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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,043 778 76.0 72.7-79.0 265 24.0 21.0-27.3
GENDER
Male 283 208 74.8 68.4-80.2 75 25.2 19.8-31.6
Female 760 570 76.8 73.0-80.2 190 23.2 19.8-27.0
AGE
18-24 92 75 83.2 72.1-90.5 17 16.8 9.5-27.9
25-34 326 298 91.8 87.3-94.9 28 8.2 5.1-12.7
35-44 342 242 73.5 67.4-78.8 100 26.5 21.2-32.6
45-54 176 100 60.5 51.5-68.9 76 39.5 31.1-48.5
55-64 75 43 56.6 43.1-69.2 32 43.4 30.8-56.9
65-74 24 15 67.6 41.8-85.8 9 32.4 14.2-58.2
75+ 4 1 42.8 7.0-88.2 3 57.2 11.8-93.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 143 98 67.5 57.3-76.2 45 32.5 23.8-42.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 384 283 77.1 71.7-81.8 101 22.9 18.2-28.3
Some Post-H.S. 304 234 77.5 71.1-82.8 70 22.5 17.2-28.9
College Graduate 212 163 78.0 70.8-83.8 49 22.0 16.2-29.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 184 130 75.6 67.8-82.0 54 24.4 18.0-32.2
$15,000- 24,999 254 199 75.3 67.8-81.5 55 24.7 18.5-32.2
$25,000- 34,999 166 132 82.4 74.9-88.0 34 17.6 12.0-25.1
$35,000- 49,999 122 100 83.6 74.8-89.7 22 16.4 10.3-25.2
$50,000-74,999 97 71 77.6 67.0-85.5 26 22.4 14.5-33.0
$75,000+ 76 61 74.4 60.1-84.9 15 25.6 15.1-39.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 282 182 65.7 58.6-72.2 100 34.3 27.8-41.4
No 752 589 79.6 75.9-82.9 163 20.4 17.1-24.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 104 74 74.1 62.9-82.9 30 25.9 17.1-37.1
Non-Veteran 909 680 76.1 72.6-79.3 229 23.9 20.7-27.4
Currently Serving 30 24 81.9 62.8-92.4 6 18.1 7.6-37.2

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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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