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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Women's Health-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,405 2,744 26.4 25.4-27.5 6,661 73.6 72.5-74.6
RACE
White 7,005 2,119 27.9 26.7-29.2 4,886 72.1 70.8-73.3
African American 1,783 516 26.2 23.9-28.7 1,267 73.8 71.3-76.1
Asian 47 4 3.5 1.2- 9.9 43 96.5 90.1-98.8
Native American 200 70 29.6 22.4-38.0 130 70.4 62.0-77.6
Other Minorities 319 18 4.5 2.6- 7.5 301 95.5 92.5-97.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 361 44 9.2 6.6-12.8 317 90.8 87.2-93.4
-English Speaking 174 38 19.1 13.4-26.4 136 80.9 73.6-86.6
-Spanish Speaking 187 6 2.5 1.0- 6.1 181 97.5 93.9-99.0
Non-Hispanic 9,036 2,698 27.3 26.2-28.4 6,338 72.7 71.6-73.8
AGE
18-24 503 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9 500 99.4 98.1-99.8
25-34 1,494 49 3.2 2.3- 4.4 1,445 96.8 95.6-97.7
35-44 1,725 233 13.6 11.6-15.7 1,492 86.4 84.3-88.4
45-54 1,751 573 31.7 29.0-34.4 1,178 68.3 65.6-71.0
55-64 1,550 703 43.6 40.6-46.6 847 56.4 53.4-59.4
65-74 1,303 695 53.1 49.7-56.4 608 46.9 43.6-50.3
75+ 1,079 488 45.3 41.7-49.0 591 54.7 51.0-58.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,517 596 34.1 31.3-37.0 921 65.9 63.0-68.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,811 944 30.2 28.2-32.2 1,867 69.8 67.8-71.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,448 699 27.3 25.1-29.5 1,749 72.7 70.5-74.9
College Graduate 2,620 503 18.1 16.4-19.9 2,117 81.9 80.1-83.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,227 443 32.6 29.5-35.9 784 67.4 64.1-70.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,702 548 29.5 26.9-32.1 1,154 70.5 67.9-73.1
$25,000- 34,999 1,064 274 24.7 21.6-28.0 790 75.3 72.0-78.4
$35,000- 49,999 1,143 296 24.6 21.7-27.7 847 75.4 72.3-78.3
$50,000-74,999 1,005 238 23.7 20.6-27.1 767 76.3 72.9-79.4
$75,000+ 1,116 219 18.7 16.2-21.5 897 81.3 78.5-83.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,139 1,316 39.5 37.4-41.6 1,823 60.5 58.4-62.6
No 6,056 1,377 20.6 19.5-21.9 4,679 79.4 78.1-80.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 166 40 22.1 15.4-30.5 126 77.9 69.5-84.6
Non-Veteran 9,204 2,703 26.6 25.5-27.7 6,501 73.4 72.3-74.5
Currently Serving 35 1 7.2 1.0-36.5 34 92.8 63.5-99.0

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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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