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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 14,627 2,623 18.2 17.4-19.0 12,004 81.8 81.0-82.6
-NE Partnership I 390 33 8.8 6.1-12.4 357 91.2 87.6-93.9
GENDER
Male 132 13 9.1 5.1-15.7 119 90.9 84.3-94.9
Female 258 20 8.5 5.4-13.2 238 91.5 86.8-94.6
RACE
White 170 31 20.1 14.1-27.9 139 79.9 72.1-85.9
Other 215 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 213 99.1 96.2-99.8
AGE
18-44 130 16 11.2 6.7-18.1 114 88.8 81.9-93.3
45+ 260 17 7.1 4.3-11.7 243 92.9 88.3-95.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 247 15 6.8 4.0-11.3 232 93.2 88.7-96.0
Some College + 143 18 12.0 7.3-19.1 125 88.0 80.9-92.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 246 12 4.9 2.6- 8.8 234 95.1 91.2-97.4
$50,000+ 47 12 25.8 14.7-41.4 35 74.2 58.6-85.3

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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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