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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 358 198 53.0 47.2-58.7 160 47.0 41.3-52.8
GENDER
Male 129 57 41.5 32.7-50.9 72 58.5 49.1-67.3
Female 229 141 62.8 55.7-69.3 88 37.2 30.7-44.3
RACE
White 305 171 53.3 47.0-59.5 134 46.7 40.5-53.0
Other 49 24 49.4 33.7-65.2 25 50.6 34.8-66.3
AGE
18-44 140 71 46.7 37.9-55.7 69 53.3 44.3-62.1
45+ 217 127 58.1 50.5-65.4 90 41.9 34.6-49.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 102 45.1 37.7-52.8 106 54.9 47.2-62.3
Some College + 150 96 63.7 55.0-71.7 54 36.3 28.3-45.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 109 49.5 41.8-57.1 97 50.5 42.9-58.2
$50,000+ 74 45 59.7 47.5-70.8 29 40.3 29.2-52.5

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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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