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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 408 139 35.7 30.5-41.3 135 32.7 27.7-38.1 90 19.6 15.7-24.2 29 8.1 5.2-12.4 15 3.9 2.1- 7.3
GENDER
Male 150 49 35.3 27.1-44.4 56 34.5 26.6-43.3 31 20.3 14.0-28.4 8 4.5 2.1- 9.7 6 5.5 2.2-13.1
Female 258 90 36.1 29.7-42.9 79 31.1 25.1-37.9 59 19.0 14.5-24.6 21 11.2 6.7-18.2 9 2.6 1.3- 4.9
RACE
White 319 114 36.9 31.1-43.0 115 36.2 30.4-42.4 63 17.8 13.5-23.0 19 6.1 3.6-10.1 8 3.0 1.2- 7.5
Other 86 24 32.0 21.2-45.3 19 21.3 13.1-32.8 26 25.1 16.6-36.2 10 14.8 7.1-28.3 7 6.7 2.9-15.0
AGE
18-44 196 81 43.8 36.0-51.9 71 35.1 27.9-43.1 37 18.4 12.9-25.5 4 1.5 0.5- 4.4 3 1.2 0.3- 4.1
45+ 211 57 27.0 20.8-34.2 64 30.2 23.7-37.7 53 21.0 15.7-27.4 25 15.1 9.6-23.0 12 6.8 3.3-13.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 84 13 19.9 11.0-33.3 16 19.1 11.3-30.4 35 33.8 23.6-45.8 11 15.6 7.6-29.3 9 11.7 5.0-24.7
Some College + 324 126 40.5 34.5-46.7 119 36.7 31.0-42.9 55 15.3 11.4-20.3 18 5.9 3.4- 9.9 6 1.6 0.7- 3.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 151 39 27.0 19.4-36.3 45 27.3 20.0-36.0 40 23.5 16.5-32.4 13 11.5 6.0-21.0 14 10.6 5.6-19.2
$50,000+ 168 74 45.0 36.9-53.3 59 35.2 27.7-43.6 25 13.9 9.2-20.4 10 5.9 2.9-11.6 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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