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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 9,377 636 6.3 5.7- 6.9 8,741 93.7 93.1-94.3
RACE
White 6,983 330 4.6 4.0- 5.2 6,653 95.4 94.8-96.0
African American 1,775 230 12.2 10.4-14.2 1,545 87.8 85.8-89.6
Asian 49 0 0.0 . - . 49 100 . - .
Native American 198 62 25.1 18.8-32.7 136 74.9 67.3-81.2
Other Minorities 317 7 1.5 0.7- 3.2 310 98.5 96.8-99.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 361 9 1.9 0.9- 3.9 352 98.1 96.1-99.1
-English Speaking 175 8 4.0 1.8- 8.6 167 96.0 91.4-98.2
-Spanish Speaking 186 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 185 99.6 97.1-99.9
Non-Hispanic 9,006 626 6.5 5.9- 7.1 8,380 93.5 92.9-94.1
AGE
18-24 497 22 4.6 2.8- 7.4 475 95.4 92.6-97.2
25-34 1,480 69 4.1 3.1- 5.3 1,411 95.9 94.7-96.9
35-44 1,705 91 5.2 4.1- 6.6 1,614 94.8 93.4-95.9
45-54 1,732 120 5.7 4.6- 7.0 1,612 94.3 93.0-95.4
55-64 1,540 109 7.3 5.8- 9.2 1,431 92.7 90.8-94.2
65-74 1,298 116 9.5 7.5-11.8 1,182 90.5 88.2-92.5
75+ 1,073 108 10.0 8.0-12.4 965 90.0 87.6-92.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,508 238 14.3 12.3-16.5 1,270 85.7 83.5-87.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,794 181 6.2 5.2- 7.4 2,613 93.8 92.6-94.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,440 125 5.0 4.0- 6.2 2,315 95.0 93.8-96.0
College Graduate 2,622 91 3.3 2.6- 4.2 2,531 96.7 95.8-97.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,219 170 13.2 11.1-15.6 1,049 86.8 84.4-88.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,692 166 9.8 8.2-11.8 1,526 90.2 88.2-91.8
$25,000- 34,999 1,056 57 5.0 3.7- 6.8 999 95.0 93.2-96.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,140 50 4.5 3.2- 6.2 1,090 95.5 93.8-96.8
$50,000-74,999 1,004 35 3.5 2.4- 5.1 969 96.5 94.9-97.6
$75,000+ 1,115 23 2.4 1.5- 3.7 1,092 97.6 96.3-98.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,136 341 10.2 9.0-11.5 2,795 89.8 88.5-91.0
No 6,097 286 4.5 3.9- 5.2 5,811 95.5 94.8-96.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 166 12 5.5 2.9-10.1 154 94.5 89.9-97.1
Non-Veteran 9,177 619 6.2 5.7- 6.9 8,558 93.8 93.1-94.3
Currently Serving 34 5 15.8 5.9-35.9 29 84.2 64.1-94.1

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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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