26.1-37.1 95 19.8 15.3-25.2 68 10.6 7.7-14.2
65-74 503 56 9.0 6.1-12.9 117 21.3 16.7-26.6 160 32.2 26.1-39.0 97 22.0 17.1-28.0 73 15.5 11.4-20.6
75+ 439 29 6.1 3.6-10.0 100 17.4 13.4-22.2 131 28.1 22.6-34.4 102 25.6 20.1-32.0 77 22.9 17.2-29.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 639 27 4.9 2.6- 9.1 98 13.5 9.5-18.8 192 32.7 26.9-39.2 173 25.6 20.7-31.2 149 23.2 18.5-28.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,206 157 14.2 11.3-17.8 350 28.3 24.7-32.1 417 33.5 29.7-37.5 181 15.5 12.6-18.9 101 8.5 6.5-11.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,036 219 20.8 17.4-24.7 356 36.2 32.0-40.7 293 28.4 24.6-32.6 114 10.4 8.2-13.2 54 4.2 2.9- 6.0
College Graduate 1,230 439 34.9 31.1-38.8 448 36.3 32.5-40.4 242 20.3 17.2-23.9 75 6.6 4.7- 9.0 26 1.9 1.1- 3.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 468 24 3.7 2.1- 6.7 83 12.7 9.4-16.9 129 33.5 26.7-41.0 114 24.8 19.0-31.7 118 25.3 19.8-31.7
$15,000- 24,999 692 74 10.1 7.0-14.3 184 26.8 21.4-33.1 246 35.1 29.6-41.0 135 19.1 15.0-23.9 53 9.0 5.9-13.4
$25,000- 34,999 492 84 16.4 11.1-23.5 165 33.7 27.8-40.3 176 36.4 30.4-42.9 51 10.1 7.0-14.3 16 3.4 1.6- 7.0
$35,000- 49,999 498 136 29.4 24.0-35.4 187 35.6 30.0-41.6 117 24.2 19.3-29.9 45 8.8 6.0-12.9 13 2.0 0.9- 4.5
$50,000-74,999 453 140 28.1 22.6-34.3 178 39.5 33.2-46.2 99 22.1 16.8-28.4 28 7.2 4.5-11.4 8 3.1 1.4- 6.6
$75,000+ 446 194 40.8 34.6-47.4 156 35.3 29.4-41.7 75 18.8 14.1-24.6 19 4.9 2.8- 8.4 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 255 54 21.6 16.4-28.1 79 33.9 27.0-41.6 76 29.1 23.2-35.8 30 10.4 7.1-15.0 16 4.9 2.8- 8.3
Forsyth 286 66 22.1 17.2-27.9 92 33.3 27.4-39.8 79 30.0 23.9-36.9 32 10.0 6.8-14.5 17 4.7 2.8- 7.8
Guilford 271 57 21.0 15.8-27.3 98 38.2 30.9-46.1 81 30.4 24.3-37.2 19 5.8 3.6- 9.3 16 4.6 2.6- 8.1
Henderson/Transylvania 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
Mecklenburg 288 73 25.5 20.0-32.0 89 28.8 23.3-34.9 73 29.1 22.9-36.2 37 12.3 8.7-17.2 16 4.3 2.5- 7.1
Orange 257 90 32.5 24.1-42.2 96 42.1 30.4-54.8 49 17.4 11.5-25.3 17 6.8 3.7-12.0 5 1.2 0.5- 3.2
Pitt 261 61 25.6 17.4-36.0 80 34.9 27.2-43.4 67 24.7 18.9-31.6 28 8.3 5.5-12.4 25 6.5 4.2-10.0
Randolph 257 39 13.5 9.4-19.1 78 28.8 21.1-37.9 84 39.2 28.9-50.5 39 13.1 9.0-18.7 17 5.4 2.7-10.4
Robeson 265 33 14.0 9.6-19.9 50 18.1 13.5-23.9 93 38.9 32.1-46.2 58 19.4 14.8-25.0 31 9.6 6.5-13.9
Wake 245 77 31.1 24.8-38.2 86 34.2 27.7-41.3 56 24.7 18.9-31.7 17 7.2 4.1-12.5 9 2.8 1.3- 6.2
Western NC 377 51 13.3 10.0-17.5 115 30.6 25.4-36.2 100 28.5 23.5-34.1 62 16.5 12.7-21.1 49 11.1 8.3-14.8
Piedmont NC 565 106 18.0 14.3-22.5 161 27.3 23.1-32.1 156 27.5 23.2-32.3 92 17.4 13.9-21.5 50 9.7 7.1-13.1
Eastern NC 515 78 16.0 12.6-20.1 142 28.8 24.4-33.7 154 30.8 26.3-35.7 78 14.0 10.8-17.9 63 10.4 7.8-13.8

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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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