SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Health Status

Would you say that in general your health is?

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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 14,717 2,526 19.7 18.7-20.8 4,365 31.0 29.8-32.2 4,485 30.6 29.5-31.8 2,147 13.0 12.2-13.9 1,194 5.7 5.3- 6.1
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 347 50 14.3 9.9-20.3 107 34.5 26.8-43.0 105 30.4 24.2-37.4 66 16.7 12.4-22.1 19 4.1 2.4- 7.2
Buncombe 353 79 26.5 20.5-33.4 91 26.0 20.3-32.7 105 29.8 23.7-36.8 46 11.4 7.7-16.5 32 6.3 4.2- 9.4
Cabarrus 357 56 17.8 13.1-23.9 117 34.2 26.9-42.4 111 29.7 22.7-37.6 46 13.2 8.6-19.6 27 5.2 3.3- 8.0
Catawba 406 76 20.3 14.9-27.0 125 31.4 25.5-37.8 123 30.3 24.6-36.8 45 10.7 6.7-16.6 37 7.4 4.8-11.0
Cumberland 378 55 21.0 15.0-28.7 116 30.9 25.1-37.3 108 27.6 22.0-34.1 67 14.5 10.6-19.6 32 5.9 4.0- 8.6
Davidson 367 50 15.9 11.1-22.4 98 28.1 22.2-34.8 134 35.6 28.5-43.3 50 13.3 8.9-19.4 35 7.1 4.6-10.9
Durham 331 72 22.4 16.9-29.0 104 28.8 21.6-37.4 105 30.7 24.4-37.8 34 13.3 8.0-21.1 16 4.8 2.5- 8.9
Forsyth 374 94 28.3 21.9-35.8 98 28.4 22.4-35.3 117 30.6 24.7-37.2 42 8.1 5.5-11.8 23 4.6 2.9- 7.1
Gaston 385 53 18.0 12.3-25.5 112 26.7 21.5-32.6 114 32.0 26.0-38.8 67 15.5 11.4-20.7 39 7.8 5.2-11.6
Guilford 384 71 20.8 16.0-26.7 124 32.9 26.8-39.5 128 32.2 25.8-39.3 39 9.1 6.2-13.2 22 5.0 3.1- 8.1
Iredell 390 73 21.7 16.4-28.0 123 32.4 26.6-38.8 124 31.3 25.7-37.6 46 10.4 7.0-15.2 24 4.2 2.6- 6.8
Johnston 434 70 18.9 12.0-28.5 113 24.1 18.6-30.6 138 35.7 28.0-44.3 81 17.0 11.5-24.3 32 4.3 2.8- 6.6
Mecklenburg 678 177 26.5 22.3-31.1 219 33.9 29.3-38.9 179 27.5 23.0-32.5 76 9.5 7.2-12.3 27 2.6 1.7- 4.1
New Hanover 389 81 19.4 14.7-25.3 135 35.2 27.2-44.1 106 30.5 23.7-38.3 42 9.6 6.3-14.2 25 5.2 3.1- 8.7
Onslow 375 63 19.0 14.2-25.1 113 35.9 29.3-43.0 123 27.9 22.4-34.0 55 12.4 8.6-17.6 21 4.8 2.9- 7.9
Orange 346 100 30.6 24.2-38.0 119 32.7 25.5-40.7 71 20.5 15.0-27.4 40 12.9 7.6-21.3 16 3.2 1.9- 5.5
Pitt 381 65 19.8 14.6-26.3 110 27.9 22.8-33.7 118 33.0 27.1-39.5 56 12.4 9.0-16.9 32 6.8 3.9-11.7
Randolph 373 59 15.0 11.1-20.0 101 27.3 21.9-33.3 116 37.7 31.0-45.0 64 14.3 10.5-19.2 33 5.7 3.8- 8.3
Robeson 408 37 8.6 5.6-13.0 103 28.7 22.9-35.2 132 36.4 30.1-43.3 84 17.6 13.2-23.0 52 8.7 6.3-12.0
Rowan 448 66 15.4 11.3-20.5 136 34.5 28.6-40.9 152 32.0 26.3-38.2 57 11.6 8.5-15.5 37 6.6 4.5- 9.7
Union 374 88 24.8 19.6-30.9 110 30.6 24.8-37.1 107 28.7 22.8-35.4 39 8.8 5.9-13.0 30 7.1 4.3-11.5
Wake 604 135 22.5 18.5-27.0 210 34.6 29.7-39.8 174 30.5 25.7-35.6 64 10.6 7.3-15.1 21 1.9 1.1- 3.0
Wayne 354 45 14.6 9.7-21.3 110 34.6 28.0-42.0 110 31.7 25.2-39.0 62 14.6 10.6-19.7 27 4.5 2.9- 7.0
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,760 712 17.5 15.8-19.4 1,385 30.2 28.2-32.2 1,462 30.7 28.7-32.7 809 15.5 14.1-17.1 392 6.1 5.4- 6.9
Piedmont 7,070 1,356 20.9 19.5-22.4 2,175 31.7 30.0-33.4 2,147 30.8 29.1-32.5 903 11.6 10.5-12.9 489 5.0 4.4- 5.6
Western NC 2,887 458 19.1 17.1-21.3 805 29.5 27.2-31.9 876 29.9 27.6-32.2 435 13.7 12.1-15.5 313 7.8 6.8- 8.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,906 331 21.1 18.5-23.9 543 28.7 25.9-31.7 563 29.8 26.9-32.8 271 12.8 10.8-15.1 198 7.7 6.4- 9.1
Northwest 3,091 507 18.9 16.8-21.3 878 30.7 28.1-33.3 1,002 31.3 28.8-33.9 422 12.3 10.5-14.3 282 6.8 5.8- 8.0
Charlotte 2,024 397 21.7 19.1-24.4 631 31.8 28.9-34.8 584 30.1 27.0-33.3 262 11.1 9.4-13.0 150 5.4 4.4- 6.6
Greensboro 1,655 318 19.5 16.9-22.3 514 31.2 27.9-34.7 482 30.9 27.6-34.5 242 13.5 11.4-16.1 99 4.9 3.7- 6.4
Southern Regional 1,357 175 17.6 14.3-21.4 387 31.2 27.5-35.3 417 29.1 25.8-32.7 247 15.9 13.3-18.9 131 6.2 4.9- 7.7
Coastal 762 126 17.6 13.5-22.7 239 30.0 25.0-35.5 227 31.9 26.6-37.7 101 12.2 9.4-15.7 69 8.2 6.1-11.0
Wake 1,579 304 21.8 18.7-25.2 484 31.5 28.1-35.1 493 31.6 28.3-35.1 210 11.9 9.5-14.7 88 3.3 2.5- 4.3
Area L 402 57 17.6 12.7-23.8 116 30.1 24.4-36.5 122 30.9 24.9-37.6 69 14.3 10.8-18.7 38 7.2 4.9-10.3
Eastern 1,941 311 17.4 15.0-20.0 573 31.4 28.5-34.6 595 29.8 26.9-32.9 323 16.1 13.8-18.7 139 5.3 4.3- 6.5

Back to Health Status.

^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.

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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 07MAY08.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook