BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	766	136	16.7	13.4-20.7	212	29.6	25.4-34.1	237	31.6	27.2-36.3	112	15.2	11.8-19.2	69	7.0	5.2- 9.3
GENDER
Male	267	41	13.4	8.9-19.5	69	29.7	23.0-37.4	83	33.6	26.2-41.8	44	15.5	10.6-21.9	30	7.9	5.1-12.1
Female	499	95	19.4	14.9-24.9	143	29.5	24.6-35.0	154	29.9	25.0-35.4	68	14.9	10.6-20.5	39	6.2	4.2- 9.0
RACE
White	681	123	15.8	12.7-19.5	195	31.7	27.3-36.6	208	32.6	27.9-37.6	93	13.0	10.0-16.9	62	6.9	5.0- 9.3
Other	85	13	23.1	10.7-43.1	17	14.1	6.6-27.5	29	24.4	14.1-38.9	19	30.6	17.1-48.6	7	7.7	3.3-17.2
AGE
18-44	252	52	18.3	12.6-25.9	85	32.3	25.3-40.2	81	33.8	26.1-42.3	27	13.5	8.2-21.4	7	2.1	0.9- 5.1
45+	511	84	15.4	12.1-19.3	127	27.4	22.8-32.5	153	29.1	24.7-33.9	85	16.8	13.2-21.1	62	11.4	8.5-15.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	366	43	13.8	9.0-20.6	67	19.7	14.6-26.1	130	36.9	30.0-44.4	73	18.8	13.9-24.8	53	10.8	7.7-14.9
Some College +	400	93	19.7	15.6-24.6	145	40.0	34.0-46.3	107	25.9	21.0-31.6	39	11.4	7.2-17.4	16	2.9	1.7- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	482	73	13.9	10.1-18.8	118	26.1	21.1-31.7	162	35.2	29.7-41.0	83	17.4	13.2-22.6	46	7.5	5.1-10.7
$50,000+	161	43	24.8	17.1-34.4	62	39.4	29.9-49.9	45	30.1	20.2-42.4	8	4.7	2.3- 9.7	3	0.9	0.3- 2.9

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	766	136	16.7	13.4-20.7	212	29.6	25.4-34.1	237	31.6	27.2-36.3	112	15.2	11.8-19.2	69	7.0	5.2- 9.3
GENDER
Male	267	41	13.4	8.9-19.5	69	29.7	23.0-37.4	83	33.6	26.2-41.8	44	15.5	10.6-21.9	30	7.9	5.1-12.1
Female	499	95	19.4	14.9-24.9	143	29.5	24.6-35.0	154	29.9	25.0-35.4	68	14.9	10.6-20.5	39	6.2	4.2- 9.0
RACE
White	681	123	15.8	12.7-19.5	195	31.7	27.3-36.6	208	32.6	27.9-37.6	93	13.0	10.0-16.9	62	6.9	5.0- 9.3
Other	85	13	23.1	10.7-43.1	17	14.1	6.6-27.5	29	24.4	14.1-38.9	19	30.6	17.1-48.6	7	7.7	3.3-17.2
AGE
18-44	252	52	18.3	12.6-25.9	85	32.3	25.3-40.2	81	33.8	26.1-42.3	27	13.5	8.2-21.4	7	2.1	0.9- 5.1
45+	511	84	15.4	12.1-19.3	127	27.4	22.8-32.5	153	29.1	24.7-33.9	85	16.8	13.2-21.1	62	11.4	8.5-15.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	366	43	13.8	9.0-20.6	67	19.7	14.6-26.1	130	36.9	30.0-44.4	73	18.8	13.9-24.8	53	10.8	7.7-14.9
Some College +	400	93	19.7	15.6-24.6	145	40.0	34.0-46.3	107	25.9	21.0-31.6	39	11.4	7.2-17.4	16	2.9	1.7- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	482	73	13.9	10.1-18.8	118	26.1	21.1-31.7	162	35.2	29.7-41.0	83	17.4	13.2-22.6	46	7.5	5.1-10.7
$50,000+	161	43	24.8	17.1-34.4	62	39.4	29.9-49.9	45	30.1	20.2-42.4	8	4.7	2.3- 9.7	3	0.9	0.3- 2.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

Health Status

Would you say that in general your health is?