BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	880	200	22.5	19.2-26.1	285	34.8	30.9-38.9	263	30.0	26.2-34.0	101	10.4	8.2-13.1	31	2.4	1.6- 3.6
GENDER
Male	314	67	21.4	16.5-27.4	123	40.6	34.1-47.4	87	28.4	22.5-35.3	29	7.8	5.1-11.9	8	1.7	0.8- 3.7
Female	566	133	23.5	19.5-28.0	162	29.2	25.0-33.7	176	31.5	27.1-36.1	72	12.8	9.7-16.9	23	3.1	1.9- 4.8
RACE
White	601	164	27.2	23.0-31.9	209	39.9	35.1-44.9	149	22.2	18.7-26.2	62	8.7	6.4-11.8	17	2.0	1.2- 3.4
Other	275	35	13.6	9.1-19.7	75	25.5	19.7-32.4	113	44.4	36.8-52.3	38	13.3	9.0-19.2	14	3.2	1.7- 5.8
AGE
18-44	346	90	24.8	19.7-30.8	142	40.1	33.9-46.6	90	27.2	21.5-33.7	20	7.1	4.3-11.6	4	0.7	0.3- 2.1
45+	525	107	19.6	16.1-23.8	141	28.6	24.3-33.2	171	33.4	28.9-38.2	79	14.0	10.9-17.8	27	4.4	2.8- 6.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	230	21	7.8	4.4-13.6	49	25.2	17.6-34.5	94	42.3	33.5-51.6	49	20.4	14.4-28.1	17	4.3	2.4- 7.4
Some College +	648	179	28.6	24.5-33.1	236	38.9	34.5-43.4	168	24.9	21.3-28.9	52	6.3	4.5- 8.6	13	1.3	0.7- 2.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	361	51	14.9	10.4-21.0	91	25.8	20.3-32.2	135	39.2	32.4-46.4	65	16.6	12.2-22.3	19	3.5	2.1- 5.7
$50,000+	385	117	29.5	24.4-35.2	158	44.0	38.3-49.9	88	21.7	17.4-26.7	18	4.1	2.3- 7.1	4	0.7	0.3- 1.9

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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
-Mecklenburg County	880	200	22.5	19.2-26.1	285	34.8	30.9-38.9	263	30.0	26.2-34.0	101	10.4	8.2-13.1	31	2.4	1.6- 3.6
GENDER
Male	314	67	21.4	16.5-27.4	123	40.6	34.1-47.4	87	28.4	22.5-35.3	29	7.8	5.1-11.9	8	1.7	0.8- 3.7
Female	566	133	23.5	19.5-28.0	162	29.2	25.0-33.7	176	31.5	27.1-36.1	72	12.8	9.7-16.9	23	3.1	1.9- 4.8
RACE
White	601	164	27.2	23.0-31.9	209	39.9	35.1-44.9	149	22.2	18.7-26.2	62	8.7	6.4-11.8	17	2.0	1.2- 3.4
Other	275	35	13.6	9.1-19.7	75	25.5	19.7-32.4	113	44.4	36.8-52.3	38	13.3	9.0-19.2	14	3.2	1.7- 5.8
AGE
18-44	346	90	24.8	19.7-30.8	142	40.1	33.9-46.6	90	27.2	21.5-33.7	20	7.1	4.3-11.6	4	0.7	0.3- 2.1
45+	525	107	19.6	16.1-23.8	141	28.6	24.3-33.2	171	33.4	28.9-38.2	79	14.0	10.9-17.8	27	4.4	2.8- 6.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	230	21	7.8	4.4-13.6	49	25.2	17.6-34.5	94	42.3	33.5-51.6	49	20.4	14.4-28.1	17	4.3	2.4- 7.4
Some College +	648	179	28.6	24.5-33.1	236	38.9	34.5-43.4	168	24.9	21.3-28.9	52	6.3	4.5- 8.6	13	1.3	0.7- 2.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	361	51	14.9	10.4-21.0	91	25.8	20.3-32.2	135	39.2	32.4-46.4	65	16.6	12.2-22.3	19	3.5	2.1- 5.7
$50,000+	385	117	29.5	24.4-35.2	158	44.0	38.3-49.9	88	21.7	17.4-26.7	18	4.1	2.3- 7.1	4	0.7	0.3- 1.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Health Status

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