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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

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
-Onslow County 397 72 22.2 17.0-28.3 112 30.9 24.8-37.8 132 31.9 26.3-38.1 58 11.1 8.2-14.7 23 3.9 2.5- 6.2
GENDER
Male 135 34 30.8 21.4-42.1 31 26.0 16.0-39.2 44 30.5 21.6-41.3 20 10.3 6.2-16.5 6 2.4 1.0- 5.8
Female 262 38 14.5 10.2-20.0 81 35.4 28.7-42.6 88 33.1 26.7-40.2 38 11.8 8.3-16.5 17 5.3 3.2- 8.7
RACE
White 307 55 21.0 15.7-27.6 84 31.8 24.6-40.0 111 33.6 27.1-40.8 43 10.5 7.4-14.6 14 3.1 1.7- 5.4
Other 88 17 26.7 14.8-43.3 28 27.8 18.4-39.6 21 25.6 15.7-38.8 15 13.4 7.5-22.7 7 6.5 2.9-13.9
AGE
18-44 199 49 26.2 19.1-34.7 76 37.1 28.7-46.5 57 29.8 22.5-38.3 12 5.1 2.8- 9.2 5 1.8 0.7- 4.4
45+ 196 23 13.9 8.7-21.4 36 18.1 12.9-24.8 74 36.2 29.0-44.0 46 23.6 17.6-30.9 17 8.2 4.9-13.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 25 20.0 12.5-30.5 46 29.9 20.0-42.1 62 34.0 25.3-43.8 28 10.3 6.6-15.9 15 5.8 3.3-10.0
Some College + 221 47 24.1 17.8-31.9 66 31.8 24.9-39.7 70 30.0 23.0-38.1 30 11.7 7.9-16.9 8 2.3 1.1- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 241 34 19.4 12.9-28.1 64 29.0 22.4-36.5 86 33.6 26.4-41.7 41 12.9 9.1-18.0 16 5.1 3.0- 8.6
$50,000+ 110 31 32.4 23.1-43.4 34 28.2 20.0-38.0 32 30.1 21.5-40.4 10 7.3 3.7-14.1 3 2.0 0.6- 6.1

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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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