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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status--WHITE 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 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 327 90 29.9 22.4-38.7 120 29.7 22.6-37.8 95 32.5 25.1-40.9 18 7.3 2.8-17.8 4 0.6 0.2- 2.2
25-34 803 268 29.8 25.6-34.4 317 41.3 36.4-46.3 165 20.5 16.8-24.7 45 7.5 4.8-11.6 8 1.0 0.3- 3.0
35-44 941 294 29.2 25.2-33.5 348 34.4 30.2-38.8 196 22.8 19.1-27.0 71 7.6 5.4-10.7 32 6.0 3.9- 9.2
45-54 1,013 238 19.6 16.4-23.3 350 34.5 30.1-39.1 254 27.5 23.3-32.1 103 10.5 8.1-13.6 68 7.9 5.6-11.0
55-64 773 154 18.8 15.1-23.1 219 25.2 21.2-29.6 204 26.6 22.3-31.3 120 20.1 16.0-25.1 76 9.3 7.0-12.3
65-74 674 91 11.7 8.7-15.4 171 24.3 20.0-29.2 201 28.3 23.5-33.7 117 18.3 14.5-22.9 94 17.4 13.5-22.2
75+ 531 37 6.5 4.2-10.0 125 20.9 16.1-26.5 164 28.9 23.5-35.1 116 25.3 18.7-33.3 89 18.4 13.9-24.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 674 41 10.2 6.1-16.8 126 17.7 13.8-22.5 183 27.0 22.0-32.6 170 23.3 18.8-28.3 154 21.8 17.5-26.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,486 220 14.9 12.4-17.7 486 32.8 29.3-36.4 454 29.1 25.8-32.7 206 14.7 12.0-18.0 120 8.5 6.7-10.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,186 266 21.8 18.5-25.4 406 33.5 29.5-37.7 328 29.7 25.7-34.1 126 11.4 8.2-15.6 60 3.6 2.6- 5.1
College Graduate 1,742 653 39.0 35.5-42.7 636 35.9 32.6-39.4 325 18.4 15.8-21.4 91 4.6 3.4- 6.3 37 2.0 1.3- 3.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 441 35 11.9 6.9-19.7 92 17.4 12.6-23.5 92 20.3 15.0-26.9 97 21.5 15.1-29.6 125 29.0 22.9-36.0
$15,000- 24,999 701 76 8.5 6.1-11.8 198 26.9 22.3-32.1 225 31.9 26.7-37.6 143 21.0 16.5-26.2 59 11.7 8.3-16.4
$25,000- 34,999 590 110 17.9 13.6-23.2 199 35.5 29.7-41.8 191 31.6 26.3-37.4 62 10.2 7.0-14.5 28 4.8 2.8- 8.1
$35,000- 49,999 721 183 25.5 21.1-30.4 284 37.7 32.5-43.2 176 25.4 20.9-30.7 57 8.9 6.2-12.5 21 2.5 1.3- 4.6
$50,000-74,999 651 216 28.3 23.6-33.5 246 36.6 31.2-42.4 139 22.8 18.1-28.3 39 9.6 5.2-16.9 11 2.7 1.4- 5.1
$75,000+ 770 312 40.4 35.6-45.5 282 33.7 29.2-38.4 140 20.8 16.9-25.4 28 3.8 2.4- 6.1 8 1.3 0.5- 3.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 367 87 24.7 19.8-30.4 117 33.0 27.5-39.1 102 27.0 22.0-32.6 36 9.4 6.5-13.4 25 5.9 3.8- 9.1
Forsyth 344 76 20.0 15.7-25.0 131 43.9 37.6-50.4 86 23.3 18.6-28.8 34 8.8 6.0-12.6 17 4.1 2.4- 6.8
Guilford 282 70 24.8 19.5-31.1 106 36.3 30.1-42.9 70 27.4 21.6-33.9 22 7.9 4.5-13.5 14 3.6 2.0- 6.7
Henderson/Transylvania 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
Mecklenburg 269 87 32.4 25.6-40.1 88 37.2 29.0-46.3 59 19.6 14.7-25.8 26 8.6 5.5-13.2 9 2.1 1.1- 4.3
Orange 358 130 33.8 27.3-41.1 129 40.7 32.0-50.1 68 17.5 12.8-23.4 22 6.1 3.7- 9.9 9 1.8 0.9- 3.7
Pitt 290 85 30.9 23.6-39.3 102 38.1 31.1-45.5 56 18.2 13.4-24.3 24 6.8 4.1-10.9 23 6.1 3.8- 9.5
Randolph 390 68 17.0 13.0-21.9 119 29.7 23.9-36.1 121 35.9 28.6-43.8 55 11.6 8.5-15.5 27 5.9 3.7- 9.3
Robeson 176 26 14.8 9.6-22.1 41 20.9 15.0-28.4 53 31.4 23.2-41.0 35 21.4 14.4-30.6 21 11.4 7.0-18.1
Wake 308 104 35.1 29.1-41.6 112 35.7 29.8-42.1 67 23.4 18.1-29.7 18 4.6 2.8- 7.4 7 1.2 0.5- 2.6
Western NC 613 91 14.4 11.6-17.8 177 30.4 26.1-35.0 166 27.6 23.6-32.0 106 16.5 13.5-20.1 73 11.1 8.4-14.4
Piedmont NC 722 143 19.9 16.3-24.0 224 30.1 26.1-34.4 186 25.0 21.3-29.1 104 16.5 12.9-21.0 65 8.5 6.5-11.1
Eastern NC 549 121 23.3 19.3-27.8 161 28.1 24.0-32.6 142 28.7 24.3-33.6 66 10.7 8.0-14.2 59 9.2 6.8-12.1

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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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