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

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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	Total Respond.^	Excellent	Very good	Good	Fair	Poor
TOTAL	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
GENDER
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
RACE
African American	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
HISPANIC
Hispanic	13	5	40.3	10.5-79.6	4	18.6	4.8-51.0	2	32.5	6.8-76.2	1	2.9	0.3-20.0	1	5.7	0.7-34.2
-English Speaking	13	5	40.3	10.5-79.6	4	18.6	4.8-51.0	2	32.5	6.8-76.2	1	2.9	0.3-20.0	1	5.7	0.7-34.2
Non-Hispanic	1,253	142	14.9	12.1-18.4	323	28.1	24.3-32.3	429	33.0	29.1-37.2	258	18.3	15.4-21.6	101	5.6	4.3- 7.4
AGE
18-24	93	17	17.6	9.6-30.1	33	35.3	21.3-52.4	33	39.9	25.6-56.1	10	7.1	3.1-15.5	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	200	41	28.8	20.1-39.4	67	31.2	23.0-40.7	68	29.0	21.4-38.2	21	8.8	4.7-16.0	3	2.2	0.4-11.1
35-44	262	37	13.4	8.7-20.2	85	30.5	23.1-39.2	84	28.8	21.6-37.2	49	25.5	18.1-34.7	7	1.7	0.7- 4.5
45-54	259	22	9.4	5.3-16.1	60	28.1	20.8-36.9	100	36.6	28.6-45.5	62	20.7	14.8-28.1	15	5.2	2.5-10.3
55-64	184	14	10.0	5.3-18.1	33	22.8	14.2-34.4	65	31.3	23.2-40.8	42	20.3	13.4-29.5	30	15.6	9.8-24.0
65-74	149	10	10.0	4.0-23.1	29	20.2	12.3-31.2	43	31.6	21.3-44.1	38	21.7	13.6-32.9	29	16.5	9.9-26.2
75+	106	4	8.8	3.0-23.5	18	17.6	7.8-35.0	31	31.0	19.9-44.8	35	30.1	19.6-43.2	18	12.5	7.0-21.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	294	19	8.6	4.6-15.6	49	19.5	12.9-28.3	75	23.0	17.0-30.5	88	32.2	24.4-41.1	63	16.7	11.8-23.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	429	42	12.2	8.0-18.2	96	27.2	20.2-35.6	164	33.0	26.6-40.1	103	22.7	17.4-29.0	24	4.9	2.8- 8.4
Some Post-H.S.	303	37	15.8	10.3-23.4	98	30.6	23.4-38.9	111	41.6	32.9-50.9	44	9.6	6.3-14.4	13	2.5	1.2- 5.1
College Graduate	237	49	25.9	18.6-34.8	83	34.8	27.2-43.2	81	32.0	24.8-40.1	22	7.0	4.1-11.8	2	0.4	0.1- 1.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	274	22	9.5	5.7-15.5	50	17.7	12.2-25.1	82	28.1	20.8-36.8	78	28.3	21.3-36.4	42	16.4	10.8-24.2
$15,000- 24,999	286	24	11.1	6.1-19.4	74	25.0	17.8-34.0	105	36.9	28.2-46.6	72	24.5	17.8-32.7	11	2.5	1.2- 5.2
$25,000- 34,999	163	27	13.7	7.7-23.2	52	36.5	26.1-48.3	60	33.9	24.3-44.9	19	13.6	7.1-24.5	5	2.4	0.8- 6.5
$35,000- 49,999	113	14	21.8	11.7-37.0	49	48.4	35.6-61.4	37	25.8	16.6-37.8	10	2.9	1.3- 6.5	3	1.1	0.3- 3.8
$50,000-74,999	64	10	20.2	9.7-37.5	28	35.8	22.4-51.9	19	29.2	15.6-48.0	7	14.7	5.8-32.6	0	0.0	. - .
$75,000+	53	14	28.7	14.7-48.5	19	31.3	18.1-48.4	17	37.1	22.1-55.2	1	1.0	0.1- 6.8	2	1.9	0.4- 8.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	16	0	0.0	. - .	3	19.2	5.9-47.2	6	37.2	15.2-66.2	4	27.9	9.1-59.9	3	15.7	4.7-41.0
Guilford	71	14	25.5	14.7-40.3	22	32.9	20.7-48.1	19	20.3	12.4-31.6	12	17.0	9.0-29.9	4	4.2	1.4-12.0
Mecklenburg	82	15	17.4	10.0-28.4	23	27.9	18.3-40.1	25	29.6	19.7-41.7	12	17.2	9.6-28.8	7	8.0	3.1-18.7
Orange	31	3	9.2	2.9-25.6	6	19.0	8.3-37.8	17	59.9	41.1-76.2	4	10.2	3.7-25.4	1	1.6	0.2-10.8
Wake	55	11	23.6	12.4-40.3	17	28.3	17.0-43.2	16	28.3	16.9-43.3	11	19.8	10.8-33.5	0	0.0	. - .
Chatham/Lee	53	6	8.8	3.4-20.9	22	43.1	28.8-58.7	17	34.1	21.0-50.1	4	6.9	2.1-20.0	4	7.1	2.3-20.2
Nash/Wilson	81	11	10.8	5.8-19.3	18	21.1	13.0-32.2	32	38.5	27.3-51.0	17	23.8	14.6-36.3	3	5.9	1.8-18.1
Craven/Pamlico	57	4	8.5	2.2-27.1	15	29.9	16.9-47.2	18	36.1	19.9-56.2	16	21.4	11.9-35.3	4	4.1	1.4-11.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	9	0	0.0	. - .	5	75.5	36.2-94.4	2	11.8	2.1-45.6	2	12.7	2.2-48.7	0	0.0	. - .
Appalachian/Wilkes	6	2	27.3	6.2-68.2	1	28.8	4.5-77.7	1	17.7	2.4-65.5	1	11.6	1.5-53.4	1	14.6	1.9-60.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	105	11	10.4	5.3-19.4	25	25.1	16.5-36.3	40	38.8	28.7-50.0	21	17.7	11.0-27.2	8	7.9	3.7-16.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson	9	2	24.0	6.1-60.8	5	58.1	26.1-84.5	2	17.9	4.2-51.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	95	11	11.5	5.9-21.3	27	29.0	19.6-40.6	25	30.4	20.4-42.6	19	18.8	11.8-28.6	13	10.3	5.9-17.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	102	3	4.2	1.3-12.6	14	15.6	9.1-25.4	42	43.5	33.1-54.5	31	26.4	18.5-36.3	12	10.4	5.6-18.4
Northeast NC I	171	15	11.2	6.3-19.3	48	27.1	20.1-35.3	55	32.4	24.7-41.3	36	20.1	13.7-28.4	17	9.2	5.5-15.0
Northeast NC II	100	10	10.1	5.3-18.5	17	19.0	11.2-30.4	39	43.1	32.1-54.8	25	21.0	13.8-30.8	9	6.8	3.4-13.2
Northeastern Partnership	271	25	10.7	6.9-16.1	65	23.3	17.8-29.8	94	37.4	30.7-44.7	61	20.5	15.5-26.7	26	8.1	5.3-12.0
Mountain AHEC	32	3	6.0	1.5-21.3	10	33.7	16.0-57.6	8	22.5	9.3-45.1	6	22.5	9.1-45.9	5	15.2	6.0-33.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	671	64	10.8	7.7-14.9	164	32.3	26.0-39.3	236	34.9	29.4-40.9	147	16.4	12.9-20.5	60	5.6	4.0- 7.7
Piedmont	549	78	18.5	14.2-23.8	150	25.3	20.6-30.6	182	31.2	26.0-37.0	103	19.5	15.3-24.4	36	5.5	3.6- 8.4
Western NC	46	5	4.9	1.6-14.5	13	22.7	9.9-44.0	13	43.9	19.6-71.6	9	19.0	7.7-39.6	6	9.4	3.6-22.6

