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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 14,601 | 4,806 | 30.2 | 29.3-31.1 | 9,795 | 69.8 | 68.9-70.7 |
Have Health Insurance | |||||||
Yes | 12,431 | 4,052 | 29.5 | 28.5-30.5 | 8,379 | 70.5 | 69.5-71.5 |
No | 2,149 | 744 | 33.5 | 30.8-36.2 | 1,405 | 66.5 | 63.8-69.2 |
Body Mass Index | |||||||
Underweight | 236 | 87 | 28.4 | 22.3-35.6 | 149 | 71.6 | 64.4-77.7 |
Recommended Range | 4,959 | 1,355 | 25.4 | 23.9-26.9 | 3,604 | 74.6 | 73.1-76.1 |
Overweight | 5,037 | 1,573 | 28.6 | 27.1-30.2 | 3,464 | 71.4 | 69.8-72.9 |
Obese | 3,598 | 1,516 | 39.2 | 37.2-41.2 | 2,082 | 60.8 | 58.8-62.8 |
Current Smoker | |||||||
No | 11,343 | 3,543 | 28.3 | 27.2-29.3 | 7,800 | 71.7 | 70.7-72.8 |
Yes | 3,213 | 1,246 | 36.8 | 34.7-38.9 | 1,967 | 63.2 | 61.1-65.3 |
Binge Drinker | |||||||
No | 13,386 | 4,493 | 30.8 | 29.9-31.8 | 8,893 | 69.2 | 68.2-70.1 |
Yes | 1,032 | 249 | 22.5 | 19.5-25.7 | 783 | 77.5 | 74.3-80.5 |
Heavy Drinker | |||||||
No | 14,024 | 4,612 | 30.1 | 29.2-31.1 | 9,412 | 69.9 | 68.9-70.8 |
Yes | 455 | 149 | 32.0 | 26.8-37.6 | 306 | 68.0 | 62.4-73.2 |
Fair/Poor Health Status | |||||||
Yes | 3,114 | 2,328 | 71.7 | 69.5-73.8 | 786 | 28.3 | 26.2-30.5 |
No | 11,438 | 2,451 | 20.1 | 19.2-21.0 | 8,987 | 79.9 | 79.0-80.8 |
Current Asthma | |||||||
Yes | 1,168 | 683 | 53.8 | 50.1-57.5 | 485 | 46.2 | 42.5-49.9 |
No | 13,352 | 4,081 | 28.1 | 27.2-29.1 | 9,271 | 71.9 | 70.9-72.8 |
Diabetes | |||||||
Yes | 1,520 | 943 | 58.9 | 55.7-62.0 | 577 | 41.1 | 38.0-44.3 |
Yes, During Pregnancy | 134 | 31 | 21.1 | 14.4-29.9 | 103 | 78.9 | 70.1-85.6 |
No | 12,769 | 3,735 | 26.9 | 25.9-27.9 | 9,034 | 73.1 | 72.1-74.1 |
No, Bordeline Diabetes | 174 | 95 | 51.6 | 42.0-61.1 | 79 | 48.4 | 38.9-58.0 |
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*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) of the BRFSS 2002 questionnaire.
^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 (MAHEC): 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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