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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 399 207 50.7 45.2-56.1 192 49.3 43.9-54.8
GENDER
Male 133 58 40.9 32.5-50.0 75 59.1 50.0-67.5
Female 266 149 58.1 51.5-64.5 117 41.9 35.5-48.5
RACE
White 249 138 53.7 46.8-60.5 111 46.3 39.5-53.2
Other 149 68 45.7 36.9-54.7 81 54.3 45.3-63.1
AGE
18-44 156 81 52.6 44.1-61.0 75 47.4 39.0-55.9
45+ 240 125 49.1 42.1-56.2 115 50.9 43.8-57.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 224 106 47.8 40.6-55.1 118 52.2 44.9-59.4
Some College + 175 101 54.6 46.2-62.7 74 45.4 37.3-53.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 227 109 46.4 39.3-53.6 118 53.6 46.4-60.7
$50,000+ 84 53 63.6 52.0-73.8 31 36.4 26.2-48.0

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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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