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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Health Status

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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
-Western NC 2,822 473 19.3 16.7-22.1 788 31.0 28.3-33.9 883 31.3 28.4-34.3 415 11.7 10.2-13.3 263 6.8 5.6- 8.2
GENDER
Male 1,088 173 17.6 14.5-21.3 285 30.0 25.6-34.8 384 35.1 30.3-40.3 160 11.3 9.1-14.0 86 5.9 4.5- 7.7
Female 1,734 300 20.8 16.9-25.2 503 32.0 28.7-35.5 499 27.7 24.6-31.0 255 12.0 10.1-14.2 177 7.7 5.9- 9.9
RACE
White 2,593 440 19.1 16.4-22.0 748 32.1 29.2-35.2 798 31.4 28.4-34.6 368 10.8 9.4-12.4 239 6.6 5.4- 8.0
African American 78 10 23.6 9.6-47.5 12 17.6 8.6-32.5 32 24.8 15.3-37.4 13 17.2 8.3-32.4 11 16.8 8.1-31.9
Other Minorities 138 21 18.9 9.8-33.5 26 23.1 12.9-37.8 47 32.0 20.7-46.0 31 21.3 12.0-35.1 13 4.7 2.1-10.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 60 11 20.3 8.3-41.5 14 19.7 8.7-38.6 23 35.8 20.4-54.8 10 22.3 9.7-43.6 2 1.9 0.4- 9.9
Non-Hispanic 2,756 461 19.2 16.6-22.1 773 31.5 28.7-34.5 859 31.1 28.2-34.2 404 11.3 9.9-12.8 259 7.0 5.7- 8.4
AGE
18-24 89 24 31.7 17.6-50.3 34 28.6 18.1-42.1 24 33.5 18.3-53.0 5 4.3 1.6-11.1 2 1.9 0.4- 8.6
25-34 193 50 26.4 19.1-35.1 66 37.5 28.4-47.6 60 26.9 20.2-34.9 15 8.8 4.6-16.1 2 0.4 0.1- 2.1
35-44 346 74 20.6 16.1-26.0 121 35.3 28.6-42.6 98 30.8 24.3-38.1 36 8.8 6.1-12.8 17 4.5 2.4- 8.1
45-54 494 89 16.8 13.1-21.3 146 33.1 27.3-39.4 161 30.7 25.8-35.9 59 11.1 8.0-15.2 39 8.4 4.8-14.4
55-64 652 97 13.8 11.2-17.0 194 29.7 25.6-34.1 194 31.3 27.2-35.8 89 13.0 10.4-16.1 78 12.2 9.1-16.1
65+ 1,026 132 12.5 10.4-14.9 216 23.5 20.3-27.0 343 34.4 30.9-38.0 210 19.2 16.4-22.4 125 10.4 8.5-12.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 402 17 7.6 3.9-14.0 48 11.6 7.7-17.1 130 40.9 29.8-53.1 108 20.4 14.8-27.5 99 19.5 13.5-27.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 920 105 12.4 9.7-15.7 207 28.9 24.4-33.8 359 38.1 33.9-42.5 157 14.5 11.6-18.0 92 6.1 4.7- 7.9
Some Post-H.S. 692 117 22.4 15.7-31.0 215 33.4 27.7-39.7 218 28.9 23.8-34.6 93 10.0 7.7-13.0 49 5.2 3.6- 7.6
College Graduate 804 234 30.9 26.5-35.5 318 42.2 37.2-47.4 174 19.5 16.3-23.3 56 5.2 3.9- 7.1 22 2.2 1.3- 3.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 369 26 10.0 5.5-17.7 40 16.9 10.7-25.6 103 33.1 24.5-43.1 96 19.3 14.5-25.3 104 20.7 15.5-26.9
$15,000- 24,999 522 52 9.0 6.2-13.0 114 20.7 16.6-25.5 195 41.0 34.7-47.6 97 19.4 14.7-25.1 64 9.9 7.0-13.7
$25,000- 34,999 349 51 13.6 9.8-18.7 100 29.5 23.5-36.4 129 37.9 31.7-44.6 49 13.3 9.5-18.3 20 5.6 3.4- 8.9
$35,000- 49,999 371 81 23.3 18.0-29.5 114 36.9 30.5-43.8 119 28.1 22.8-34.0 43 8.2 5.8-11.5 14 3.5 1.9- 6.6
$50,000-74,999 360 87 22.7 17.7-28.7 125 36.9 28.9-45.8 118 33.5 26.9-41.0 22 5.4 3.1- 9.0 8 1.4 0.7- 2.9
$75,000+ 409 122 36.9 27.8-47.1 177 40.5 32.7-48.8 81 17.0 12.8-22.3 26 5.2 3.3- 8.1 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,074 52 6.4 4.3- 9.4 170 19.5 15.9-23.7 334 32.1 28.3-36.1 269 21.5 18.6-24.8 249 20.5 17.1-24.3
No 1,614 399 25.3 21.7-29.3 590 37.5 33.8-41.3 501 29.9 26.6-33.4 113 6.5 4.9- 8.6 11 0.8 0.3- 1.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 359 49 12.8 9.3-17.5 97 28.9 23.4-35.0 131 38.1 32.3-44.2 44 10.1 7.4-13.8 38 10.1 7.1-14.1
Non-Veteran 2,229 375 19.8 16.8-23.3 642 31.8 28.6-35.1 674 30.2 26.8-33.7 339 12.1 10.3-14.0 199 6.2 4.9- 7.8

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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.

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.

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