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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 2,638 369 13.4 11.9-15.1 2,269 86.6 84.9-88.1
GENDER
Male 863 139 15.1 12.6-18.1 724 84.9 81.9-87.4
Female 1,775 230 12.2 10.4-14.2 1,545 87.8 85.8-89.6
AGE
18-24 171 13 9.1 4.5-17.5 158 90.9 82.5-95.5
25-34 456 35 6.8 4.7- 9.7 421 93.2 90.3-95.3
35-44 515 47 9.8 7.1-13.4 468 90.2 86.6-92.9
45-54 513 79 13.2 10.2-16.9 434 86.8 83.1-89.8
55-64 422 71 17.7 13.6-22.8 351 82.3 77.2-86.4
65-74 327 60 19.9 14.7-26.3 267 80.1 73.7-85.3
75+ 218 61 30.2 23.1-38.4 157 69.8 61.6-76.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 598 152 25.7 21.5-30.4 446 74.3 69.6-78.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 896 114 12.1 9.8-15.0 782 87.9 85.0-90.2
Some Post-H.S. 650 64 9.6 7.2-12.8 586 90.4 87.2-92.8
College Graduate 488 38 7.3 5.1-10.4 450 92.7 89.6-94.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 528 109 19.4 15.8-23.7 419 80.6 76.3-84.2
$15,000- 24,999 601 91 15.4 12.1-19.4 510 84.6 80.6-87.9
$25,000- 34,999 339 33 10.6 7.3-15.2 306 89.4 84.8-92.7
$35,000- 49,999 298 33 10.0 6.7-14.6 265 90.0 85.4-93.3
$50,000-74,999 187 17 8.9 5.3-14.5 170 91.1 85.5-94.7
$75,000+ 143 9 7.1 3.4-14.1 134 92.9 85.9-96.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 949 203 20.0 17.1-23.2 746 80.0 76.8-82.9
No 1,636 161 10.4 8.7-12.5 1,475 89.6 87.5-91.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 306 36 10.7 7.4-15.1 270 89.3 84.9-92.6
Non-Veteran 2,295 327 13.8 12.1-15.7 1,968 86.2 84.3-87.9
Currently Serving 37 6 17.3 7.5-34.9 31 82.7 65.1-92.5

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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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