BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (Would you say that in general your health is: ?)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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	Total Respond.^	Excellent	Very good	Good	Fair	Poor
TOTAL	1,870	241	16.5	13.9-19.6	462	26.1	23.0-29.4	653	35.4	32.0-38.9	361	16.6	14.3-19.2	153	5.5	4.4- 6.9
GENDER
Male	604	94	18.3	13.8-24.0	135	23.5	18.7-29.1	222	38.4	32.6-44.5	102	14.5	10.9-18.9	51	5.3	3.6- 7.7
Female	1,266	147	15.1	12.2-18.5	327	28.1	24.2-32.3	431	33.0	29.1-37.1	259	18.2	15.3-21.4	102	5.6	4.3- 7.4
AGE
18-24	147	33	22.7	13.9-34.9	49	33.6	22.9-46.2	50	36.8	26.2-48.9	13	5.8	2.8-11.9	2	1.1	0.3- 4.5
25-34	286	62	28.4	21.0-37.2	97	29.0	22.2-36.9	97	34.2	26.5-42.9	27	7.1	4.1-12.0	3	1.2	0.2- 6.4
35-44	372	65	17.5	12.9-23.4	118	30.5	23.9-38.0	119	32.8	25.8-40.6	60	17.8	12.8-24.3	10	1.4	0.7- 3.0
45-54	414	35	8.3	5.2-12.9	86	22.8	17.4-29.3	170	43.2	36.0-50.7	94	19.1	14.0-25.5	29	6.5	4.1-10.3
55-64	286	24	9.5	5.7-15.5	48	18.9	12.9-26.7	102	30.2	23.4-37.9	69	28.5	20.9-37.6	43	12.9	8.6-19.0
65-74	207	16	11.5	5.4-22.9	36	17.3	11.0-26.1	64	29.0	20.8-38.9	53	24.7	16.7-34.9	38	17.5	11.1-26.6
75+	143	4	6.1	2.0-16.9	24	17.7	9.3-31.0	44	32.8	22.9-44.5	43	29.8	20.2-41.7	28	13.7	8.0-22.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	446	27	6.0	3.5-10.0	72	16.8	12.0-22.9	131	34.7	27.7-42.4	120	26.4	20.5-33.4	96	16.1	12.1-21.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	652	77	16.3	11.7-22.3	141	24.9	19.6-31.1	252	34.4	29.0-40.4	147	20.0	16.0-24.8	35	4.3	2.7- 6.7
Some Post-H.S.	434	59	16.2	11.2-22.9	135	29.3	23.0-36.4	160	40.1	32.8-47.9	63	11.8	7.9-17.3	17	2.6	1.3- 5.1
College Graduate	332	78	28.5	22.0-36.0	112	33.8	26.9-41.5	109	31.4	24.9-38.7	29	5.7	3.6- 9.0	4	0.6	0.2- 2.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	350	30	13.2	7.3-22.5	57	14.8	10.3-20.7	104	29.9	22.7-38.2	101	27.2	20.6-34.9	58	15.0	10.5-21.0
$15,000- 24,999	433	42	15.0	9.1-23.8	103	23.5	17.6-30.6	163	37.5	30.2-45.4	101	19.3	14.6-25.0	24	4.7	2.6- 8.4
$25,000- 34,999	227	35	14.1	8.8-21.8	65	29.7	21.7-39.1	90	38.1	29.3-47.8	30	15.9	9.7-24.9	7	2.2	1.0- 5.2
$35,000- 49,999	199	35	20.6	13.7-29.8	70	35.9	27.1-45.8	64	30.9	22.4-41.0	26	11.8	6.3-21.3	4	0.7	0.2- 2.0
$50,000-74,999	118	22	20.7	12.5-32.4	44	35.2	24.3-47.8	44	35.9	24.8-48.8	8	8.2	3.4-18.6	0	0.0	. - .
$75,000+	94	27	34.0	22.2-48.1	34	28.5	18.4-41.3	28	33.1	21.9-46.7	3	3.6	0.9-13.8	2	0.8	0.2- 3.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	29	1	3.7	0.5-22.3	7	34.1	16.7-57.1	13	41.2	23.1-61.9	4	11.7	3.6-32.2	4	9.3	3.3-23.5
Guilford	116	25	22.3	14.5-32.7	32	30.3	20.6-42.3	36	28.0	19.3-38.6	18	16.4	9.5-27.0	5	2.9	1.1- 7.5
Mecklenburg	120	24	18.8	12.3-27.6	31	26.7	18.7-36.6	39	31.5	23.0-41.5	17	16.1	9.8-25.2	9	6.9	3.1-14.6
Orange	48	5	9.6	3.7-22.8	12	28.3	16.3-44.6	21	45.3	30.4-61.1	8	13.7	6.3-27.2	2	3.1	0.7-13.0
Wake	86	18	22.2	13.5-34.4	23	26.6	17.1-38.8	26	31.4	20.7-44.5	19	19.8	12.0-30.8	0	0.0	. - .
Chatham/Lee	69	8	11.8	4.6-27.0	30	49.4	32.6-66.4	22	28.9	17.4-43.8	4	4.2	1.3-13.1	5	5.7	2.0-14.8
Nash/Wilson	125	13	7.3	4.1-12.6	30	23.5	15.9-33.2	48	41.4	31.5-51.9	30	24.2	16.7-33.7	4	3.7	1.3-10.3
Craven/Pamlico	91	9	11.0	5.0-22.6	21	26.0	16.5-38.5	33	39.3	26.9-53.2	22	18.5	11.5-28.3	6	5.2	2.0-13.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	16	0	0.0	. - .	6	54.3	23.4-82.2	6	31.3	10.9-63.0	3	10.8	2.9-33.2	1	3.5	0.4-22.8
Appalachian/Wilkes	9	2	15.2	3.5-47.2	1	16.0	2.3-60.9	2	28.6	7.1-67.8	3	32.1	9.6-67.8	1	8.1	1.1-41.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance	165	18	29.7	11.9-56.8	34	17.1	10.4-26.9	63	32.0	20.8-45.7	35	14.9	9.0-23.6	15	6.3	3.3-11.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson	10	2	21.8	5.5-57.2	6	61.9	30.5-85.8	2	16.2	3.9-48.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	145	21	16.8	10.3-26.2	38	25.9	18.6-34.9	41	31.8	23.3-41.6	27	15.0	10.0-21.9	18	10.5	6.1-17.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	129	7	9.3	4.1-19.8	21	16.1	9.9-25.0	52	45.1	32.4-58.4	33	20.1	13.2-29.3	16	9.5	5.3-16.2
Northeast NC I	237	27	15.8	10.5-23.0	60	24.9	18.7-32.3	79	32.5	25.9-39.8	45	16.6	11.9-22.8	26	10.3	6.8-15.2
Northeast NC II	148	19	13.3	8.0-21.3	25	18.3	11.6-27.8	52	35.1	26.1-45.2	34	21.1	13.5-31.3	18	12.2	7.1-20.1
Northeastern Partnership	385	46	14.5	10.5-19.7	85	21.5	16.6-27.3	131	33.8	28.1-40.0	79	18.9	14.2-24.8	44	11.2	7.9-15.7
Mountain AHEC	51	4	4.9	1.5-14.9	17	35.9	20.8-54.4	17	35.7	20.1-55.0	6	10.1	3.9-23.8	7	13.4	5.5-29.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	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
Piedmont	815	124	19.5	15.6-24.1	214	26.4	22.1-31.0	280	32.9	28.4-37.8	147	16.9	13.7-20.6	50	4.4	3.0- 6.4
Western NC	74	6	3.4	1.2- 9.3	21	23.1	12.5-38.7	26	37.3	20.5-57.9	13	28.3	11.7-54.0	8	7.9	3.2-18.3

