BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-Wake County	860	199	22.5	19.2-26.1	332	39.1	35.0-43.4	217	26.9	23.1-31.0	93	10.0	7.9-12.5	19	1.5	0.9- 2.6
GENDER
Male	331	81	23.3	18.3-29.3	132	40.8	34.3-47.7	79	26.5	20.8-33.2	32	8.1	5.4-12.1	7	1.2	0.5- 2.7
Female	529	118	21.6	17.8-26.0	200	37.3	32.6-42.3	138	27.2	22.7-32.2	61	11.9	9.1-15.5	12	1.9	1.0- 3.8
RACE
White	639	167	26.1	22.3-30.3	256	40.3	35.8-44.9	146	23.9	19.9-28.4	57	8.3	6.1-11.2	13	1.4	0.7- 2.7
Other	212	31	14.1	8.6-22.2	73	36.6	27.9-46.2	67	33.5	25.5-42.6	35	13.9	9.5-19.8	6	1.9	0.8- 4.6
AGE
18-44	419	108	23.7	19.1-29.0	176	41.7	35.8-47.8	99	26.5	21.3-32.4	34	7.6	5.2-11.2	2	0.5	0.1- 2.0
45+	439	90	20.5	16.5-25.1	156	35.1	30.3-40.2	117	27.4	22.7-32.6	59	13.8	10.6-17.8	17	3.3	1.9- 5.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	30	11.6	7.3-17.9	58	29.0	20.6-39.3	77	38.6	29.9-48.2	41	17.8	12.3-24.9	10	3.0	1.4- 6.2
Some College +	643	169	26.9	22.9-31.3	274	43.2	38.7-47.8	140	22.1	18.5-26.3	51	6.8	5.0- 9.1	9	1.0	0.5- 2.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	348	55	13.3	9.5-18.5	122	38.1	31.0-45.7	99	29.9	23.5-37.2	61	16.2	12.0-21.5	11	2.5	1.3- 5.1
$50,000+	398	120	31.0	25.8-36.7	177	41.9	36.4-47.6	81	22.4	17.7-28.0	18	4.3	2.6- 6.9	2	0.4	0.1- 1.6

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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
-Wake County	860	199	22.5	19.2-26.1	332	39.1	35.0-43.4	217	26.9	23.1-31.0	93	10.0	7.9-12.5	19	1.5	0.9- 2.6
GENDER
Male	331	81	23.3	18.3-29.3	132	40.8	34.3-47.7	79	26.5	20.8-33.2	32	8.1	5.4-12.1	7	1.2	0.5- 2.7
Female	529	118	21.6	17.8-26.0	200	37.3	32.6-42.3	138	27.2	22.7-32.2	61	11.9	9.1-15.5	12	1.9	1.0- 3.8
RACE
White	639	167	26.1	22.3-30.3	256	40.3	35.8-44.9	146	23.9	19.9-28.4	57	8.3	6.1-11.2	13	1.4	0.7- 2.7
Other	212	31	14.1	8.6-22.2	73	36.6	27.9-46.2	67	33.5	25.5-42.6	35	13.9	9.5-19.8	6	1.9	0.8- 4.6
AGE
18-44	419	108	23.7	19.1-29.0	176	41.7	35.8-47.8	99	26.5	21.3-32.4	34	7.6	5.2-11.2	2	0.5	0.1- 2.0
45+	439	90	20.5	16.5-25.1	156	35.1	30.3-40.2	117	27.4	22.7-32.6	59	13.8	10.6-17.8	17	3.3	1.9- 5.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	30	11.6	7.3-17.9	58	29.0	20.6-39.3	77	38.6	29.9-48.2	41	17.8	12.3-24.9	10	3.0	1.4- 6.2
Some College +	643	169	26.9	22.9-31.3	274	43.2	38.7-47.8	140	22.1	18.5-26.3	51	6.8	5.0- 9.1	9	1.0	0.5- 2.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	348	55	13.3	9.5-18.5	122	38.1	31.0-45.7	99	29.9	23.5-37.2	61	16.2	12.0-21.5	11	2.5	1.3- 5.1
$50,000+	398	120	31.0	25.8-36.7	177	41.9	36.4-47.6	81	22.4	17.7-28.0	18	4.3	2.6- 6.9	2	0.4	0.1- 1.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Health Status

Would you say that in general your health is?