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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 419 127 32.5 26.6-38.9 149 34.7 29.2-40.7 105 22.3 17.8-27.5 24 8.5 4.6-15.2 14 2.0 1.1- 3.6
GENDER
Male 159 42 27.2 19.6-36.4 65 39.9 31.1-49.4 37 19.1 13.2-26.8 10 11.7 5.2-24.4 5 2.0 0.8- 4.9
Female 260 85 37.7 29.6-46.7 84 29.6 23.3-36.7 68 25.4 19.1-32.8 14 5.3 2.5-10.9 9 2.1 1.0- 4.2
RACE
White 348 113 37.8 31.2-44.9 139 41.4 35.2-47.9 72 16.1 12.4-20.8 13 2.4 1.2- 4.5 11 2.3 1.2- 4.3
Other 68 13 13.8 6.6-26.7 9 11.4 4.0-28.5 33 44.4 29.1-60.9 10 29.1 14.3-50.3 3 1.2 0.3- 4.2
AGE
18-44 166 58 34.7 25.6-45.0 64 36.4 27.9-45.9 36 19.7 13.5-27.9 7 9.0 3.4-21.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
45+ 250 68 29.5 23.3-36.5 85 33.4 27.0-40.3 68 25.3 19.7-31.9 16 7.4 3.9-13.9 13 4.4 2.4- 7.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 89 12 16.2 8.3-29.3 20 25.1 14.9-39.2 36 30.4 19.8-43.6 12 23.8 11.5-42.8 9 4.5 2.0- 9.5
Some College + 329 115 38.6 31.8-45.9 129 38.4 32.3-45.0 68 18.9 14.5-24.4 12 2.8 1.5- 5.5 5 1.2 0.5- 2.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 164 31 22.0 13.0-34.8 48 25.8 18.0-35.6 60 32.5 23.7-42.8 16 16.4 8.2-30.2 9 3.2 1.5- 6.5
$50,000+ 193 80 43.6 35.8-51.7 78 39.6 32.2-47.6 30 14.3 9.7-20.7 2 1.2 0.2- 6.0 3 1.2 0.4- 3.8

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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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