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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 2,637 1,349 49.9 47.5-52.3 1,288 50.1 47.7-52.5
GENDER
Male 862 366 42.3 38.4-46.4 496 57.7 53.6-61.6
Female 1,775 983 55.6 52.7-58.5 792 44.4 41.5-47.3
AGE
18-24 171 56 30.2 22.3-39.6 115 69.8 60.4-77.7
25-34 456 196 37.9 32.7-43.3 260 62.1 56.7-67.3
35-44 516 255 50.8 45.5-56.1 261 49.2 43.9-54.5
45-54 513 292 57.2 51.8-62.4 221 42.8 37.6-48.2
55-64 421 242 58.5 52.6-64.2 179 41.5 35.8-47.4
65-74 326 178 52.2 45.3-59.0 148 47.8 41.0-54.7
75+ 218 120 56.9 48.9-64.5 98 43.1 35.5-51.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 595 246 39.1 34.4-44.1 349 60.9 55.9-65.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 898 412 43.9 39.9-48.0 486 56.1 52.0-60.1
Some Post-H.S. 649 367 55.6 50.8-60.3 282 44.4 39.7-49.2
College Graduate 489 320 64.0 58.4-69.2 169 36.0 30.8-41.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 523 227 41.9 36.8-47.2 296 58.1 52.8-63.2
$15,000- 24,999 602 298 46.9 41.9-52.0 304 53.1 48.0-58.1
$25,000- 34,999 340 167 46.9 40.6-53.3 173 53.1 46.7-59.4
$35,000- 49,999 298 166 51.3 44.5-58.1 132 48.7 41.9-55.5
$50,000-74,999 186 117 66.2 57.9-73.5 69 33.8 26.5-42.1
$75,000+ 143 98 70.8 61.2-78.9 45 29.2 21.1-38.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 944 473 48.9 45.0-52.8 471 51.1 47.2-55.0
No 1,636 857 51.2 48.1-54.3 779 48.8 45.7-51.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 305 156 50.7 43.9-57.5 149 49.3 42.5-56.1
Non-Veteran 2,294 1,173 49.7 47.1-52.3 1,121 50.3 47.7-52.9
Currently Serving 38 20 52.5 33.7-70.5 18 47.5 29.5-66.3

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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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