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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

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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%)
North Carolina 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
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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
RACE
White 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
Other 158 16 13.5 7.2-23.8 44 30.2 21.8-40.1 49 29.6 21.5-39.2 33 18.7 12.8-26.4 16 8.1 4.5-13.9
AGE
18-44 374 92 25.8 20.3-32.2 136 34.8 29.0-41.0 97 24.3 19.4-29.9 37 11.9 7.6-18.2 12 3.2 1.7- 6.2
45+ 500 65 11.1 8.3-14.6 129 25.0 20.7-29.9 136 27.6 23.0-32.8 99 22.1 17.7-27.2 71 14.2 11.0-18.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 477 47 12.4 8.7-17.5 132 28.1 23.3-33.3 141 28.0 23.4-33.2 92 19.7 15.6-24.7 65 11.7 8.9-15.3
Some College + 405 111 27.0 21.9-32.9 137 32.9 27.4-38.8 93 22.3 17.5-28.0 47 13.9 9.1-20.6 17 4.0 2.4- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 459 62 14.8 10.9-19.8 133 29.8 24.8-35.4 130 26.8 22.1-32.2 86 18.9 14.8-23.9 48 9.6 7.0-13.2
$50,000+ 218 68 28.7 22.0-36.6 76 33.0 25.7-41.2 49 23.8 17.4-31.6 18 11.4 5.3-22.7 7 3.2 1.4- 7.1
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
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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