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

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,488 4,001 62.5 61.0-64.0 2,487 37.5 36.0-39.0
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 181 110 61.0 53.0-68.5 71 39.0 31.5-47.0
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 181 110 61.0 53.0-68.5 71 39.0 31.5-47.0
RACE
White 135 84 62.9 53.6-71.3 51 37.1 28.7-46.4
Other 44 25 55.9 39.7-71.0 19 44.1 29.0-60.3
AGE
18-44 20 12 58.7 35.5-78.7 8 41.3 21.3-64.5
45+ 161 98 61.3 52.8-69.2 63 38.7 30.8-47.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 100 54 53.7 42.9-64.2 46 46.3 35.8-57.1
Some College + 81 56 70.3 58.6-79.8 25 29.7 20.2-41.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 98 50 49.8 38.9-60.7 48 50.2 39.3-61.1
$50,000+ 36 27 75.5 57.9-87.3 9 24.5 12.7-42.1

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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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