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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 434 103 24.7 20.1-29.9 157 36.8 31.6-42.3 105 23.5 19.2-28.4 43 9.0 6.0-13.3 26 6.1 4.0- 9.2
GENDER
Male 133 35 26.2 18.9-35.0 49 36.3 27.7-45.9 34 24.6 17.4-33.6 10 8.8 3.7-19.9 5 4.1 1.5-10.4
Female 301 68 23.7 18.1-30.4 108 37.0 30.7-43.8 71 22.8 17.8-28.7 33 9.1 6.2-13.1 21 7.4 4.6-11.5
RACE
White 374 90 24.9 20.1-30.5 140 38.1 32.5-44.1 87 22.8 18.3-28.1 36 8.7 5.5-13.6 21 5.4 3.4- 8.7
Other 59 13 24.3 13.2-40.4 16 28.1 16.6-43.4 18 27.5 16.8-41.7 7 10.6 4.5-23.0 5 9.4 3.9-21.2
AGE
18-44 190 61 31.0 24.0-39.1 83 43.4 35.4-51.7 34 18.0 12.6-25.2 7 4.2 1.9- 9.2 5 3.4 1.4- 8.0
45+ 242 42 19.3 13.7-26.4 73 30.9 24.4-38.2 71 28.5 22.4-35.6 36 13.3 8.4-20.5 20 8.0 4.9-12.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 25 15.1 9.9-22.2 51 32.4 24.7-41.1 49 28.0 20.8-36.5 26 12.9 8.4-19.4 19 11.6 7.1-18.5
Some College + 264 78 30.6 24.3-37.8 106 39.5 32.7-46.7 56 20.7 15.7-26.8 17 6.5 3.1-13.3 7 2.7 1.2- 5.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 29 14.9 10.0-21.6 57 32.1 24.7-40.6 58 32.6 25.1-41.1 20 10.5 6.4-16.7 16 9.9 5.8-16.6
$50,000+ 171 59 33.2 25.6-41.9 76 45.2 36.5-54.3 30 16.3 11.1-23.1 5 4.8 1.2-17.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9

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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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