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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 1,397 1,115 78.4 75.6-81.0 282 21.6 19.0-24.4
GENDER
Male 496 324 67.8 62.8-72.4 172 32.2 27.6-37.2
Female 901 791 87.4 84.4-89.9 110 12.6 10.1-15.6
AGE
18-24 80 64 75.5 60.9-85.9 16 24.5 14.1-39.1
25-34 344 282 77.9 71.8-83.0 62 22.1 17.0-28.2
35-44 394 328 82.2 76.8-86.5 66 17.8 13.5-23.2
45-54 348 266 76.6 70.7-81.5 82 23.4 18.5-29.3
55-64 183 141 77.5 69.4-84.0 42 22.5 16.0-30.6
65-74 35 26 74.9 54.4-88.2 9 25.1 11.8-45.6
75+ 5 2 32.3 6.9-75.6 3 67.7 24.4-93.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 154 111 70.8 61.5-78.6 43 29.2 21.4-38.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 479 363 69.8 64.3-74.9 116 30.2 25.1-35.7
Some Post-H.S. 421 351 84.7 80.0-88.5 70 15.3 11.5-20.0
College Graduate 341 289 86.0 81.1-89.8 52 14.0 10.2-18.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 118 93 76.1 65.2-84.4 25 23.9 15.6-34.8
$15,000- 24,999 317 255 75.7 68.7-81.5 62 24.3 18.5-31.3
$25,000- 34,999 242 205 82.7 75.9-87.9 37 17.3 12.1-24.1
$35,000- 49,999 233 186 78.6 71.5-84.4 47 21.4 15.6-28.5
$50,000-74,999 160 135 84.8 77.3-90.1 25 15.2 9.9-22.7
$75,000+ 122 107 90.7 83.8-94.9 15 9.3 5.1-16.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 257 217 82.8 76.2-87.9 40 17.2 12.1-23.8
No 1,115 875 77.0 73.8-80.0 240 23.0 20.0-26.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 165 117 71.0 62.0-78.7 48 29.0 21.3-38.0
Non-Veteran 1,198 973 79.5 76.4-82.2 225 20.5 17.8-23.6
Currently Serving 34 25 81.7 65.4-91.4 9 18.3 8.6-34.6

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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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