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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
RACE
White 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
Other 44 4 8.3 2.9-21.8 11 24.4 12.7-41.6 13 29.9 16.2-48.5 8 24.0 11.5-43.4 8 13.4 6.3-26.3
AGE
18-44 244 46 17.2 12.6-23.0 87 36.9 29.8-44.7 74 28.3 22.1-35.4 29 13.7 9.3-19.7 8 3.9 1.7- 9.0
45+ 409 48 11.2 8.4-14.9 99 23.7 19.3-28.6 104 27.3 22.6-32.5 86 20.6 16.6-25.3 72 17.2 13.3-22.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 377 36 8.7 6.2-12.2 87 24.1 19.2-29.8 107 29.2 24.0-35.0 88 23.2 18.7-28.5 59 14.7 10.8-19.7
Some College + 281 59 21.0 16.1-27.0 101 37.5 30.9-44.7 73 25.8 20.4-32.2 27 9.4 6.1-14.3 21 6.2 3.9- 9.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 401 50 12.2 9.0-16.3 111 28.7 23.5-34.6 115 29.2 24.1-34.9 72 18.1 14.2-22.8 53 11.8 8.6-15.9
$50,000+ 108 30 26.4 18.4-36.3 39 37.0 27.5-47.6 27 24.5 16.9-34.2 8 6.1 3.0-12.3 4 5.9 1.7-18.7
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
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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