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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 437 48 11.1 8.0-15.3 146 35.6 29.4-42.3 142 30.9 25.3-37.1 61 16.2 11.0-23.4 40 6.2 4.3- 8.8
GENDER
Male 158 18 9.2 5.4-15.4 54 38.9 28.6-50.3 50 26.9 19.5-36.0 21 18.1 9.2-32.4 15 6.9 3.8-12.0
Female 279 30 12.6 8.3-18.8 92 33.0 26.0-40.8 92 34.0 26.5-42.4 40 14.8 9.7-22.0 25 5.6 3.5- 8.8
RACE
White 384 40 11.0 7.8-15.3 134 39.5 33.0-46.4 124 32.0 26.1-38.5 49 10.6 7.5-14.9 37 6.9 4.7- 9.9
Other 51 7 11.0 4.1-26.4 11 19.4 7.8-40.6 18 26.5 14.0-44.3 12 39.8 20.7-62.7 3 3.3 0.7-13.5
AGE
18-44 104 17 13.1 7.7-21.3 46 41.5 30.0-54.1 23 23.6 14.9-35.4 15 20.2 10.7-35.0 3 1.5 0.4- 5.5
45+ 330 31 9.6 6.5-13.8 97 29.4 24.2-35.3 119 37.7 32.0-43.9 46 12.9 9.4-17.6 37 10.3 7.2-14.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 217 18 8.6 4.7-15.2 49 21.5 14.6-30.7 74 34.3 25.7-44.1 42 24.8 15.8-36.8 34 10.7 7.1-15.8
Some College + 220 30 13.7 9.3-19.7 97 50.3 41.6-58.9 68 27.3 20.7-35.0 19 7.3 4.0-13.1 6 1.4 0.5- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 18 9.4 5.2-16.5 61 27.5 19.5-37.2 77 33.6 25.6-42.7 40 19.7 13.2-28.4 26 9.8 6.2-15.1
$50,000+ 130 26 18.6 12.5-26.9 60 47.6 37.6-57.8 38 30.3 21.7-40.6 5 2.9 1.1- 7.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2

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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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