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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 510 66 12.8 9.7-16.7 133 27.7 23.1-32.9 172 32.6 27.9-37.7 97 20.1 15.8-25.2 42 6.7 4.7- 9.6
GENDER
Male 169 24 13.3 8.5-20.0 44 27.7 20.2-36.7 48 27.5 20.5-36.0 36 23.9 16.3-33.5 17 7.7 4.4-13.1
Female 341 42 12.4 8.8-17.4 89 27.8 22.4-33.9 124 37.0 31.3-43.2 61 16.8 12.8-21.7 25 6.0 3.9- 9.1
RACE
White 321 45 13.9 10.1-18.8 105 36.1 30.0-42.6 92 28.1 22.8-34.0 51 15.6 11.5-20.7 28 6.5 4.3- 9.6
Other 187 21 11.7 7.0-18.7 27 17.6 11.3-26.5 80 38.5 30.3-47.3 46 25.8 18.1-35.4 13 6.4 3.4-11.9
AGE
18-44 149 27 16.6 10.9-24.4 55 37.9 28.9-47.8 52 32.2 24.3-41.4 12 11.3 5.7-21.2 3 2.0 0.6- 6.2
45+ 357 38 9.9 6.8-14.2 76 20.7 16.3-25.8 119 33.0 27.4-39.0 85 26.3 20.7-32.7 39 10.1 7.0-14.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 288 28 11.0 7.1-16.5 52 21.2 15.5-28.2 107 34.2 28.0-40.9 72 25.4 19.4-32.5 29 8.3 5.4-12.6
Some College + 222 38 15.4 10.8-21.6 81 37.0 29.6-45.1 65 30.4 23.5-38.4 25 12.5 7.3-20.6 13 4.6 2.5- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 307 31 8.9 5.8-13.5 63 23.9 17.9-31.1 112 34.8 28.6-41.6 71 23.6 17.9-30.5 30 8.7 5.7-13.2
$50,000+ 118 27 22.8 15.3-32.4 57 48.9 38.9-59.0 28 24.1 16.4-33.9 4 3.4 1.2- 8.9 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7

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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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