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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Women's Health-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,801 534 27.5 25.1-30.0 1,267 72.5 70.0-74.9
AGE
18-24 116 0 0.0 . - . 116 100 . - .
25-34 327 12 4.0 2.1- 7.7 315 96.0 92.3-97.9
35-44 358 63 16.7 12.7-21.8 295 83.3 78.2-87.3
45-54 349 144 39.5 33.4-46.0 205 60.5 54.0-66.6
55-64 266 127 46.2 39.2-53.5 139 53.8 46.5-60.8
65-74 225 112 48.5 40.3-56.7 113 51.5 43.3-59.7
75+ 160 76 49.0 39.8-58.3 84 51.0 41.7-60.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 384 165 40.6 34.9-46.5 219 59.4 53.5-65.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 593 169 27.4 23.3-31.9 424 72.6 68.1-76.7
Some Post-H.S. 470 115 23.5 19.2-28.5 355 76.5 71.5-80.8
College Graduate 353 85 21.9 17.4-27.3 268 78.1 72.7-82.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 388 125 30.9 25.7-36.6 263 69.1 63.4-74.3
$15,000- 24,999 442 133 28.6 23.9-33.8 309 71.4 66.2-76.1
$25,000- 34,999 235 50 21.8 15.9-29.1 185 78.2 70.9-84.1
$35,000- 49,999 185 50 27.4 20.2-35.9 135 72.6 64.1-79.8
$50,000-74,999 95 25 21.9 14.1-32.4 70 78.1 67.6-85.9
$75,000+ 81 22 23.8 15.3-35.0 59 76.2 65.0-84.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 646 276 41.5 37.0-46.1 370 58.5 53.9-63.0
No 1,095 243 20.7 18.0-23.7 852 79.3 76.3-82.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 57 20 33.2 20.5-49.0 37 66.8 51.0-79.5
Non-Veteran 1,733 513 27.3 24.9-29.9 1,220 72.7 70.1-75.1
Currently Serving 11 1 12.0 1.7-51.9 10 88.0 48.1-98.3

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* This question was asked of respondents who reported not being pregnant at time of interview.

^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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