Total
Respond.^

Excellent

Very good

Good

Fair

Poor

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,870

241

16.5

13.9-19.6

462

26.1

23.0-29.4

653

35.4

32.0-38.9

361

16.6

14.3-19.2

153

5.5

4.4- 6.9

GENDER

Male

604

18.3

13.8-24.0

135

23.5

18.7-29.1

222

38.4

32.6-44.5

102

14.5

10.9-18.9

5.3

3.6- 7.7

Female

1,266

147

15.1

12.2-18.5

327

28.1

24.2-32.3

431

33.0

29.1-37.1

259

18.2

15.3-21.4

102

5.6

4.3- 7.4

AGE

18-24

147

22.7

13.9-34.9

33.6

22.9-46.2

36.8

26.2-48.9

5.8

2.8-11.9

1.1

0.3- 4.5

25-34

286

28.4

21.0-37.2

29.0

22.2-36.9

34.2

26.5-42.9

7.1

4.1-12.0

1.2

0.2- 6.4

35-44

372

17.5

12.9-23.4

118

30.5

23.9-38.0

119

32.8

25.8-40.6

17.8

12.8-24.3

1.4

0.7- 3.0

45-54

414

8.3

5.2-12.9

22.8

17.4-29.3

170

43.2

36.0-50.7

19.1

14.0-25.5

6.5

4.1-10.3

55-64

286

9.5

5.7-15.5

18.9

12.9-26.7

102

30.2

23.4-37.9

28.5

20.9-37.6

12.9

8.6-19.0

65-74

207

11.5

5.4-22.9

17.3

11.0-26.1

29.0

20.8-38.9

24.7

16.7-34.9

17.5

11.1-26.6

75+

143

6.1

2.0-16.9

17.7

9.3-31.0

32.8

22.9-44.5

29.8

20.2-41.7

13.7

8.0-22.4

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

446

6.0

3.5-10.0

16.8

12.0-22.9

131

34.7

27.7-42.4

120

26.4

20.5-33.4

16.1

12.1-21.1

H.S. or G.E.D.

