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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 369 80 23.6 17.6-30.9 132 34.8 28.7-41.4 98 26.4 20.6-33.1 43 11.4 7.4-17.0 16 3.8 1.9- 7.6
GENDER
Male 118 23 16.1 10.3-24.5 46 38.8 28.6-50.0 34 32.2 22.4-43.8 11 9.1 4.6-17.1 4 3.8 0.8-15.3
Female 251 57 28.5 20.0-38.9 86 32.2 25.0-40.4 64 22.6 16.1-30.8 32 12.8 7.4-21.2 12 3.9 2.0- 7.5
RACE
White 319 72 26.1 19.1-34.5 117 34.5 28.2-41.4 87 29.6 22.9-37.3 31 7.4 4.9-11.1 12 2.4 1.2- 4.7
Other 49 8 14.4 6.7-28.0 15 37.3 21.4-56.7 11 14.2 6.9-27.0 11 24.2 10.7-46.1 4 9.9 2.9-29.1
AGE
18-44 145 43 27.0 17.9-38.4 54 35.7 26.7-45.8 36 25.8 17.9-35.6 10 8.9 3.8-19.2 2 2.7 0.6-11.4
45+ 221 37 19.1 13.4-26.5 77 33.6 26.6-41.4 60 27.0 19.4-36.2 33 14.9 10.1-21.3 14 5.4 2.9- 9.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 10 6.1 3.0-11.7 37 32.2 22.9-43.2 51 37.0 27.0-48.3 22 15.6 9.5-24.6 13 9.1 4.1-19.0
Some College + 235 70 32.9 24.4-42.7 95 36.2 28.4-44.8 46 20.7 14.2-29.2 21 9.1 4.6-17.4 3 1.1 0.3- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 142 20 12.9 7.8-20.8 33 26.0 17.6-36.6 50 32.1 23.3-42.4 28 19.5 12.6-28.8 11 9.5 4.2-20.0
$50,000+ 179 55 34.2 24.5-45.5 82 41.1 31.9-50.9 32 20.3 13.1-30.2 10 4.4 2.2- 8.5 0 0.0 . - .

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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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