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

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-MALES

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	Total Respond.^	Excellent	Very good	Good	Fair	Poor
TOTAL	3,467	671	19.9	17.9-22.1	1,017	32.4	29.9-35.0	1,058	29.5	27.2-31.8	470	13.2	11.5-15.2	251	5.1	4.2- 6.1
RACE
White	2,573	535	21.9	19.5-24.6	809	35.0	32.1-38.1	743	27.3	24.8-30.0	308	10.5	8.7-12.5	178	5.3	4.2- 6.6
African American	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
Asian	26	6	14.4	4.6-37.0	8	38.6	16.4-66.9	11	35.1	13.6-65.0	1	11.8	1.7-51.0	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	83	12	8.0	3.8-16.1	12	20.5	6.7-48.2	32	41.2	24.1-60.6	13	19.6	8.4-39.3	14	10.7	5.1-21.2
Other Minorities	163	21	8.1	4.4-14.7	44	26.2	17.3-37.7	46	27.6	18.8-38.6	44	35.9	25.5-48.0	8	2.1	0.8- 5.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic	170	23	9.4	5.2-16.4	43	25.6	16.8-37.0	51	27.9	19.1-38.8	47	36.2	25.9-48.0	6	1.0	0.4- 2.4
-English Speaking	54	9	17.1	6.1-39.4	18	34.2	17.5-55.9	16	35.7	16.9-60.2	8	11.5	4.2-28.2	3	1.5	0.4- 5.1
-Spanish Speaking	116	14	7.2	3.5-14.2	25	23.2	13.4-37.0	35	25.7	16.5-37.6	39	43.2	30.7-56.6	3	0.8	0.2- 2.7
Non-Hispanic	3,294	646	20.8	18.7-23.1	973	32.9	30.4-35.6	1,007	29.6	27.3-32.1	423	11.2	9.7-13.0	245	5.4	4.5- 6.5
AGE
18-24	219	56	21.3	14.8-29.7	87	46.3	36.8-56.2	55	20.3	14.1-28.3	19	11.7	6.6-19.9	2	0.4	0.1- 1.8
25-34	533	139	26.8	21.4-33.0	188	33.7	28.0-39.9	156	30.0	24.5-36.2	45	8.4	5.6-12.5	5	1.1	0.4- 3.1
35-44	689	159	21.9	18.0-26.4	246	36.6	31.6-41.9	202	29.0	24.4-34.2	65	10.5	7.3-14.9	17	1.9	1.0- 3.6
45-54	682	118	15.8	12.2-20.1	187	28.9	24.1-34.4	226	31.3	26.4-36.7	98	16.6	12.1-22.3	53	7.4	4.9-11.1
55-64	584	94	16.8	12.8-21.6	137	24.8	20.1-30.2	177	30.4	25.3-36.0	106	18.0	14.0-22.8	70	10.0	7.1-14.1
65-74	462	69	15.1	10.9-20.5	97	20.7	16.0-26.4	160	36.4	30.2-43.0	82	16.7	12.2-22.3	54	11.2	7.8-15.7
75+	277	29	11.7	7.3-18.2	67	21.4	15.6-28.7	78	34.4	26.8-42.9	54	17.9	12.4-25.0	49	14.7	10.0-21.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	601	57	9.0	5.3-15.1	95	17.4	12.7-23.5	197	36.1	30.0-42.6	134	25.6	20.1-32.0	118	11.9	9.0-15.5
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,030	166	17.6	14.2-21.5	253	27.8	23.4-32.7	364	33.0	28.7-37.6	175	15.6	12.4-19.5	72	5.9	4.2- 8.4
Some Post-H.S.	810	147	20.0	15.9-24.8	280	39.8	34.2-45.6	254	27.0	22.6-31.9	94	10.4	7.4-14.3	35	2.9	1.9- 4.4
College Graduate	1,015	301	29.1	25.3-33.3	386	39.6	35.4-44.0	240	23.9	20.3-27.9	66	5.8	3.9- 8.7	22	1.5	0.8- 2.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	297	36	18.2	11.2-28.3	37	14.3	8.5-23.1	72	28.4	20.3-38.2	74	21.4	14.4-30.6	78	17.6	12.6-24.1
$15,000- 24,999	612	72	14.2	10.0-19.8	139	22.6	17.6-28.5	209	32.2	26.6-38.3	129	20.9	16.0-26.9	63	10.1	7.1-14.3
