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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 361 203 54.5 48.4-60.5 158 45.5 39.5-51.6
GENDER
Male 130 60 45.8 36.4-55.5 70 54.2 44.5-63.6
Female 231 143 62.6 55.2-69.4 88 37.4 30.6-44.8
RACE
White 223 140 59.8 52.1-67.0 83 40.2 33.0-47.9
Other 137 62 46.1 36.2-56.4 75 53.9 43.6-63.8
AGE
18-44 133 55 42.9 33.8-52.5 78 57.1 47.5-66.2
45+ 226 147 62.0 54.0-69.4 79 38.0 30.6-46.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 106 49.8 41.6-57.9 97 50.2 42.1-58.4
Some College + 157 96 60.2 51.1-68.7 61 39.8 31.3-48.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 114 53.1 45.1-61.0 91 46.9 39.0-54.9
$50,000+ 69 42 60.1 46.6-72.2 27 39.9 27.8-53.4

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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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