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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 412 82 20.1 14.9-26.5 125 32.4 25.7-39.8 132 32.5 25.4-40.5 46 8.5 5.9-12.2 27 6.6 3.6-11.6
GENDER
Male 162 35 22.8 14.8-33.5 51 32.7 22.5-44.8 51 33.4 22.8-45.9 16 5.9 3.4-10.1 9 5.3 2.3-11.6
Female 250 47 17.4 11.5-25.6 74 32.0 24.0-41.3 81 31.6 22.7-42.1 30 11.1 6.9-17.4 18 7.8 3.5-16.8
RACE
White 351 76 21.7 15.7-29.1 117 36.5 28.8-44.9 107 30.7 23.1-39.5 32 5.8 3.8- 8.7 19 5.3 2.5-11.1
Other 59 6 12.7 5.2-27.7 7 12.0 4.6-27.7 24 40.7 23.9-60.0 14 21.8 11.3-37.9 8 12.8 5.2-28.6
AGE
18-44 88 26 23.7 14.3-36.7 29 34.3 22.3-48.7 26 33.8 21.2-49.3 3 2.3 0.7- 7.3 4 5.9 1.7-18.4
45+ 317 55 17.0 12.9-22.0 93 30.1 24.6-36.3 103 31.1 25.1-37.8 43 14.5 10.1-20.2 23 7.4 4.5-11.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 16 16.7 7.9-31.7 28 15.5 9.5-24.2 48 40.2 26.4-55.7 19 12.3 6.6-21.6 18 15.4 7.4-29.3
Some College + 283 66 21.7 15.8-29.1 97 40.5 31.9-49.7 84 28.7 21.1-37.8 27 6.7 4.3-10.4 9 2.3 1.1- 5.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 13 10.0 3.9-23.3 45 31.4 20.8-44.2 67 35.2 24.8-47.3 30 15.5 9.5-24.2 16 8.0 4.0-15.3
$50,000+ 177 55 31.1 22.6-41.1 62 35.2 26.3-45.2 43 22.5 15.5-31.4 11 4.9 2.6- 9.0 6 6.4 1.9-19.1

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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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