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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Health Status

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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%)
North Carolina 9,429 1,788 20.2 18.9-21.5 2,788 31.1 29.6-32.7 2,786 29.7 28.3-31.2 1,373 13.4 12.3-14.6 694 5.5 4.9- 6.2
-Eastern NC 3,313 555 18.6 16.5-21.0 908 31.1 28.4-34.1 1,028 30.3 27.7-33.0 542 13.5 11.7-15.5 280 6.5 5.4- 7.7
GENDER
Male 1,163 207 18.7 15.3-22.7 300 31.8 27.2-36.7 372 29.2 25.2-33.6 184 14.5 11.4-18.3 100 5.8 4.4- 7.6
Female 2,150 348 18.5 16.0-21.4 608 30.6 27.4-33.9 656 31.3 28.1-34.7 358 12.5 10.7-14.6 180 7.1 5.6- 8.9
RACE
White 2,065 397 21.9 19.0-25.1 625 34.3 30.7-38.0 581 25.3 22.5-28.4 300 12.0 9.9-14.5 162 6.5 5.1- 8.2
African American 981 111 13.3 10.0-17.5 227 25.9 21.4-31.0 347 38.6 33.5-43.9 201 15.3 12.5-18.7 95 6.9 5.2- 9.1
Other Minorities 248 44 11.3 7.2-17.3 49 19.5 11.7-30.8 91 43.1 31.9-55.1 41 20.5 12.1-32.5 23 5.5 2.9-10.1
AGE
18-24 202 51 23.7 15.8-33.8 66 37.1 26.4-49.2 66 30.3 21.5-40.8 16 6.7 2.9-14.8 3 2.3 0.6- 8.7
25-34 493 126 23.1 18.0-29.1 169 35.6 29.1-42.6 154 31.3 25.2-38.0 37 9.0 5.6-14.2 7 1.1 0.3- 3.9
35-44 596 130 22.7 17.8-28.4 203 37.4 31.3-44.0 168 26.2 20.8-32.5 78 11.7 8.4-16.0 17 1.9 0.9- 4.0
45-54 643 92 14.0 10.5-18.3 177 30.5 24.9-36.7 219 34.2 28.4-40.5 113 16.4 11.4-22.9 42 5.0 3.4- 7.3
55-64 569 76 15.2 10.6-21.4 116 21.7 17.1-27.2 182 29.3 24.0-35.1 104 16.8 12.7-22.0 91 16.9 12.8-22.1
65-74 461 52 15.3 10.4-22.0 97 19.5 14.9-25.2 142 33.0 26.7-40.0 101 18.8 14.2-24.5 69 13.4 9.4-18.7
75+ 328 24 9.7 5.5-16.6 76 25.9 19.2-33.9 86 25.3 18.7-33.2 91 23.2 17.4-30.1 51 16.0 10.6-23.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 655 47 8.5 5.3-13.4 98 18.4 13.3-24.8 188 31.0 25.1-37.7 172 23.3 18.4-29.0 150 18.7 14.8-23.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,113 173 17.9 14.5-21.9 271 27.0 22.6-31.9 384 34.0 29.4-38.8 206 15.6 12.3-19.6 79 5.5 3.8- 7.9
Some Post-H.S. 850 146 19.1 14.6-24.6 288 38.6 32.6-45.1 280 29.5 24.5-35.0 100 9.5 7.0-12.7 36 3.2 2.0- 5.3
College Graduate 689 189 27.5 22.7-32.8 250 38.7 33.2-44.6 174 25.0 20.4-30.4 62 7.0 4.1-11.7 14 1.7 0.8- 3.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 468 38 14.1 8.4-22.5 76 14.7 10.5-20.3 125 30.8 23.1-39.6 136 21.7 16.9-27.4 93 18.8 13.9-24.8
$15,000- 24,999 655 69 14.6 9.7-21.2 164 25.4 20.1-31.6 223 32.7 26.9-39.1 141 20.4 15.4-26.4 58 6.9 4.6-10.3
$25,000- 34,999 382 67 16.7 11.4-23.9 114 29.9 23.1-37.7 127 30.4 23.6-38.3 53 17.3 11.4-25.3 21 5.7 2.7-11.6
$35,000- 49,999 425 101 23.5 18.0-30.0 137 35.9 28.8-43.6 141 29.8 23.5-37.0 37 8.7 5.0-14.9 9 2.1 0.8- 5.1
