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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,559 425 26.0 23.3-28.9 1,134 74.0 71.1-76.7
-Eastern NC 600 166 25.6 21.4-30.3 434 74.4 69.7-78.6
GENDER
Male 212 64 28.3 21.2-36.5 148 71.7 63.5-78.8
Female 388 102 23.1 18.9-28.0 286 76.9 72.0-81.1
RACE
White 344 84 21.3 16.9-26.5 260 78.7 73.5-83.1
African American 214 68 30.0 23.1-37.9 146 70.0 62.1-76.9
Other Minorities 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 10 7 64.1 27.5-89.3 3 35.9 10.7-72.5
25-34 23 7 25.5 11.7-46.9 16 74.5 53.1-88.3
35-44 38 9 23.1 11.3-41.4 29 76.9 58.6-88.7
45-54 92 29 32.0 19.5-47.6 63 68.0 52.4-80.5
55-64 158 45 24.8 17.9-33.4 113 75.2 66.6-82.1
65-74 175 42 21.8 15.3-30.1 133 78.2 69.9-84.7
75+ 100 26 24.2 16.1-34.8 74 75.8 65.2-83.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 170 58 33.0 23.5-44.2 112 67.0 55.8-76.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 204 58 27.6 21.1-35.2 146 72.4 64.8-78.9
Some Post-H.S. 139 28 18.7 12.3-27.4 111 81.3 72.6-87.7
College Graduate 85 21 17.9 11.0-27.8 64 82.1 72.2-89.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 145 53 36.2 27.1-46.4 92 63.8 53.6-72.9
$15,000- 24,999 131 35 26.1 15.9-39.7 96 73.9 60.3-84.1
$25,000- 34,999 60 15 24.5 14.3-38.6 45 75.5 61.4-85.7
$35,000- 49,999 54 13 18.7 10.1-32.2 41 81.3 67.8-89.9
$50,000-74,999 35 9 18.7 8.9-35.1 26 81.3 64.9-91.1
$75,000+ 25 4 12.7 4.3-32.2 21 87.3 67.8-95.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 370 113 27.2 22.2-32.9 257 72.8 67.1-77.8
No 211 50 24.5 17.3-33.5 161 75.5 66.5-82.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 107 28 22.2 14.9-31.6 79 77.8 68.4-85.1
Non-Veteran 493 138 26.7 21.8-32.2 355 73.3 67.8-78.2

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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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