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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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 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
-Durham County 467 107 23.4 18.9-28.5 146 31.8 26.6-37.4 138 29.6 24.3-35.4 55 12.7 8.9-17.8 21 2.6 1.6- 4.2
GENDER
Male 158 27 18.9 12.7-27.3 59 35.2 26.7-44.9 43 27.6 19.6-37.4 20 15.6 9.0-25.6 9 2.6 1.3- 5.3
Female 309 80 27.4 21.8-33.9 87 28.6 22.9-35.1 95 31.3 25.0-38.5 35 10.0 6.9-14.3 12 2.6 1.4- 4.9
RACE
White 260 70 28.9 22.8-35.8 94 40.5 33.5-47.9 61 18.9 14.3-24.6 22 8.2 5.2-12.5 13 3.5 1.9- 6.4
Other 204 36 18.4 12.6-26.1 51 24.1 17.3-32.5 76 38.9 30.3-48.3 33 16.8 10.5-25.8 8 1.8 0.8- 3.8
AGE
18-44 231 65 27.3 20.9-34.7 81 32.5 25.5-40.2 63 29.4 22.2-37.9 20 10.5 6.1-17.7 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4
45+ 235 42 17.2 12.4-23.3 65 30.9 23.8-39.0 74 29.5 22.9-37.0 35 16.2 10.3-24.5 19 6.3 3.8-10.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 16 9.9 4.9-19.0 28 21.2 13.4-31.9 57 38.9 28.4-50.5 36 25.9 17.2-37.1 12 4.1 2.1- 7.7
Some College + 318 91 32.2 26.4-38.5 118 38.7 32.6-45.2 81 23.5 18.6-29.2 19 4.0 2.4- 6.7 9 1.7 0.8- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 40 19.0 13.2-26.5 64 28.1 21.0-36.5 79 33.8 26.0-42.6 32 15.0 9.3-23.2 17 4.1 2.4- 7.0
$50,000+ 174 57 32.1 24.9-40.3 72 43.9 35.6-52.5 36 19.1 13.4-26.5 7 4.1 1.8- 8.6 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5

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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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