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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore Counties

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,627 2,623 18.2 17.4-19.0 12,004 81.8 81.0-82.6
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 445 69 15.7 12.1-20.0 376 84.3 80.0-87.9
GENDER
Male 175 19 11.2 6.8-17.8 156 88.8 82.2-93.2
Female 270 50 20.5 15.6-26.6 220 79.5 73.4-84.4
RACE
White 357 64 20.1 15.6-25.5 293 79.9 74.5-84.4
Other 86 5 3.9 1.4- 9.9 81 96.1 90.1-98.6
AGE
18-44 147 36 21.7 15.1-30.2 111 78.3 69.8-84.9
45+ 295 32 11.4 7.9-16.2 263 88.6 83.8-92.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 13 8.6 4.5-15.8 168 91.4 84.2-95.5
Some College + 263 55 20.8 15.9-26.7 208 79.2 73.3-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 228 20 7.7 4.6-12.8 208 92.3 87.2-95.4
$50,000+ 117 31 25.9 18.4-35.1 86 74.1 64.9-81.6

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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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