$25,000- 34,999	367	54	14.3	9.7-20.5	111	35.6	28.0-43.9	127	28.3	22.0-35.6	57	18.0	12.4-25.3	18	3.8	1.9- 7.7
$35,000- 49,999	526	105	17.4	13.5-22.1	172	33.7	27.9-39.9	178	33.8	28.2-39.8	59	13.5	9.4-19.0	12	1.7	0.8- 3.6
$50,000-74,999	436	107	25.3	19.7-31.8	156	40.1	33.0-47.6	135	27.4	21.7-33.9	32	6.2	3.8-10.1	6	0.9	0.3- 2.9
$75,000+	504	165	31.0	25.7-36.9	201	42.0	35.8-48.4	108	20.7	15.9-26.5	23	5.2	2.3-11.5	7	1.1	0.4- 2.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	179	33	21.7	15.2-30.0	51	28.1	21.1-36.4	53	30.6	23.1-39.2	23	11.0	6.5-17.9	19	8.6	5.2-13.7
Guilford	165	43	22.4	16.3-29.8	57	36.8	28.4-46.0	42	25.2	18.4-33.5	14	9.4	5.2-16.4	9	6.2	2.9-12.7
Mecklenburg	169	40	19.3	13.2-27.3	51	29.2	21.1-38.9	52	31.2	23.0-40.9	22	18.6	11.3-28.9	4	1.7	0.6- 4.9
Orange	169	44	25.1	17.7-34.4	66	33.9	25.4-43.5	36	22.4	15.5-31.3	18	16.8	7.1-35.1	5	1.8	0.7- 4.4
Wake	176	40	19.5	13.9-26.6	63	39.4	30.9-48.5	53	28.4	21.3-36.8	18	11.9	6.6-20.6	2	0.8	0.2- 3.4
Chatham/Lee	151	25	19.7	12.4-29.8	66	47.7	37.4-58.3	39	20.3	14.4-27.9	16	9.3	5.1-16.3	5	3.0	1.1- 7.9
Nash/Wilson	140	18	12.8	8.0-19.9	31	23.0	15.0-33.4	60	45.3	35.9-55.0	27	16.8	11.2-24.4	4	2.2	0.8- 5.8
Craven/Pamlico	168	45	34.0	25.4-43.8	42	26.1	19.0-34.7	46	23.3	17.0-31.2	24	10.6	6.9-16.0	11	5.9	3.2-10.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	161	20	12.3	7.7-19.0	46	27.1	20.1-35.5	55	34.4	26.1-43.9	21	15.6	7.6-29.1	19	10.6	6.5-16.9
Appalachian/Wilkes	169	35	23.4	16.0-32.9	46	28.2	20.5-37.4	46	24.1	17.5-32.2	28	19.0	10.2-32.8	14	5.3	2.9- 9.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance	177	26	26.1	12.2-47.2	40	28.0	17.9-41.0	64	27.8	19.4-38.2	32	13.4	8.0-21.5	15	4.7	2.6- 8.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	162	31	14.6	8.3-24.5	48	22.4	14.1-33.7	51	35.7	20.3-54.8	21	23.3	8.1-51.3	11	3.9	1.9- 7.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	177	32	18.7	12.8-26.5	38	22.6	16.2-30.6	58	32.2	24.9-40.6	26	13.2	8.6-19.8	23	13.3	8.3-20.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	126	23	17.5	11.2-26.5	28	22.8	15.1-33.0	40	34.3	23.7-46.8	20	17.2	9.9-28.2	15	8.1	4.4-14.4
Northeast NC I	142	20	14.0	8.5-22.3	34	32.1	19.8-47.4	50	29.9	21.4-39.9	20	12.9	7.5-21.4	18	11.1	6.4-18.5
Northeast NC II	186	29	16.1	10.6-23.7	52	30.6	23.1-39.4	52	25.0	18.7-32.5	35	18.6	12.7-26.4	18	9.7	5.7-15.8
Northeastern Partnership	328	49	15.5	11.1-21.1	86	31.1	24.4-38.7	102	26.5	21.3-32.4	55	16.8	12.2-22.6	36	10.1	6.9-14.7
Mountain AHEC	492	95	24.5	17.3-33.3	141	27.2	21.8-33.3	143	27.3	22.0-33.5	65	12.5	8.5-17.8	48	8.6	5.9-12.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	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
Piedmont	1,527	320	20.2	17.5-23.1	498	34.2	30.7-37.9	460	30.0	26.8-33.4	177	12.2	9.9-15.0	72	3.5	2.5- 4.8
Western NC	777	144	21.3	16.2-27.6	219	26.3	21.9-31.3	226	27.8	23.2-33.0	109	14.6	10.8-19.4	79	9.9	6.9-14.1