Total
Respond.^

Excellent

Very good

Good

Fair

Poor

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

GENDER

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

RACE

African American

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

HISPANIC

Hispanic

40.3

10.5-79.6

18.6

4.8-51.0

32.5

6.8-76.2

2.9

0.3-20.0

5.7

0.7-34.2

-English Speaking

40.3

10.5-79.6

18.6

4.8-51.0

32.5

6.8-76.2

2.9

0.3-20.0

5.7

0.7-34.2

Non-Hispanic

1,253

142

14.9

12.1-18.4

323

28.1

24.3-32.3

429

33.0

29.1-37.2

258

18.3

15.4-21.6

101

5.6

4.3- 7.4

AGE

18-24

17.6

9.6-30.1

35.3

21.3-52.4

39.9

25.6-56.1

7.1

3.1-15.5

0.0

. - .

25-34

200

28.8

20.1-39.4

31.2

23.0-40.7

29.0

21.4-38.2

8.8

4.7-16.0

2.2

0.4-11.1

35-44

262

13.4

8.7-20.2

30.5

23.1-39.2

28.8

21.6-37.2

25.5

18.1-34.7

1.7

0.7- 4.5

45-54

259

9.4

5.3-16.1

28.1

20.8-36.9

100

36.6

28.6-45.5

20.7

14.8-28.1

5.2

2.5-10.3

55-64

184

10.0

5.3-18.1

22.8

14.2-34.4

31.3

23.2-40.8

20.3

13.4-29.5

15.6

9.8-24.0

65-74

149

10.0

4.0-23.1

20.2

12.3-31.2

31.6

21.3-44.1

21.7

13.6-32.9

16.5

9.9-26.2

75+

106

8.8

3.0-23.5

17.6

7.8-35.0

31.0

19.9-44.8

30.1

19.6-43.2

12.5

7.0-21.5

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

294

8.6

4.6-15.6

19.5

12.9-28.3

23.0

17.0-30.5

32.2

24.4-41.1

16.7

11.8-23.2

H.S. or G.E.D.

