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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status--MALE 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 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
RACE
White 1,965 470 24.2 21.4-27.3 646 32.7 29.6-35.9 492 25.0 22.2-28.0 222 11.6 9.2-14.5 135 6.5 5.2- 8.1
African American 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
Asian 36 9 38.8 17.2-65.8 17 42.2 21.2-66.5 9 18.3 7.4-38.5 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 72 11 18.4 7.8-37.3 16 34.3 17.9-55.6 23 27.8 14.2-47.0 9 7.2 2.9-17.1 13 12.4 5.9-24.0
Other Minorities 145 16 9.7 5.1-17.5 40 34.7 23.4-48.2 48 30.7 20.0-44.0 36 22.8 14.9-33.2 5 2.1 0.5- 7.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 156 21 9.6 5.2-17.0 38 32.8 21.5-46.5 50 29.6 19.2-42.6 42 26.7 17.6-38.4 5 1.3 0.5- 3.5
-English Speaking 56 12 22.4 10.5-41.6 14 27.7 14.0-47.4 22 41.0 24.4-60.0 6 7.4 2.5-19.5 2 1.4 0.3- 5.9
-Spanish Speaking 100 9 5.9 2.3-13.9 24 34.3 20.7-51.0 28 26.2 14.5-42.7 36 32.4 20.6-47.0 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3
Non-Hispanic 2,443 532 22.5 20.0-25.2 793 32.6 29.8-35.4 640 25.8 23.3-28.5 297 12.3 10.2-14.7 181 6.9 5.6- 8.3
AGE
18-24 189 48 26.7 18.1-37.4 74 36.5 26.7-47.6 46 24.0 16.2-33.9 19 12.6 6.1-24.2 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9
25-34 448 123 24.8 19.8-30.5 168 40.5 34.1-47.2 107 21.6 16.6-27.7 45 11.8 7.8-17.5 5 1.3 0.4- 4.0
35-44 560 144 24.5 19.7-29.9 198 32.3 27.1-37.8 151 28.2 23.1-34.0 47 10.6 7.3-15.1 20 4.4 2.5- 7.7
45-54 529 108 18.1 14.0-23.1 180 33.3 27.6-39.5 152 33.5 27.6-40.1 50 8.1 5.5-11.7 39 7.0 4.6-10.6
55-64 373 71 20.5 15.3-26.8 85 22.1 17.0-28.3 101 25.4 19.8-32.0 73 21.4 15.7-28.4 43 10.7 7.2-15.5
65-74 296 37 11.2 7.2-17.1 77 24.0 17.7-31.7 73 21.9 16.1-29.1 61 20.8 15.1-28.0 48 22.1 15.5-30.5
75+ 187 15 6.2 3.1-11.9 45 27.0 18.3-38.0 55 25.5 17.5-35.6 43 25.4 14.6-40.4 29 15.9 10.0-24.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 445 33 10.6 6.1-17.8 97 25.6 19.4-32.9 120 25.9 20.0-32.8 113 23.5 18.2-29.7 82 14.4 10.8-19.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 773 118 14.9 11.5-19.0 258 34.6 29.8-39.8 233 27.8 23.4-32.7 111 15.9 12.1-20.7 53 6.7 4.7- 9.6
Some Post-H.S. 529 115 20.7 16.2-26.0 166 32.1 26.2-38.7 151 30.4 24.5-37.0 68 12.9 8.1-20.1 29 3.9 2.4- 6.2
College Graduate 850 287 37.2 32.4-42.2 311 35.7 31.1-40.6 186 20.9 17.2-25.1 48 4.4 2.9- 6.5 18 1.8 1.0- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 211 22 15.2 8.2-26.5 37 17.7 10.6-28.2 33 18.3 10.5-29.9 57 23.6 14.8-35.4 62 25.3 17.7-34.8
$15,000- 24,999 405 43 10.4 6.6-15.9 112 32.7 25.6-40.7 114 23.8 18.2-30.5 97 24.3 18.4-31.5 39 8.8 5.7-13.2
$25,000- 34,999 321 56 18.1 12.5-25.5 109 39.1 31.0-47.9 102 26.9 20.3-34.7 37 11.9 7.6-18.3 17 4.0 2.0- 7.6
$35,000- 49,999 398 87 20.8 15.5-27.3 149 38.4 31.3-46.0 118 30.1 23.7-37.3 33 8.4 5.3-13.1 11 2.4 1.1- 5.2
$50,000-74,999 294 91 24.1 18.1-31.3 103 36.2 28.2-45.0 71 25.3 18.6-33.5 21 10.9 4.5-24.1 8 3.5 1.5- 7.7
$75,000+ 433 152 39.8 33.5-46.5 169 32.5 26.8-38.7 93 23.0 17.9-29.1 13 2.9 1.4- 5.9 6 1.8 0.6- 5.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 160 37 23.7 16.9-32.1 53 32.4 24.8-40.9 41 24.5 17.6-32.9 20 13.9 8.8-21.3 9 5.6 2.7-11.0
Forsyth 178 25 14.7 9.8-21.5 70 46.2 37.7-54.8 50 23.3 17.4-30.4 25 11.2 7.3-16.8 8 4.6 2.2- 9.4
Guilford 154 38 23.6 16.9-31.9 50 31.0 23.5-39.8 41 30.3 22.3-39.6 18 12.3 6.8-21.2 7 2.8 1.2- 6.6
Henderson/Transylvania 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
Mecklenburg 160 47 29.5 21.5-39.1 50 35.5 26.0-46.3 42 22.2 15.9-30.1 15 10.4 5.6-18.4 6 2.4 1.0- 5.4
Orange 184 57 29.6 23.0-37.3 65 37.7 30.2-45.8 42 22.9 16.7-30.5 12 6.8 3.7-12.1 8 3.0 1.4- 6.1
Pitt 157 34 22.1 15.1-31.0 59 35.4 27.9-43.6 38 26.1 18.4-35.7 14 8.6 4.8-15.0 12 7.8 4.1-14.2
Randolph 175 37 21.0 14.9-28.7 54 30.6 23.5-38.8 47 30.3 22.2-39.7 26 12.6 8.3-18.8 11 5.5 2.9-10.2
Robeson 176 24 11.8 7.6-18.0 39 22.2 14.7-32.1 56 32.0 24.0-41.2 35 23.8 16.3-33.5 22 10.2 6.3-16.0
Wake 183 51 28.9 22.0-37.0 69 37.7 29.7-46.5 46 24.2 17.7-32.2 15 8.8 5.0-14.9 2 0.4 0.1- 1.4
Western NC 282 44 14.4 10.5-19.4 73 29.0 23.0-35.9 80 27.2 21.6-33.5 53 18.2 13.7-23.7 32 11.2 7.4-16.5
Piedmont NC 321 53 18.8 13.8-25.1 108 33.0 27.0-39.5 79 23.5 18.3-29.7 48 17.3 11.9-24.5 33 7.4 5.0-10.8
Eastern NC 284 66 21.9 16.8-28.0 77 29.6 23.5-36.6 76 29.7 23.5-36.6 38 11.2 7.5-16.3 27 7.6 5.1-11.3

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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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