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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 14,811 9,140 59.0 58.0-60.1 5,671 41.0 39.9-42.0
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 405 251 59.9 54.3-65.3 154 40.1 34.7-45.7
GENDER
Male 152 93 57.8 48.8-66.3 59 42.2 33.7-51.2
Female 253 158 61.9 55.1-68.3 95 38.1 31.7-44.9
RACE
White 313 209 65.6 59.6-71.2 104 34.4 28.8-40.4
Other 90 40 39.6 28.7-51.7 50 60.4 48.3-71.3
AGE
18-44 141 75 49.3 40.0-58.7 66 50.7 41.3-60.0
45+ 261 175 66.6 59.8-72.7 86 33.4 27.3-40.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 105 49.1 41.3-57.0 98 50.9 43.0-58.7
Some College + 201 145 70.8 63.3-77.4 56 29.2 22.6-36.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 230 132 56.5 48.9-63.8 98 43.5 36.2-51.1
$50,000+ 79 54 64.5 52.1-75.3 25 35.5 24.7-47.9

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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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