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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 516 58 13.3 9.8-17.8 123 23.2 18.9-28.1 156 31.7 26.4-37.5 114 21.7 17.5-26.6 65 10.1 7.6-13.3
GENDER
Male 182 22 14.2 8.7-22.3 39 20.0 13.9-28.0 59 35.4 26.6-45.3 40 21.7 15.1-30.1 22 8.7 5.4-13.8
Female 334 36 12.4 8.7-17.5 84 26.3 21.1-32.4 97 28.0 22.9-33.9 74 21.8 17.0-27.4 43 11.4 8.2-15.8
RACE
White 237 33 16.7 11.0-24.6 75 31.1 24.1-39.2 73 34.0 25.5-43.6 36 12.7 8.8-18.2 20 5.5 3.4- 8.7
Other 274 25 10.6 6.8-16.3 48 16.9 12.0-23.2 83 30.1 23.9-37.1 76 29.0 22.6-36.5 42 13.4 9.4-18.6
AGE
18-44 142 24 15.7 9.8-24.1 49 32.0 23.1-42.4 43 33.1 23.0-45.1 22 17.5 10.5-27.6 4 1.7 0.6- 4.5
45+ 372 33 11.6 7.6-17.4 74 18.1 14.1-22.9 112 30.8 25.4-36.8 92 24.3 19.5-30.0 61 15.1 11.4-19.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 319 30 11.5 7.3-17.7 58 17.2 12.6-23.1 90 31.5 24.4-39.5 84 26.1 20.2-33.0 57 13.7 10.1-18.3
Some College + 195 28 16.4 11.0-23.8 64 33.0 25.6-41.4 66 32.3 25.3-40.3 29 14.1 9.4-20.7 8 4.1 1.9- 8.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 333 33 12.0 7.8-18.0 77 22.2 17.0-28.4 91 29.4 22.6-37.1 80 24.5 18.8-31.1 52 12.0 8.7-16.4
$50,000+ 92 20 25.3 16.2-37.3 34 31.1 22.2-41.8 32 37.5 27.1-49.4 6 6.0 2.6-13.0 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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