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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Health Status

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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 17,223 3,022 18.6 17.8-19.4 5,233 32.2 31.2-33.1 5,268 30.7 29.8-31.7 2,490 13.5 12.8-14.1 1,210 5.1 4.8- 5.5
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 509 77 19.8 15.1-25.6 129 26.4 21.8-31.6 167 32.2 27.4-37.5 89 14.4 11.2-18.3 47 7.2 5.1-10.0
GENDER
Male 180 30 23.7 15.8-33.9 51 28.7 21.1-37.7 54 27.8 20.9-36.0 29 12.5 7.9-19.4 16 7.3 4.2-12.4
Female 329 47 16.3 11.6-22.4 78 24.3 19.2-30.2 113 36.3 30.1-43.0 60 16.0 12.1-20.9 31 7.1 4.7-10.6
RACE
White 449 66 18.2 13.5-24.1 119 27.8 22.8-33.4 148 33.0 27.8-38.7 73 13.9 10.5-18.1 43 7.1 5.1-10.0
Other 60 11 31.4 16.0-52.5 10 16.5 7.7-31.7 19 26.7 15.8-41.6 16 18.0 9.7-31.0 4 7.4 2.1-23.1
AGE
18-44 178 42 29.1 20.9-39.0 60 29.8 22.3-38.7 49 28.3 20.9-37.1 22 9.6 5.7-15.9 5 3.1 1.2- 7.7
45+ 330 35 10.3 7.2-14.7 68 22.6 17.7-28.4 118 36.4 30.7-42.5 67 19.2 14.8-24.6 42 11.4 8.1-15.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 290 32 16.0 10.4-24.0 55 21.8 15.9-29.2 105 35.9 29.2-43.3 60 16.3 11.9-21.9 38 9.9 6.8-14.3
Some College + 217 45 25.6 18.2-34.7 74 33.4 26.5-41.1 62 27.0 20.7-34.5 27 10.7 6.8-16.5 9 3.2 1.5- 6.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 318 34 12.3 7.8-18.7 66 22.1 16.8-28.4 118 37.6 31.1-44.5 63 17.5 13.0-23.3 37 10.6 7.3-15.1
$50,000+ 120 34 33.6 23.7-45.2 46 34.4 25.7-44.4 30 26.2 18.3-36.0 9 5.5 2.7-10.9 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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