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

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-FEMALES

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	Total Respond.^	Excellent	Very good	Good	Fair	Poor
TOTAL	5,962	1,117	20.5	18.9-22.1	1,771	30.0	28.2-31.8	1,728	30.0	28.2-31.8	903	13.6	12.3-15.0	443	6.0	5.2- 6.9
RACE
White	4,345	902	22.2	20.4-24.2	1,371	31.9	29.8-34.0	1,180	28.3	26.3-30.4	582	11.5	10.2-13.0	310	6.1	5.2- 7.2
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
Asian	24	8	33.0	11.1-65.9	4	18.9	6.3-44.7	11	46.9	21.3-74.2	1	1.3	0.2- 9.4	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	147	31	17.8	10.8-27.8	28	14.3	8.8-22.3	49	51.1	37.8-64.3	19	8.1	4.1-15.3	20	8.7	4.8-15.2
Other Minorities	162	24	15.5	8.6-26.4	38	16.0	9.9-24.9	53	35.1	24.2-47.7	36	27.5	17.8-39.9	11	5.8	2.4-13.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic	167	38	20.5	12.8-31.2	34	12.2	7.1-20.3	53	34.4	23.2-47.7	33	27.7	17.6-40.8	9	5.2	1.9-13.5
-English Speaking	83	27	38.9	23.4-56.9	24	19.0	10.2-32.8	22	31.1	16.0-51.7	8	8.4	3.3-19.7	2	2.6	0.5-12.4
-Spanish Speaking	84	11	12.1	5.2-25.7	10	9.1	3.8-20.5	31	35.9	21.7-53.0	25	36.4	22.4-53.3	7	6.4	2.0-18.6
Non-Hispanic	5,788	1,076	20.5	18.9-22.1	1,737	30.9	29.1-32.7	1,673	29.7	27.9-31.6	868	12.9	11.7-14.2	434	6.0	5.2- 6.9
AGE
18-24	363	96	25.5	19.5-32.7	119	29.0	22.4-36.6	120	36.7	29.5-44.5	25	7.3	3.8-13.6	3	1.5	0.3- 6.2
25-34	881	236	27.0	22.9-31.5	317	34.3	30.0-38.9	244	28.6	24.5-33.2	69	8.2	5.8-11.5	15	1.9	0.9- 3.9
35-44	1,097	284	27.5	23.9-31.5	376	32.9	28.9-37.1	275	24.1	20.4-28.3	133	13.5	10.6-16.9	29	2.0	1.2- 3.1
45-54	1,158	207	18.6	15.6-22.2	365	32.3	28.4-36.4	353	31.1	27.2-35.3	156	12.9	10.3-16.0	77	5.1	3.7- 7.0
55-64	947	147	15.1	11.9-19.1	248	26.6	22.6-31.0	282	30.3	26.1-34.8	163	16.4	13.1-20.3	107	11.7	8.9-15.1
65-74	809	94	13.0	10.0-16.9	192	25.7	21.6-30.2	254	31.6	27.0-36.6	167	19.4	15.7-23.7	102	10.3	7.8-13.5
75+	658	48	7.3	4.7-11.1	142	21.5	17.1-26.8	176	30.3	25.2-35.9	183	23.8	19.7-28.5	109	17.1	13.2-21.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	990	61	7.9	5.3-11.7	160	15.8	12.6-19.7	279	31.5	26.8-36.6	283	26.9	22.6-31.8	207	17.8	14.6-21.5
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,803	246	15.0	12.6-17.8	485	29.3	26.0-32.9	605	33.3	30.0-36.9	328	16.3	14.1-18.9	139	6.0	4.6- 7.8
Some Post-H.S.	1,536	281	21.0	17.9-24.5	528	34.6	31.0-38.3	478	30.9	27.4-34.6	180	10.3	8.2-12.9	69	3.2	2.3- 4.4
College Graduate	1,616	528	34.0	30.7-37.4	593	35.2	32.0-38.6	360	24.5	21.5-27.8	107	5.0	3.8- 6.4	28	1.4	0.8- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	804	70	10.2	6.9-14.8	138	15.8	12.5-19.8	221	29.4	24.6-34.7	221	24.9	20.7-29.6	154	19.8	15.9-24.3
$15,000- 24,999	1,114	142	14.1	11.0-18.1	309	26.5	22.7-30.7	359	33.8	29.4-38.6	230	19.8	16.5-23.6	74	5.7	4.0- 7.9
