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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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 13,246 2,271 19.2 17.8-20.5 4,022 32.2 30.8-33.7 4,195 30.5 29.2-32.0 1,835 13.3 12.1-14.6 923 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Mecklenburg County 615 139 22.1 18.3-26.5 200 32.5 27.8-37.6 188 29.3 24.8-34.3 62 12.2 8.3-17.5 26 3.8 2.1- 6.8
GENDER
Male 232 50 23.1 17.1-30.3 79 35.1 27.9-43.2 71 29.5 22.8-37.2 24 9.0 5.5-14.5 8 3.3 1.4- 7.4
Female 383 89 21.2 16.6-26.7 121 30.2 24.4-36.6 117 29.2 23.4-35.7 38 15.0 9.0-24.2 18 4.3 2.0- 9.4
RACE
White 428 117 27.7 22.9-33.1 143 33.4 28.1-39.1 117 27.1 22.0-32.9 35 9.3 5.7-14.9 16 2.5 1.2- 5.1
Other 176 20 12.3 7.3-19.9 53 31.7 23.2-41.6 67 33.2 25.0-42.6 26 16.6 9.3-28.0 10 6.2 2.7-13.6
AGE
18-44 190 57 24.2 18.0-31.7 68 34.4 26.7-43.1 49 27.4 20.3-35.9 15 12.3 6.2-22.9 1 1.7 0.2-10.9
45+ 417 82 20.3 16.1-25.2 128 30.5 25.7-35.9 136 31.2 26.3-36.5 47 12.4 9.0-16.7 24 5.6 3.3- 9.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 15 7.7 4.0-14.3 33 26.1 16.8-38.3 57 38.4 28.0-50.1 28 21.5 13.1-33.1 14 6.3 3.0-12.5
Some College + 465 124 27.5 22.7-33.0 166 34.8 29.6-40.4 130 26.0 21.4-31.2 33 8.7 4.8-15.2 12 3.0 1.2- 7.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 230 28 11.4 6.9-18.2 61 24.2 17.5-32.5 81 35.4 26.9-44.9 43 23.4 14.8-34.7 17 5.7 2.9-10.6
$50,000+ 283 93 32.2 26.1-38.8 106 39.2 32.5-46.3 73 25.0 19.7-31.2 9 3.1 1.5- 6.5 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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