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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,452 8,673 91.1 90.3-91.8 779 8.9 8.2- 9.7
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 256 236 90.9 85.9-94.2 20 9.1 5.8-14.1
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 256 236 90.9 85.9-94.2 20 9.1 5.8-14.1
RACE
White 192 181 93.5 88.0-96.6 11 6.5 3.4-12.0
Other 62 53 82.6 69.1-90.9 9 17.4 9.1-30.9
AGE
18-44 89 82 91.6 83.0-96.1 7 8.4 3.9-17.0
45+ 165 152 90.4 83.5-94.6 13 9.6 5.4-16.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 116 85.1 76.5-90.9 16 14.9 9.1-23.5
Some College + 124 120 97.1 92.1-99.0 4 2.9 1.0- 7.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 134 89.0 81.7-93.6 14 11.0 6.4-18.3
$50,000+ 45 44 96.3 78.3-99.5 1 3.7 0.5-21.7

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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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