BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	456	87	19.0	14.7-24.1	153	37.1	31.5-43.1	137	27.4	22.8-32.6	60	13.1	9.5-17.8	19	3.4	2.0- 5.7
GENDER
Male	149	26	19.4	12.3-29.4	51	40.2	30.6-50.7	41	21.9	15.6-30.0	27	15.8	9.8-24.4	4	2.6	0.9- 7.3
Female	307	61	18.6	14.2-24.0	102	34.6	28.4-41.3	96	31.9	25.9-38.6	33	10.9	7.0-16.6	15	4.0	2.3- 7.0
RACE
White	341	72	22.1	16.7-28.5	121	41.5	34.9-48.3	97	25.0	20.0-30.7	40	9.3	6.5-13.2	11	2.2	1.2- 4.1
Other	113	14	9.9	5.5-17.2	32	27.0	17.0-40.0	39	33.6	23.7-45.2	20	23.0	13.6-36.3	8	6.5	2.9-14.0
AGE
18-44	152	37	23.2	15.7-32.8	65	43.4	33.5-53.7	38	22.7	15.7-31.6	12	10.7	5.3-20.4	0	0.0	. - .
45+	302	50	15.3	11.4-20.2	86	31.2	25.4-37.7	99	31.8	26.3-37.8	48	15.3	11.3-20.3	19	6.4	3.8-10.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	161	17	10.1	5.3-18.4	39	30.6	20.9-42.3	54	29.9	21.8-39.5	39	22.6	15.3-32.1	12	6.8	3.6-12.6
Some College +	295	70	24.3	18.6-31.1	114	41.1	34.4-48.1	83	26.0	20.6-32.1	21	7.3	4.1-12.9	7	1.3	0.6- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	224	29	11.5	7.5-17.2	65	33.2	24.9-42.7	75	32.0	24.7-40.3	41	17.8	12.0-25.4	14	5.5	3.0-10.1
$50,000+	164	48	27.3	20.0-36.0	69	45.3	36.6-54.3	37	19.7	14.1-26.8	10	7.8	3.3-17.1	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
-Forsyth County	456	87	19.0	14.7-24.1	153	37.1	31.5-43.1	137	27.4	22.8-32.6	60	13.1	9.5-17.8	19	3.4	2.0- 5.7
GENDER
Male	149	26	19.4	12.3-29.4	51	40.2	30.6-50.7	41	21.9	15.6-30.0	27	15.8	9.8-24.4	4	2.6	0.9- 7.3
Female	307	61	18.6	14.2-24.0	102	34.6	28.4-41.3	96	31.9	25.9-38.6	33	10.9	7.0-16.6	15	4.0	2.3- 7.0
RACE
White	341	72	22.1	16.7-28.5	121	41.5	34.9-48.3	97	25.0	20.0-30.7	40	9.3	6.5-13.2	11	2.2	1.2- 4.1
Other	113	14	9.9	5.5-17.2	32	27.0	17.0-40.0	39	33.6	23.7-45.2	20	23.0	13.6-36.3	8	6.5	2.9-14.0
AGE
18-44	152	37	23.2	15.7-32.8	65	43.4	33.5-53.7	38	22.7	15.7-31.6	12	10.7	5.3-20.4	0	0.0	. - .
45+	302	50	15.3	11.4-20.2	86	31.2	25.4-37.7	99	31.8	26.3-37.8	48	15.3	11.3-20.3	19	6.4	3.8-10.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	161	17	10.1	5.3-18.4	39	30.6	20.9-42.3	54	29.9	21.8-39.5	39	22.6	15.3-32.1	12	6.8	3.6-12.6
Some College +	295	70	24.3	18.6-31.1	114	41.1	34.4-48.1	83	26.0	20.6-32.1	21	7.3	4.1-12.9	7	1.3	0.6- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	224	29	11.5	7.5-17.2	65	33.2	24.9-42.7	75	32.0	24.7-40.3	41	17.8	12.0-25.4	14	5.5	3.0-10.1
$50,000+	164	48	27.3	20.0-36.0	69	45.3	36.6-54.3	37	19.7	14.1-26.8	10	7.8	3.3-17.1	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Health Status

Would you say that in general your health is?