Total
Respond.^

Excellent

Very good

Good

Fair

Poor

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

3,467

671

19.9

17.9-22.1

1,017

32.4

29.9-35.0

1,058

29.5

27.2-31.8

470

13.2

11.5-15.2

251

5.1

4.2- 6.1

RACE

White

2,573

535

21.9

19.5-24.6

809

35.0

32.1-38.1

743

27.3

24.8-30.0

308

10.5

8.7-12.5

178

5.3

4.2- 6.6

African American

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

Asian

14.4

4.6-37.0

38.6

16.4-66.9

35.1

13.6-65.0

11.8

1.7-51.0

0.0

. - .

Native American

8.0

3.8-16.1

20.5

6.7-48.2

41.2

24.1-60.6

19.6

8.4-39.3

10.7

5.1-21.2

Other Minorities

163

8.1

4.4-14.7

26.2

17.3-37.7

27.6

18.8-38.6

35.9

25.5-48.0

2.1

0.8- 5.4

HISPANIC

Hispanic

170

9.4

5.2-16.4

25.6

16.8-37.0

27.9

19.1-38.8

36.2

25.9-48.0

1.0

0.4- 2.4

-English Speaking

17.1

6.1-39.4

34.2

17.5-55.9

35.7

16.9-60.2

11.5

4.2-28.2

1.5

0.4- 5.1

-Spanish Speaking

116

7.2

3.5-14.2

23.2

13.4-37.0

25.7

16.5-37.6

43.2

30.7-56.6

0.8

0.2- 2.7

Non-Hispanic

3,294

646

20.8

18.7-23.1

973

32.9

30.4-35.6

1,007

29.6

27.3-32.1

423

11.2

9.7-13.0

245

5.4

4.5- 6.5

AGE

18-24

219

21.3

14.8-29.7

46.3

36.8-56.2

20.3

14.1-28.3

11.7

6.6-19.9

0.4

0.1- 1.8

25-34

533

139

26.8

21.4-33.0

188

33.7

28.0-39.9

156

30.0

24.5-36.2

8.4

5.6-12.5

1.1

0.4- 3.1

35-44

689

159

21.9

18.0-26.4

246

36.6

31.6-41.9

202

29.0

24.4-34.2

10.5

7.3-14.9

1.9

1.0- 3.6

45-54

682

118

15.8

12.2-20.1

187

28.9

24.1-34.4

226

31.3

26.4-36.7

16.6

12.1-22.3

7.4

4.9-11.1

55-64

584

16.8

12.8-21.6

137

24.8

20.1-30.2

177

30.4

25.3-36.0

106

18.0

14.0-22.8

10.0

7.1-14.1

65-74

462

15.1

10.9-20.5

20.7

16.0-26.4

160

36.4

30.2-43.0

16.7

12.2-22.3

11.2

7.8-15.7

75+

277

11.7

7.3-18.2

21.4

15.6-28.7

34.4

26.8-42.9

17.9

12.4-25.0

14.7

10.0-21.0

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

601

9.0

5.3-15.1

17.4

12.7-23.5

197

36.1

30.0-42.6

134

25.6

20.1-32.0

118

11.9

9.0-15.5

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,030

166

17.6

14.2-21.5

253

27.8

23.4-32.7

364

33.0

28.7-37.6

175

15.6

12.4-19.5

5.9

4.2- 8.4

Some Post-H.S.

