BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (Would you say that in general your health is?)

	Total Respond.^	Excellent	Very good	Good	Fair	Poor
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
-Buncombe County	453	97	24.1	19.4-29.4	148	36.1	30.1-42.6	113	22.2	18.0-27.1	58	11.8	8.3-16.5	37	5.8	4.0- 8.2
GENDER
Male	161	31	20.0	13.7-28.1	53	39.8	29.9-50.6	40	21.3	14.9-29.4	22	13.1	7.4-22.1	15	5.9	3.4-10.1
Female	292	66	28.2	22.0-35.3	95	32.5	26.4-39.2	73	23.2	18.2-29.1	36	10.5	7.3-15.0	22	5.6	3.5- 8.9
RACE
White	384	89	27.8	22.5-33.9	127	34.5	28.6-40.9	93	23.1	18.4-28.5	44	8.5	6.1-11.7	31	6.1	4.1- 9.1
Other	69	8	8.4	3.7-17.8	21	43.1	26.3-61.6	20	18.7	10.7-30.5	14	25.6	12.8-44.8	6	4.2	1.8- 9.8
AGE
18-44	170	55	31.1	23.5-39.8	63	42.5	33.2-52.5	31	15.3	10.1-22.4	16	9.2	4.6-17.5	5	1.9	0.8- 4.8
45+	281	42	15.2	11.1-20.3	84	27.5	22.2-33.5	81	31.2	25.4-37.8	42	15.2	11.0-20.8	32	10.9	7.5-15.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	23	14.5	9.1-22.2	46	31.5	21.4-43.8	54	27.2	19.6-36.5	33	18.5	11.2-28.9	23	8.4	5.2-13.1
Some College +	271	74	30.6	24.3-37.7	101	39.1	32.0-46.6	57	18.7	14.1-24.4	25	7.5	4.9-11.4	14	4.1	2.3- 7.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	43	20.2	14.6-27.2	81	33.9	26.6-42.1	69	24.8	18.9-31.8	36	12.3	7.5-19.6	33	8.8	6.0-12.8
$50,000+	122	40	36.0	27.1-46.0	46	36.1	27.6-45.7	22	16.0	10.5-23.7	14	11.8	6.7-20.0	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: 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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	Total Respond.^	Excellent			Very good			Good			Fair			Poor
	Total Respond.^	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
-Buncombe County	453	97	24.1	19.4-29.4	148	36.1	30.1-42.6	113	22.2	18.0-27.1	58	11.8	8.3-16.5	37	5.8	4.0- 8.2
GENDER
Male	161	31	20.0	13.7-28.1	53	39.8	29.9-50.6	40	21.3	14.9-29.4	22	13.1	7.4-22.1	15	5.9	3.4-10.1
Female	292	66	28.2	22.0-35.3	95	32.5	26.4-39.2	73	23.2	18.2-29.1	36	10.5	7.3-15.0	22	5.6	3.5- 8.9
RACE
White	384	89	27.8	22.5-33.9	127	34.5	28.6-40.9	93	23.1	18.4-28.5	44	8.5	6.1-11.7	31	6.1	4.1- 9.1
Other	69	8	8.4	3.7-17.8	21	43.1	26.3-61.6	20	18.7	10.7-30.5	14	25.6	12.8-44.8	6	4.2	1.8- 9.8
AGE
18-44	170	55	31.1	23.5-39.8	63	42.5	33.2-52.5	31	15.3	10.1-22.4	16	9.2	4.6-17.5	5	1.9	0.8- 4.8
45+	281	42	15.2	11.1-20.3	84	27.5	22.2-33.5	81	31.2	25.4-37.8	42	15.2	11.0-20.8	32	10.9	7.5-15.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	23	14.5	9.1-22.2	46	31.5	21.4-43.8	54	27.2	19.6-36.5	33	18.5	11.2-28.9	23	8.4	5.2-13.1
Some College +	271	74	30.6	24.3-37.7	101	39.1	32.0-46.6	57	18.7	14.1-24.4	25	7.5	4.9-11.4	14	4.1	2.3- 7.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	43	20.2	14.6-27.2	81	33.9	26.6-42.1	69	24.8	18.9-31.8	36	12.3	7.5-19.6	33	8.8	6.0-12.8
$50,000+	122	40	36.0	27.1-46.0	46	36.1	27.6-45.7	22	16.0	10.5-23.7	14	11.8	6.7-20.0	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Health Status

Would you say that in general your health is?