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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,998 2,790 19.6 18.8-20.4 4,515 30.9 29.9-31.8 4,483 30.1 29.2-31.1 2,094 13.0 12.3-13.7 1,116 6.4 6.0- 6.9
-New Hanover County 373 77 21.7 17.2-26.9 117 32.0 26.9-37.6 106 26.7 22.0-32.0 60 17.2 13.0-22.5 13 2.4 1.3- 4.4
GENDER
Male 147 31 21.5 14.9-30.0 51 33.4 25.7-42.2 40 25.2 18.3-33.5 23 18.8 12.1-27.9 2 1.1 0.3- 4.6
Female 226 46 21.8 16.3-28.5 66 30.6 24.2-38.0 66 28.1 22.0-35.1 37 15.8 11.1-21.9 11 3.7 1.9- 7.0
RACE
White 305 67 24.1 18.9-30.1 99 33.7 28.0-39.9 88 26.6 21.6-32.3 40 13.2 9.5-17.9 11 2.5 1.3- 4.8
Other 65 10 11.9 6.0-22.1 16 23.7 14.0-37.2 17 26.9 15.8-41.8 20 35.3 21.7-51.8 2 2.3 0.6- 9.0
AGE
18-44 141 38 27.1 19.5-36.4 55 36.6 28.1-46.0 36 25.8 18.4-34.9 10 9.4 4.3-19.3 2 1.1 0.2- 5.2
45+ 231 38 17.1 12.3-23.3 62 28.6 22.5-35.6 70 27.5 21.7-34.1 50 23.4 17.6-30.3 11 3.5 1.8- 6.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 21 18.9 12.0-28.5 23 21.3 14.0-31.0 29 22.4 14.9-32.3 34 32.1 22.6-43.3 8 5.3 2.5-10.9
Some College + 257 56 23.1 17.6-29.6 94 37.5 31.1-44.4 76 28.6 22.9-35.1 26 9.8 6.3-14.9 5 1.0 0.4- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 35 20.2 13.9-28.4 52 30.1 22.8-38.5 48 25.0 18.4-33.0 37 22.6 16.4-30.4 5 2.1 0.8- 5.5
$50,000+ 105 32 32.1 23.3-42.5 42 40.7 31.1-51.0 24 20.9 14.1-30.0 7 6.2 2.9-13.1 0 0.0 . - .

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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 (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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