652

16.3

11.7-22.3

141

24.9

19.6-31.1

252

34.4

29.0-40.4

147

20.0

16.0-24.8

4.3

2.7- 6.7

Some Post-H.S.

434

16.2

11.2-22.9

135

29.3

23.0-36.4

160

40.1

32.8-47.9

11.8

7.9-17.3

2.6

1.3- 5.1

College Graduate

332

28.5

22.0-36.0

112

33.8

26.9-41.5

109

31.4

24.9-38.7

5.7

3.6- 9.0

0.6

0.2- 2.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

350

13.2

7.3-22.5

14.8

10.3-20.7

104

29.9

22.7-38.2

101

27.2

20.6-34.9

15.0

10.5-21.0

$15,000- 24,999

433

15.0

9.1-23.8

103

23.5

17.6-30.6

163

37.5

30.2-45.4

101

19.3

14.6-25.0

4.7

2.6- 8.4

$25,000- 34,999

227

14.1

8.8-21.8

29.7

21.7-39.1

38.1

29.3-47.8

15.9

9.7-24.9

2.2

1.0- 5.2

$35,000- 49,999

199

20.6

13.7-29.8

35.9

27.1-45.8

30.9

22.4-41.0

11.8

6.3-21.3

0.7

0.2- 2.0

$50,000-74,999

118

20.7

12.5-32.4

35.2

24.3-47.8

35.9

24.8-48.8

8.2

3.4-18.6

0.0

. - .

$75,000+

34.0

22.2-48.1

28.5

18.4-41.3

33.1

21.9-46.7

3.6

0.9-13.8

0.8

0.2- 3.7

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

3.7

0.5-22.3

34.1

16.7-57.1

41.2

23.1-61.9

11.7

3.6-32.2

9.3

3.3-23.5

Guilford

116

22.3

14.5-32.7

30.3

20.6-42.3

28.0

19.3-38.6

16.4

9.5-27.0

2.9

1.1- 7.5

Mecklenburg

120

18.8

12.3-27.6

26.7

18.7-36.6

31.5

23.0-41.5

16.1

9.8-25.2

6.9

3.1-14.6

Orange

9.6

3.7-22.8

28.3

16.3-44.6

45.3

30.4-61.1

13.7

6.3-27.2

3.1

0.7-13.0

Wake

22.2

13.5-34.4

26.6

17.1-38.8

31.4

20.7-44.5

19.8

12.0-30.8

0.0

. - .

Chatham/Lee

11.8

4.6-27.0

49.4

32.6-66.4

28.9

17.4-43.8

4.2

1.3-13.1

5.7

2.0-14.8

Nash/Wilson

125

7.3

4.1-12.6

23.5

15.9-33.2

41.4

31.5-51.9

24.2

16.7-33.7

3.7

1.3-10.3

Craven/Pamlico

11.0

5.0-22.6

26.0

16.5-38.5

39.3

26.9-53.2

18.5

11.5-28.3

5.2

2.0-13.0

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

0.0

. - .

54.3

23.4-82.2

31.3

10.9-63.0

10.8

2.9-33.2

3.5

0.4-22.8

Appalachian/Wilkes

15.2

3.5-47.2

16.0

2.3-60.9

28.6

7.1-67.8

32.1

9.6-67.8

8.1

1.1-41.9

Franklin/Gran./Vance

165

29.7

11.9-56.8

17.1

10.4-26.9

32.0

20.8-45.7

14.9

9.0-23.6

6.3

3.3-11.8

Graham/Swain/Jackson

21.8

5.5-57.2

61.9

30.5-85.8

16.2

3.9-48.1

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

145

16.8

10.3-26.2

25.9

18.6-34.9

31.8

23.3-41.6

15.0

10.0-21.9

10.5

6.1-17.5

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

129

9.3

4.1-19.8

16.1

9.9-25.0

45.1

32.4-58.4

20.1

13.2-29.3

9.5

5.3-16.2

Northeast NC I

237

15.8

10.5-23.0

24.9

18.7-32.3

32.5

25.9-39.8

16.6

11.9-22.8

10.3

6.8-15.2

Northeast NC II

148

13.3

8.0-21.3

18.3

11.6-27.8

35.1

26.1-45.2

21.1

13.5-31.3

12.2

7.1-20.1

Northeastern Partnership

385

14.5

10.5-19.7

21.5

16.6-27.3

131

33.8

28.1-40.0

18.9

14.2-24.8

11.2

7.9-15.7

Mountain AHEC

4.9

1.5-14.9

35.9

20.8-54.4

35.7

20.1-55.0

10.1

3.9-23.8

13.4

5.5-29.2

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

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

6.9

5.2- 9.1

Piedmont

815

124

19.5

15.6-24.1

214

26.4

22.1-31.0

280

32.9

28.4-37.8

147

16.9

13.7-20.6

4.4

3.0- 6.4

Western NC

3.4

1.2- 9.3

23.1

12.5-38.7

37.3

20.5-57.9

28.3

11.7-54.0

7.9

3.2-18.3

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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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