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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,452 8,673 91.1 90.3-91.8 779 8.9 8.2- 9.7
-NE Partnership I 260 239 92.9 88.7-95.7 21 7.1 4.3-11.3
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 260 239 92.9 88.7-95.7 21 7.1 4.3-11.3
RACE
White 112 105 94.7 88.5-97.7 7 5.3 2.3-11.5
Other 144 130 91.5 85.0-95.3 14 8.5 4.7-15.0
AGE
18-44 93 84 90.9 81.9-95.6 9 9.1 4.4-18.1
45+ 167 155 94.5 90.2-97.0 12 5.5 3.0- 9.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 143 90.8 84.3-94.8 16 9.2 5.2-15.7
Some College + 101 96 96.0 90.2-98.4 5 4.0 1.6- 9.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 167 155 92.7 86.4-96.2 12 7.3 3.8-13.6
$50,000+ 25 23 94.2 77.9-98.7 2 5.8 1.3-22.1

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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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