429

12.2

8.0-18.2

27.2

20.2-35.6

164

33.0

26.6-40.1

103

22.7

17.4-29.0

4.9

2.8- 8.4

Some Post-H.S.

303

15.8

10.3-23.4

30.6

23.4-38.9

111

41.6

32.9-50.9

9.6

6.3-14.4

2.5

1.2- 5.1

College Graduate

237

25.9

18.6-34.8

34.8

27.2-43.2

32.0

24.8-40.1

7.0

4.1-11.8

0.4

0.1- 1.8

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

274

9.5

5.7-15.5

17.7

12.2-25.1

28.1

20.8-36.8

28.3

21.3-36.4

16.4

10.8-24.2

$15,000- 24,999

286

11.1

6.1-19.4

25.0

17.8-34.0

105

36.9

28.2-46.6

24.5

17.8-32.7

2.5

1.2- 5.2

$25,000- 34,999

163

13.7

7.7-23.2

36.5

26.1-48.3

33.9

24.3-44.9

13.6

7.1-24.5

2.4

0.8- 6.5

$35,000- 49,999

113

21.8

11.7-37.0

48.4

35.6-61.4

25.8

16.6-37.8

2.9

1.3- 6.5

1.1

0.3- 3.8

$50,000-74,999

20.2

9.7-37.5

35.8

22.4-51.9

29.2

15.6-48.0

14.7

5.8-32.6

0.0

. - .

$75,000+

28.7

14.7-48.5

31.3

18.1-48.4

37.1

22.1-55.2

1.0

0.1- 6.8

1.9

0.4- 8.2

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

0.0

. - .

19.2

5.9-47.2

37.2

15.2-66.2

27.9

9.1-59.9

15.7

4.7-41.0

Guilford

25.5

14.7-40.3

32.9

20.7-48.1

20.3

12.4-31.6

17.0

9.0-29.9

4.2

1.4-12.0

Mecklenburg

17.4

10.0-28.4

27.9

18.3-40.1

29.6

19.7-41.7

17.2

9.6-28.8

8.0

3.1-18.7

Orange

9.2

2.9-25.6

19.0

8.3-37.8

59.9

41.1-76.2

10.2

3.7-25.4

1.6

0.2-10.8

Wake

23.6

12.4-40.3

28.3

17.0-43.2

28.3

16.9-43.3

19.8

10.8-33.5

0.0

. - .

Chatham/Lee

8.8

3.4-20.9

43.1

28.8-58.7

34.1

21.0-50.1

6.9

2.1-20.0

7.1

2.3-20.2

Nash/Wilson

10.8

5.8-19.3

21.1

13.0-32.2

38.5

27.3-51.0

23.8

14.6-36.3

5.9

1.8-18.1

Craven/Pamlico

8.5

2.2-27.1

29.9

16.9-47.2

36.1

19.9-56.2

21.4

11.9-35.3

4.1

1.4-11.3

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

0.0

. - .

75.5

36.2-94.4

11.8

2.1-45.6

12.7

2.2-48.7

0.0

. - .

Appalachian/Wilkes

27.3

6.2-68.2

28.8

4.5-77.7

17.7

2.4-65.5

11.6

1.5-53.4

14.6

1.9-60.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

105

10.4

5.3-19.4

25.1

16.5-36.3

38.8

28.7-50.0

17.7

11.0-27.2

7.9

3.7-16.3

Graham/Swain/Jackson

24.0

6.1-60.8

58.1

26.1-84.5

17.9

4.2-51.7

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

11.5

5.9-21.3

29.0

19.6-40.6

30.4

20.4-42.6

18.8

11.8-28.6

10.3

5.9-17.5

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

102

4.2

1.3-12.6

15.6

9.1-25.4

43.5

33.1-54.5

26.4

18.5-36.3

10.4

5.6-18.4

Northeast NC I

171

11.2

6.3-19.3

27.1

20.1-35.3

32.4

24.7-41.3

20.1

13.7-28.4

9.2

5.5-15.0

Northeast NC II

100

10.1

5.3-18.5

19.0

11.2-30.4

43.1

32.1-54.8

21.0

13.8-30.8

6.8

3.4-13.2

Northeastern Partnership

271

10.7

6.9-16.1

23.3

17.8-29.8

37.4

30.7-44.7

20.5

15.5-26.7

8.1

5.3-12.0

Mountain AHEC

6.0

1.5-21.3

33.7

16.0-57.6

22.5

9.3-45.1

22.5

9.1-45.9

15.2

6.0-33.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

671

10.8

7.7-14.9

164

32.3

26.0-39.3

236

34.9

29.4-40.9

147

16.4

12.9-20.5

5.6

4.0- 7.7

Piedmont

549

18.5

14.2-23.8

150

25.3

20.6-30.6

182

31.2

26.0-37.0

103

19.5

15.3-24.4

5.5

3.6- 8.4

Western NC

4.9

1.6-14.5

22.7

9.9-44.0

43.9

19.6-71.6

19.0

7.7-39.6

9.4

3.6-22.6

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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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