$25,000- 34,999	671	114	17.0	12.7-22.3	229	32.5	27.3-38.1	218	31.6	26.3-37.4	78	14.7	10.3-20.5	32	4.3	2.3- 7.8
$35,000- 49,999	716	157	24.0	19.3-29.3	269	39.2	33.9-44.8	221	28.9	24.1-34.1	52	6.6	4.6- 9.4	17	1.4	0.8- 2.4
$50,000-74,999	575	166	29.7	24.8-35.1	230	40.7	35.2-46.4	134	21.5	17.1-26.6	38	6.9	4.4-10.7	7	1.2	0.4- 3.9
$75,000+	654	247	37.1	32.2-42.2	252	37.2	32.3-42.3	125	21.7	17.6-26.5	27	3.6	2.1- 6.3	3	0.4	0.1- 1.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	274	59	23.1	17.6-29.7	87	30.9	25.0-37.4	63	22.1	17.1-28.1	49	18.6	14.0-24.4	16	5.3	3.2- 8.7
Guilford	279	69	27.4	21.5-34.3	86	30.4	24.3-37.2	75	26.5	20.9-33.0	35	11.6	8.0-16.4	14	4.1	2.3- 7.1
Mecklenburg	280	72	26.3	20.9-32.5	96	33.1	27.3-39.5	68	24.7	19.4-30.9	28	10.4	7.0-15.2	16	5.5	3.1- 9.6
Orange	281	91	33.9	24.8-44.4	92	32.2	24.2-41.5	67	26.7	18.0-37.6	25	5.8	3.7- 9.1	6	1.4	0.6- 3.2
Wake	277	71	25.1	19.6-31.5	94	31.6	25.8-38.0	78	28.3	22.4-35.1	28	12.6	8.0-19.3	6	2.4	0.8- 6.7
Chatham/Lee	248	42	15.4	11.2-20.9	86	35.8	29.1-43.2	75	29.9	23.7-36.9	30	14.3	9.1-21.6	15	4.6	2.6- 8.0
Nash/Wilson	240	43	18.1	13.3-24.1	55	21.5	16.4-27.8	77	31.9	25.6-38.9	44	19.0	13.9-25.3	21	9.5	6.0-14.8
Craven/Pamlico	285	47	18.1	13.4-24.1	79	29.4	23.6-36.0	89	30.7	24.5-37.7	50	15.8	11.7-21.1	20	5.9	3.6- 9.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	275	39	17.2	12.0-24.0	84	31.0	24.8-37.9	73	25.4	19.9-31.8	49	15.9	11.7-21.2	30	10.5	7.2-15.2
Appalachian/Wilkes	287	43	16.2	11.4-22.4	91	36.1	27.2-46.1	81	25.6	19.7-32.6	50	16.5	11.5-23.0	22	5.7	3.6- 8.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance	300	50	18.1	13.0-24.7	87	28.8	22.8-35.6	90	29.9	23.8-36.9	42	15.1	9.9-22.2	31	8.1	5.4-11.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson	263	49	18.8	14.0-24.9	73	31.0	24.3-38.5	82	31.8	25.7-38.6	38	11.9	8.3-16.8	21	6.5	4.0-10.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	299	45	14.0	10.3-18.9	84	28.2	22.8-34.3	92	33.5	27.5-40.0	45	14.8	10.8-19.9	33	9.5	6.6-13.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	293	29	12.6	8.7-18.1	77	27.5	21.9-33.8	95	31.7	26.1-37.9	62	19.3	14.7-25.0	30	8.8	6.1-12.7
Northeast NC I	316	40	15.1	10.8-20.6	89	27.5	22.3-33.3	100	31.9	26.2-38.1	64	19.4	14.8-25.0	23	6.2	4.0- 9.5
Northeast NC II	327	58	19.0	14.6-24.4	87	25.4	20.5-31.0	100	34.0	28.2-40.4	56	14.6	11.0-19.2	26	7.0	4.6-10.4
Northeastern Partnership	643	98	17.5	14.2-21.4	176	26.2	22.5-30.2	200	33.2	28.9-37.7	120	16.4	13.5-19.9	49	6.7	4.9- 9.0
Mountain AHEC	813	163	21.1	17.4-25.2	238	30.4	26.3-34.8	216	23.4	19.9-27.3	128	15.9	12.7-19.6	68	9.3	6.7-12.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	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
Piedmont	2,515	540	21.7	19.5-24.1	779	29.6	27.2-32.2	712	30.1	27.5-32.7	338	13.9	12.0-16.0	146	4.7	3.7- 5.8
Western NC	1,297	229	19.6	16.4-23.3	384	30.0	26.3-33.9	360	26.8	23.4-30.5	207	14.6	12.2-17.4	117	9.0	7.0-11.4

