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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Regular Lights Ultra lights
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,853 570 31.6 29.0-34.3 871 46.5 43.7-49.4 412 21.9 19.6-24.3
RACE
White 1,423 323 23.2 20.6-26.1 727 50.9 47.7-54.1 373 25.9 23.1-28.8
African American 318 201 61.5 54.5-68.1 97 31.4 25.3-38.2 20 7.1 4.1-11.9
Asian 3 1 27.4 3.3-80.7 1 40.5 5.8-88.3 1 32.1 4.1-84.1
Native American 57 26 55.3 39.1-70.5 23 36.4 22.8-52.6 8 8.3 3.1-20.5
Other Minorities 42 16 35.0 21.1-52.0 16 35.5 21.0-53.3 10 29.5 15.6-48.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 42 15 35.5 21.3-52.9 20 38.7 24.0-55.7 7 25.7 12.3-46.2
-English Speaking 30 12 46.8 27.6-67.1 14 33.8 18.7-53.0 4 19.4 6.3-46.3
-Spanish Speaking 12 3 15.4 4.3-42.2 6 47.5 20.6-75.9 3 37.1 13.3-69.6
Non-Hispanic 1,810 555 31.5 28.9-34.2 850 46.7 43.9-49.6 405 21.8 19.5-24.3
AGE
18-24 104 50 50.8 39.6-62.0 45 41.4 30.8-52.8 9 7.8 3.4-16.9
25-34 335 104 30.8 25.2-37.1 176 53.1 46.7-59.4 55 16.1 12.0-21.2
35-44 436 141 30.2 25.2-35.7 208 48.0 42.2-53.9 87 21.7 17.0-27.4
45-54 415 140 34.2 28.8-40.2 179 43.8 38.0-49.8 96 22.0 17.5-27.2
55-64 318 85 28.6 22.5-35.5 142 43.1 36.5-50.0 91 28.3 22.4-35.1
65-74 172 37 22.5 15.5-31.4 85 48.7 39.5-58.0 50 28.8 21.1-38.1
75+ 69 12 18.8 10.5-31.3 35 43.2 30.8-56.6 22 38.0 25.7-52.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 370 139 39.1 33.2-45.5 167 45.4 39.3-51.7 64 15.5 11.4-20.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 664 220 34.6 30.2-39.2 314 46.6 42.0-51.3 130 18.8 15.4-22.8
Some Post-H.S. 523 148 28.4 23.7-33.7 256 47.4 42.1-52.9 119 24.1 19.6-29.2
College Graduate 295 62 20.5 15.7-26.4 134 46.5 39.8-53.4 99 32.9 26.9-39.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 335 131 37.7 31.7-44.3 152 44.6 38.2-51.3 52 17.6 12.9-23.6
$15,000- 24,999 425 176 46.9 41.1-52.8 181 39.1 33.7-44.8 68 14.0 10.7-18.2
$25,000- 34,999 253 70 26.6 20.6-33.6 120 50.1 42.4-57.8 63 23.3 17.1-30.8
$35,000- 49,999 243 48 19.4 14.1-26.0 127 54.9 47.3-62.2 68 25.8 19.9-32.7
$50,000-74,999 148 27 21.8 13.9-32.6 77 48.9 39.1-58.8 44 29.3 21.0-39.2
$75,000+ 132 30 24.3 16.7-34.0 55 40.8 31.1-51.2 47 34.9 26.0-45.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 728 236 32.9 28.9-37.2 323 42.3 37.9-46.7 169 24.8 21.0-29.1
No 1,097 320 30.0 26.7-33.6 535 49.3 45.6-53.0 242 20.7 17.9-23.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 42 15 39.9 21.6-61.6 22 49.2 30.3-68.4 5 10.8 3.9-26.9
Non-Veteran 1,804 554 31.4 28.8-34.1 844 46.4 43.6-49.2 406 22.2 19.9-24.7
Currently Serving 7 1 11.8 1.5-53.3 5 82.3 45.5-96.3 1 5.9 0.7-34.6

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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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