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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 14,601 | 4,806 | 30.2 | 29.3-31.1 | 9,795 | 69.8 | 68.9-70.7 |
-Buncombe County | 356 | 127 | 33.8 | 28.6-39.4 | 229 | 66.2 | 60.6-71.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 136 | 47 | 32.1 | 24.4-40.9 | 89 | 67.9 | 59.1-75.6 |
Female | 220 | 80 | 35.3 | 28.6-42.6 | 140 | 64.7 | 57.4-71.4 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 316 | 113 | 33.2 | 27.8-39.2 | 203 | 66.8 | 60.8-72.2 |
Other | 38 | 13 | 36.0 | 21.2-54.2 | 25 | 64.0 | 45.8-78.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-44 | 130 | 31 | 20.1 | 13.9-28.2 | 99 | 79.9 | 71.8-86.1 |
45+ | 226 | 96 | 42.9 | 35.8-50.2 | 130 | 57.1 | 49.8-64.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
H.S. or Less | 125 | 51 | 38.4 | 29.5-48.2 | 74 | 61.6 | 51.8-70.5 |
Some College + | 231 | 76 | 31.2 | 24.9-38.1 | 155 | 68.8 | 61.9-75.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $50,000 | 204 | 81 | 37.3 | 30.3-45.0 | 123 | 62.7 | 55.0-69.7 |
$50,000+ | 88 | 21 | 22.3 | 14.3-33.2 | 67 | 77.7 | 66.8-85.7 |
*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) of the BRFSS 2002 questionnaire.
^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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