Total
Respond.^

Excellent

Very good

Good

Fair

Poor

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

5,962

1,117

20.5

18.9-22.1

1,771

30.0

28.2-31.8

1,728

30.0

28.2-31.8

903

13.6

12.3-15.0

443

6.0

5.2- 6.9

RACE

White

4,345

902

22.2

20.4-24.2

1,371

31.9

29.8-34.0

1,180

28.3

26.3-30.4

582

11.5

10.2-13.0

310

6.1

5.2- 7.2

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

Asian

33.0

11.1-65.9

18.9

6.3-44.7

46.9

21.3-74.2

1.3

0.2- 9.4

0.0

. - .

Native American

147

17.8

10.8-27.8

14.3

8.8-22.3

51.1

37.8-64.3

8.1

4.1-15.3

8.7

4.8-15.2

Other Minorities

162

15.5

8.6-26.4

16.0

9.9-24.9

35.1

24.2-47.7

27.5

17.8-39.9

5.8

2.4-13.3

HISPANIC

Hispanic

167

20.5

12.8-31.2

12.2

7.1-20.3

34.4

23.2-47.7

27.7

17.6-40.8

5.2

1.9-13.5

-English Speaking

38.9

23.4-56.9

19.0

10.2-32.8

31.1

16.0-51.7

8.4

3.3-19.7

2.6

0.5-12.4

-Spanish Speaking

12.1

5.2-25.7

9.1

3.8-20.5

35.9

21.7-53.0

36.4

22.4-53.3

6.4

2.0-18.6

Non-Hispanic

5,788

1,076

20.5

18.9-22.1

1,737

30.9

29.1-32.7

1,673

29.7

27.9-31.6

868

12.9

11.7-14.2

434

6.0

5.2- 6.9

AGE

18-24

363

25.5

19.5-32.7

119

29.0

22.4-36.6

120

36.7

29.5-44.5

7.3

3.8-13.6

1.5

0.3- 6.2

25-34

881

236

27.0

22.9-31.5

317

34.3

30.0-38.9

244

28.6

24.5-33.2

8.2

5.8-11.5

1.9

0.9- 3.9

35-44

1,097

284

27.5

23.9-31.5

376

32.9

28.9-37.1

275

24.1

20.4-28.3

133

13.5

10.6-16.9

2.0

1.2- 3.1

45-54

1,158

207

18.6

15.6-22.2

365

32.3

28.4-36.4

353

31.1

27.2-35.3

156

12.9

10.3-16.0

5.1

3.7- 7.0

55-64

947

147

15.1

11.9-19.1

248

26.6

22.6-31.0

282

30.3

26.1-34.8

163

16.4

13.1-20.3

107

11.7

8.9-15.1

65-74

809

13.0

10.0-16.9

192

25.7

21.6-30.2

254

31.6

27.0-36.6

167

19.4

15.7-23.7

102

10.3

7.8-13.5

75+

658

7.3

4.7-11.1

142

21.5

17.1-26.8

176

30.3

25.2-35.9

183

23.8

19.7-28.5

109

17.1

13.2-21.8

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

990

7.9

5.3-11.7

160

15.8

12.6-19.7

279

31.5

26.8-36.6

283

26.9

22.6-31.8

207

17.8

14.6-21.5

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,803

246

15.0

12.6-17.8

485

29.3

26.0-32.9

605

33.3

30.0-36.9

328

16.3

14.1-18.9

139

6.0

4.6- 7.8

Some Post-H.S.

