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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 422 74 19.4 15.0-24.9 125 29.3 24.2-35.0 125 32.3 26.3-38.9 74 14.4 10.9-18.9 24 4.5 3.0- 6.9
GENDER
Male 156 30 20.4 13.8-29.2 48 29.5 21.8-38.5 44 32.4 23.5-42.8 29 15.6 10.3-23.0 5 2.1 0.9- 5.1
Female 266 44 18.2 13.1-24.8 77 29.1 23.2-35.9 81 32.2 25.1-40.3 45 13.0 9.2-18.1 19 7.4 4.6-11.7
RACE
White 289 54 21.4 16.0-28.2 95 33.4 27.0-40.5 77 28.2 21.3-36.2 49 13.3 9.5-18.2 14 3.7 2.1- 6.5
Other 132 19 14.3 7.8-24.7 30 20.5 13.2-30.3 48 41.7 30.5-53.7 25 17.1 10.2-27.2 10 6.5 3.4-12.0
AGE
18-44 152 45 27.5 19.6-37.0 56 34.2 25.6-43.9 37 30.6 21.3-41.9 13 7.4 3.9-13.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5
45+ 269 28 11.1 7.4-16.5 69 24.7 19.4-30.9 88 34.1 27.1-41.8 61 21.4 15.9-28.2 23 8.6 5.6-13.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 38 18.7 12.7-26.7 52 21.1 15.2-28.4 77 38.3 29.5-47.9 43 14.9 10.1-21.5 21 7.0 4.4-11.0
Some College + 191 36 20.5 14.5-28.1 73 40.5 32.6-48.9 48 24.2 17.9-31.9 31 13.7 9.1-20.1 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 228 28 13.5 8.5-20.7 59 24.5 18.3-32.0 72 35.6 27.0-45.2 54 21.3 15.3-28.9 15 5.1 2.9- 8.8
$50,000+ 126 35 31.4 22.3-42.2 53 39.7 30.2-50.0 29 23.8 16.1-33.7 7 3.8 1.7- 8.2 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2

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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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