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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 429 71 16.4 12.7-21.0 123 30.2 25.1-35.8 133 30.3 25.4-35.6 57 13.2 9.8-17.5 45 9.9 7.0-13.9
GENDER
Male 139 25 18.5 12.1-27.1 40 29.6 21.2-39.6 44 31.1 22.9-40.5 17 11.0 6.3-18.6 13 9.9 5.3-17.6
Female 290 46 15.1 11.0-20.2 83 30.6 24.6-37.3 89 29.7 24.0-36.2 40 14.7 10.4-20.4 32 9.9 6.6-14.8
RACE
White 345 63 19.4 14.9-24.9 106 31.9 26.2-38.3 105 28.4 23.3-34.1 44 12.5 8.8-17.3 27 7.7 4.8-12.3
Other 82 8 5.4 2.5-11.1 17 24.1 14.7-37.1 27 36.4 24.8-49.8 13 16.2 8.8-28.0 17 17.9 10.7-28.4
AGE
18-44 123 24 18.6 12.1-27.4 42 33.8 24.4-44.6 43 34.8 25.7-45.1 12 10.5 5.5-19.3 2 2.4 0.4-12.4
45+ 305 46 15.0 10.9-20.2 81 27.9 22.5-34.1 90 27.5 22.4-33.3 45 14.9 10.8-20.2 43 14.7 10.5-20.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 218 24 10.7 6.8-16.5 44 21.3 15.7-28.2 75 33.3 26.3-41.1 36 16.7 11.5-23.7 39 18.0 12.5-25.2
Some College + 211 47 22.2 16.3-29.4 79 39.0 31.2-47.4 58 27.3 20.9-34.7 21 9.7 6.0-15.4 6 1.9 0.8- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 264 37 14.4 10.1-20.1 65 24.0 18.6-30.3 79 29.8 23.8-36.6 45 17.6 12.6-24.0 38 14.2 9.9-20.1
$50,000+ 105 26 22.4 14.6-32.7 44 46.0 34.7-57.8 29 25.1 17.1-35.2 5 3.9 1.6- 9.3 1 2.6 0.4-16.0

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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: 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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