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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Within one year More than a year Two or more years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 865 731 82.6 78.9-85.8 44 6.0 4.2- 8.4 35 3.8 2.6- 5.5 55 7.6 5.3-10.8
RACE
White 547 458 82.0 77.0-86.1 29 5.9 3.8- 9.1 28 4.9 3.2- 7.5 32 7.2 4.3-11.8
African American 261 225 84.1 77.9-88.8 13 6.7 3.7-12.0 6 2.0 0.8- 4.8 17 7.2 4.3-11.9
Asian 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
Native American 27 25 85.5 52.3-97.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 14.5 3.0-47.7
Other Minorities 21 15 76.5 49.3-91.6 2 6.4 1.5-23.4 1 2.2 0.3-14.6 3 14.9 3.3-46.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 23 15 74.2 51.2-88.8 1 2.1 0.3-13.7 3 9.6 2.8-28.1 4 14.1 4.0-39.4
-English Speaking 13 9 79.1 51.0-93.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 14.3 3.4-43.9 2 6.6 1.3-27.2
-Spanish Speaking 10 6 68.0 31.6-90.7 1 4.7 0.6-28.5 1 3.8 0.5-24.2 2 23.5 4.7-65.6
Non-Hispanic 839 714 83.0 79.3-86.2 43 6.2 4.3- 8.7 31 3.4 2.3- 5.2 51 7.4 5.1-10.6
AGE
18-24 13 11 93.5 73.9-98.6 1 4.0 0.5-25.3 1 2.6 0.3-17.7 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 42 31 74.0 56.5-86.2 3 11.4 3.8-29.9 2 2.2 0.5- 9.0 6 12.3 5.0-27.6
35-44 48 39 80.3 64.6-90.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6 3 6.3 2.0-18.6 5 12.0 4.7-27.1
45-54 149 130 83.8 72.2-91.1 7 5.4 2.4-11.9 4 1.6 0.5- 5.0 8 9.2 3.4-22.3
55-64 211 177 79.1 70.7-85.6 14 8.6 4.5-15.8 10 6.1 3.0-11.9 10 6.2 3.0-12.6
65-74 231 198 84.4 77.8-89.3 10 5.8 2.9-11.3 10 4.5 2.3- 8.5 13 5.3 2.7-10.2
75+ 164 140 87.4 80.9-91.9 8 3.8 1.8- 8.0 4 1.5 0.5- 4.0 12 7.3 3.9-13.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 259 219 83.1 76.6-88.1 15 6.1 3.4-10.8 12 5.1 2.6- 9.7 13 5.6 2.9-10.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 291 238 78.4 70.7-84.5 14 6.8 3.6-12.4 13 4.3 2.3- 7.6 26 10.6 6.0-18.0
Some Post-H.S. 192 169 87.6 80.6-92.3 8 3.8 1.8- 8.0 6 2.5 1.0- 6.4 9 6.0 2.7-12.7
College Graduate 122 104 83.9 74.2-90.5 7 7.3 3.1-15.9 4 2.0 0.7- 5.8 7 6.8 2.9-15.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 207 165 75.8 67.7-82.4 14 7.0 3.7-12.9 8 6.2 2.9-12.7 20 11.0 6.9-17.2
$15,000- 24,999 200 172 85.0 77.8-90.2 6 3.3 1.4- 7.7 11 4.8 2.5- 8.9 11 6.9 3.3-13.8
$25,000- 34,999 89 81 92.1 82.6-96.7 3 4.4 1.2-15.2 3 1.5 0.4- 5.0 2 2.0 0.5- 8.3
$35,000- 49,999 68 56 83.8 71.7-91.3 4 6.9 2.4-18.6 3 3.1 0.9- 9.6 5 6.2 2.3-15.7
$50,000-74,999 41 36 88.9 74.2-95.7 4 8.3 2.8-22.1 1 2.8 0.4-17.4 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 29 25 71.0 44.1-88.4 2 12.7 3.2-39.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 16.3 4.1-47.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 554 476 83.9 79.1-87.9 27 5.1 3.2- 8.2 19 3.8 2.3- 6.4 32 7.1 4.3-11.6
No 295 243 80.4 74.1-85.5 17 7.8 4.7-12.7 14 3.4 1.9- 6.1 21 8.3 5.0-13.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 11 11 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 854 720 82.4 78.7-85.6 44 6.1 4.3- 8.6 35 3.8 2.6- 5.6 55 7.7 5.4-10.9

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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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