1,536

281

21.0

17.9-24.5

528

34.6

31.0-38.3

478

30.9

27.4-34.6

180

10.3

8.2-12.9

3.2

2.3- 4.4

College Graduate

1,616

528

34.0

30.7-37.4

593

35.2

32.0-38.6

360

24.5

21.5-27.8

107

5.0

3.8- 6.4

1.4

0.8- 2.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

804

10.2

6.9-14.8

138

15.8

12.5-19.8

221

29.4

24.6-34.7

221

24.9

20.7-29.6

154

19.8

15.9-24.3

$15,000- 24,999

1,114

142

14.1

11.0-18.1

309

26.5

22.7-30.7

359

33.8

29.4-38.6

230

19.8

16.5-23.6

5.7

4.0- 7.9

$25,000- 34,999

671

114

17.0

12.7-22.3

229

32.5

27.3-38.1

218

31.6

26.3-37.4

14.7

10.3-20.5

4.3

2.3- 7.8

$35,000- 49,999

716

157

24.0

19.3-29.3

269

39.2

33.9-44.8

221

28.9

24.1-34.1

6.6

4.6- 9.4

1.4

0.8- 2.4

$50,000-74,999

575

166

29.7

24.8-35.1

230

40.7

35.2-46.4

134

21.5

17.1-26.6

6.9

4.4-10.7

1.2

0.4- 3.9

$75,000+

654

247

37.1

32.2-42.2

252

37.2

32.3-42.3

125

21.7

17.6-26.5

3.6

2.1- 6.3

0.4

0.1- 1.5

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

274

23.1

17.6-29.7

30.9

25.0-37.4

22.1

17.1-28.1

18.6

14.0-24.4

5.3

3.2- 8.7

Guilford

279

27.4

21.5-34.3

30.4

24.3-37.2

26.5

20.9-33.0

11.6

8.0-16.4

4.1

2.3- 7.1

Mecklenburg

280

26.3

20.9-32.5

33.1

27.3-39.5

24.7

19.4-30.9

10.4

7.0-15.2

5.5

3.1- 9.6

Orange

281

33.9

24.8-44.4

32.2

24.2-41.5

26.7

18.0-37.6

5.8

3.7- 9.1

1.4

0.6- 3.2

Wake

277

25.1

19.6-31.5

31.6

25.8-38.0

28.3

22.4-35.1

12.6

8.0-19.3

2.4

0.8- 6.7

Chatham/Lee

248

15.4

11.2-20.9

35.8

29.1-43.2

29.9

23.7-36.9

14.3

9.1-21.6

4.6

2.6- 8.0

Nash/Wilson

240

18.1

13.3-24.1

21.5

16.4-27.8

31.9

25.6-38.9

19.0

13.9-25.3

9.5

6.0-14.8

Craven/Pamlico

285

18.1

13.4-24.1

29.4

23.6-36.0

30.7

24.5-37.7

15.8

11.7-21.1

5.9

3.6- 9.5

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

275

17.2

12.0-24.0

31.0

24.8-37.9

25.4

19.9-31.8

15.9

11.7-21.2

10.5

7.2-15.2

Appalachian/Wilkes

287

16.2

11.4-22.4

36.1

27.2-46.1

25.6

19.7-32.6

16.5

11.5-23.0

5.7

3.6- 8.9

Franklin/Gran./Vance

300

18.1

13.0-24.7

28.8

22.8-35.6

29.9

23.8-36.9

15.1

9.9-22.2

8.1

5.4-11.9

Graham/Swain/Jackson

263

18.8

14.0-24.9

31.0

24.3-38.5

31.8

25.7-38.6

11.9

8.3-16.8

6.5

4.0-10.2

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

299

14.0

10.3-18.9

28.2

22.8-34.3

33.5

27.5-40.0

14.8

10.8-19.9

9.5

6.6-13.5

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

293

12.6

8.7-18.1

27.5

21.9-33.8

31.7

26.1-37.9

19.3

14.7-25.0

8.8

6.1-12.7

Northeast NC I

316

15.1

10.8-20.6

27.5

22.3-33.3

100

31.9

26.2-38.1

19.4

14.8-25.0

6.2

4.0- 9.5

Northeast NC II

327

19.0

14.6-24.4

25.4

20.5-31.0

100

34.0

28.2-40.4

14.6

11.0-19.2

7.0

4.6-10.4

Northeastern Partnership

643

17.5

14.2-21.4

176

26.2

22.5-30.2

200

33.2

28.9-37.7

120

16.4

13.5-19.9

6.7

4.9- 9.0

Mountain AHEC

813

163

21.1

17.4-25.2

238

30.4

26.3-34.8

216

23.4

19.9-27.3

128

15.9

12.7-19.6

9.3

6.7-12.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

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

Piedmont

2,515

540

21.7

19.5-24.1

779

29.6

27.2-32.2

712

30.1

27.5-32.7

338

13.9

12.0-16.0

146

4.7

3.7- 5.8

Western NC

1,297

229

19.6

16.4-23.3

384

30.0

26.3-33.9

360

26.8

23.4-30.5

207

14.6

12.2-17.4

117

9.0

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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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