$50,000-74,999 333 84 26.2 19.4-34.3 117 43.5 34.5-53.0 99 23.1 17.4-30.0 28 5.6 3.2- 9.7 5 1.6 0.4- 5.8
$75,000+ 291 81 29.4 21.7-38.4 120 39.2 30.9-48.1 70 22.6 16.3-30.5 17 8.2 3.2-19.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 453 92 22.4 18.0-27.6 138 29.5 24.8-34.7 116 26.4 21.8-31.7 72 14.7 11.3-19.0 35 6.9 4.8- 9.9
Guilford 444 112 25.0 20.6-30.0 143 33.5 28.2-39.1 117 25.9 21.4-31.0 49 10.5 7.6-14.4 23 5.1 3.1- 8.3
Mecklenburg 449 112 22.8 18.4-27.7 147 31.1 26.0-36.8 120 28.0 22.9-33.7 50 14.6 10.3-20.2 20 3.6 2.1- 5.9
Orange 450 135 30.0 23.7-37.2 158 32.9 27.0-39.5 103 24.8 18.8-32.0 43 10.7 5.6-19.3 11 1.6 0.8- 2.9
Wake 453 111 22.4 18.3-27.0 157 35.3 30.1-40.9 131 28.4 23.7-33.6 46 12.3 8.5-17.3 8 1.6 0.7- 3.9
Chatham/Lee 399 67 17.5 13.1-23.1 152 41.7 35.4-48.3 114 25.2 20.6-30.3 46 11.8 8.2-16.6 20 3.8 2.2- 6.3
Nash/Wilson 380 61 15.5 11.9-19.9 86 22.2 17.3-28.1 137 38.5 32.8-44.6 71 17.9 13.9-22.6 25 5.9 3.9- 8.9
Craven/Pamlico 453 92 25.6 20.6-31.4 121 27.9 23.2-33.1 135 27.2 22.6-32.4 74 13.4 10.4-17.0 31 5.9 4.0- 8.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 436 59 14.9 11.2-19.6 130 29.2 24.4-34.5 128 29.5 24.6-35.0 70 15.7 11.0-22.0 49 10.6 7.8-14.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 456 78 19.4 15.0-24.8 137 32.6 26.2-39.6 127 24.9 20.4-30.1 78 17.6 12.4-24.4 36 5.5 3.8- 7.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 477 76 22.2 13.8-33.8 127 28.4 22.1-35.6 154 28.8 23.3-35.1 74 14.2 10.2-19.4 46 6.4 4.5- 8.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 425 80 16.5 11.9-22.4 121 26.2 19.9-33.6 133 34.0 24.4-45.0 59 18.3 8.5-35.1 32 5.0 3.3- 7.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 476 77 16.2 12.7-20.5 122 25.6 21.3-30.4 150 32.9 28.1-38.1 71 14.1 10.9-18.0 56 11.3 8.3-15.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 419 52 14.8 11.1-19.5 105 25.4 20.6-31.0 135 32.8 27.0-39.3 82 18.4 14.0-23.8 45 8.5 6.1-11.8
Northeast NC I 458 60 14.6 11.0-19.2 123 29.4 23.0-36.7 150 31.0 26.0-36.5 84 16.7 12.9-21.3 41 8.3 5.8-11.7
Northeast NC II 513 87 17.6 13.9-22.0 139 28.0 23.4-33.1 152 29.5 25.1-34.4 91 16.6 13.0-20.9 44 8.3 5.9-11.6
Northeastern Partnership 971 147 16.6 13.8-19.8 262 28.5 24.7-32.6 302 30.1 26.6-33.7 175 16.6 13.9-19.8 85 8.3 6.4-10.7
Mountain AHEC 1,305 258 22.7 18.6-27.5 379 28.8 25.3-32.5 359 25.4 22.1-28.9 193 14.2 11.6-17.3 116 8.9 7.0-11.3
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 4,042 860 21.0 19.2-22.8 1,277 31.9 29.7-34.1 1,172 30.0 28.0-32.1 515 13.1 11.5-14.8 218 4.1 3.4- 4.9
Western NC 2,074 373 20.5 17.4-24.0 603 28.2 25.3-31.3 586 27.3 24.4-30.4 316 14.6 12.3-17.3 196 9.4 7.6-11.7

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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