810

147

20.0

15.9-24.8

280

39.8

34.2-45.6

254

27.0

22.6-31.9

10.4

7.4-14.3

2.9

1.9- 4.4

College Graduate

1,015

301

29.1

25.3-33.3

386

39.6

35.4-44.0

240

23.9

20.3-27.9

5.8

3.9- 8.7

1.5

0.8- 2.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

297

18.2

11.2-28.3

14.3

8.5-23.1

28.4

20.3-38.2

21.4

14.4-30.6

17.6

12.6-24.1

$15,000- 24,999

612

14.2

10.0-19.8

139

22.6

17.6-28.5

209

32.2

26.6-38.3

129

20.9

16.0-26.9

10.1

7.1-14.3

$25,000- 34,999

367

14.3

9.7-20.5

111

35.6

28.0-43.9

127

28.3

22.0-35.6

18.0

12.4-25.3

3.8

1.9- 7.7

$35,000- 49,999

526

105

17.4

13.5-22.1

172

33.7

27.9-39.9

178

33.8

28.2-39.8

13.5

9.4-19.0

1.7

0.8- 3.6

$50,000-74,999

436

107

25.3

19.7-31.8

156

40.1

33.0-47.6

135

27.4

21.7-33.9

6.2

3.8-10.1

0.9

0.3- 2.9

$75,000+

504

165

31.0

25.7-36.9

201

42.0

35.8-48.4

108

20.7

15.9-26.5

5.2

2.3-11.5

1.1

0.4- 2.8

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

179

21.7

15.2-30.0

28.1

21.1-36.4

30.6

23.1-39.2

11.0

6.5-17.9

8.6

5.2-13.7

Guilford

165

22.4

16.3-29.8

36.8

28.4-46.0

25.2

18.4-33.5

9.4

5.2-16.4

6.2

2.9-12.7

Mecklenburg

169

19.3

13.2-27.3

29.2

21.1-38.9

31.2

23.0-40.9

18.6

11.3-28.9

1.7

0.6- 4.9

Orange

169

25.1

17.7-34.4

33.9

25.4-43.5

22.4

15.5-31.3

16.8

7.1-35.1

1.8

0.7- 4.4

Wake

176

19.5

13.9-26.6

39.4

30.9-48.5

28.4

21.3-36.8

11.9

6.6-20.6

0.8

0.2- 3.4

Chatham/Lee

151

19.7

12.4-29.8

47.7

37.4-58.3

20.3

14.4-27.9

9.3

5.1-16.3

3.0

1.1- 7.9

Nash/Wilson

140

12.8

8.0-19.9

23.0

15.0-33.4

45.3

35.9-55.0

16.8

11.2-24.4

2.2

0.8- 5.8

Craven/Pamlico

168

34.0

25.4-43.8

26.1

19.0-34.7

23.3

17.0-31.2

10.6

6.9-16.0

5.9

3.2-10.8

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

161

12.3

7.7-19.0

27.1

20.1-35.5

34.4

26.1-43.9

15.6

7.6-29.1

10.6

6.5-16.9

Appalachian/Wilkes

169

23.4

16.0-32.9

28.2

20.5-37.4

24.1

17.5-32.2

19.0

10.2-32.8

5.3

2.9- 9.3

Franklin/Gran./Vance

177

26.1

12.2-47.2

28.0

17.9-41.0

27.8

19.4-38.2

13.4

8.0-21.5

4.7

2.6- 8.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

162

14.6

8.3-24.5

22.4

14.1-33.7

35.7

20.3-54.8

23.3

8.1-51.3

3.9

1.9- 7.8

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

177

18.7

12.8-26.5

22.6

16.2-30.6

32.2

24.9-40.6

13.2

8.6-19.8

13.3

8.3-20.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

126

17.5

11.2-26.5

22.8

15.1-33.0

34.3

23.7-46.8

17.2

9.9-28.2

8.1

4.4-14.4

Northeast NC I

142

14.0

8.5-22.3

32.1

19.8-47.4

29.9

21.4-39.9

12.9

7.5-21.4

11.1

6.4-18.5

Northeast NC II

186

16.1

10.6-23.7

30.6

23.1-39.4

25.0

18.7-32.5

18.6

12.7-26.4

9.7

5.7-15.8

Northeastern Partnership

328

15.5

11.1-21.1

31.1

24.4-38.7

102

26.5

21.3-32.4

16.8

12.2-22.6

10.1

6.9-14.7

Mountain AHEC

492

24.5

17.3-33.3

141

27.2

21.8-33.3

143

27.3

22.0-33.5

12.5

8.5-17.8

8.6

5.9-12.3

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

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

Piedmont

1,527

320

20.2

17.5-23.1

498

34.2

30.7-37.9

460

30.0

26.8-33.4

177

12.2

9.9-15.0

3.5

2.5- 4.8

Western NC

777

144

21.3

16.2-27.6

219

26.3

21.9-31.3

226

27.8

23.2-33.0

109

14.6

10.8-19.4

9.9

6.9-14.1

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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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