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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 926 85 10.1 7.8-12.8 310 36.9 33.0-40.9 234 24.4 21.1-28.0 297 28.7 25.3-32.3
RACE
White 607 52 9.2 6.7-12.6 181 32.4 27.8-37.4 148 24.0 19.8-28.8 226 34.3 29.8-39.1
African American 263 26 9.4 5.9-14.6 107 45.9 38.6-53.3 69 24.6 19.2-31.1 61 20.1 15.3-26.0
Asian 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 27 1 9.0 1.3-43.0 7 29.2 11.9-55.7 11 49.4 25.9-73.2 8 12.3 5.0-27.4
Other Minorities 20 5 34.3 14.0-62.7 9 42.2 20.2-67.9 4 14.8 5.1-36.0 2 8.6 1.5-36.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 24 4 24.8 9.6-50.6 11 49.6 28.3-71.1 5 12.9 4.9-30.1 4 12.7 4.0-33.5
-English Speaking 14 1 7.1 1.0-37.5 6 55.7 28.0-80.3 3 14.8 4.1-41.1 4 22.4 7.0-52.3
-Spanish Speaking 10 3 47.9 18.1-79.3 5 41.7 15.0-74.3 2 10.5 2.2-37.4 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 900 81 9.5 7.3-12.2 297 36.2 32.3-40.3 229 24.9 21.5-28.7 293 29.4 25.9-33.1
AGE
18-24 13 13 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 42 29 72.1 55.4-84.4 13 27.9 15.6-44.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 55 11 14.3 7.1-26.7 44 85.7 73.3-92.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 155 18 10.5 6.0-17.6 115 74.2 63.5-82.6 22 15.4 8.5-26.3 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 231 6 2.7 1.1- 6.3 81 36.9 29.6-44.8 126 51.9 44.1-59.7 18 8.5 5.0-14.1
65-74 249 4 2.1 0.7- 5.9 41 16.6 11.5-23.4 64 25.9 19.9-33.0 140 55.4 47.8-62.8
75+ 176 3 2.0 0.6- 6.4 14 6.8 3.8-11.8 20 10.2 6.4-15.9 139 81.1 74.0-86.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 275 17 8.1 4.7-13.6 81 33.0 26.0-40.7 63 22.5 17.2-29.0 114 36.4 29.9-43.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 318 29 9.3 6.2-13.9 113 38.3 31.9-45.2 96 31.3 24.9-38.4 80 21.1 16.3-26.9
Some Post-H.S. 201 26 15.1 9.4-23.3 69 38.5 30.2-47.5 45 18.9 13.5-25.8 61 27.5 20.7-35.6
College Graduate 131 13 7.9 4.2-14.3 47 38.4 28.7-49.2 30 20.3 13.2-29.9 41 33.4 24.2-44.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 222 18 8.9 5.3-14.7 76 38.2 30.4-46.7 55 23.4 17.5-30.6 73 29.4 22.7-37.2
$15,000- 24,999 218 21 9.4 5.8-14.9 69 37.4 29.5-46.0 59 26.3 19.8-33.9 69 27.0 20.7-34.4
$25,000- 34,999 99 12 11.3 6.1-20.0 34 35.7 25.1-47.9 21 24.9 15.6-37.2 32 28.1 18.9-39.6
$35,000- 49,999 73 7 11.7 4.9-25.3 32 49.4 35.9-63.0 19 19.3 11.4-30.7 15 19.6 10.9-32.6
$50,000-74,999 46 8 14.6 6.7-29.0 19 47.1 31.0-63.8 12 23.9 12.6-40.6 7 14.4 6.1-30.6
$75,000+ 32 2 4.1 1.0-16.0 21 70.8 50.9-85.0 7 18.0 7.9-36.1 2 7.1 1.5-27.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 594 47 8.0 5.8-11.1 198 36.2 31.4-41.3 157 25.9 21.6-30.7 192 29.9 25.6-34.5
No 314 37 14.1 9.7-20.1 104 37.1 30.6-44.1 76 22.8 17.7-28.8 97 26.0 20.8-32.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 11 1 10.9 1.5-50.1 6 46.4 17.4-78.1 3 38.4 11.6-74.8 1 4.3 0.6-26.8
Non-Veteran 915 84 10.1 7.8-12.9 304 36.7 32.8-40.8 231 24.2 20.9-27.9 296 29.0 25.6-32.6

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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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