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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,511 840 5.5 5.1- 6.0 989 6.0 5.6- 6.5 1,114 6.9 6.5- 7.5 11,568 81.5 80.7-82.3
-NE Partnership II 463 24 5.4 3.4- 8.5 38 7.3 5.1-10.3 53 9.7 7.3-12.9 348 77.6 73.0-81.5
GENDER
Male 153 10 6.3 3.1-12.3 8 5.3 2.6-10.6 17 8.4 5.1-13.7 118 80.0 72.5-85.8
Female 310 14 4.7 2.6- 8.4 30 8.9 5.9-13.1 36 10.8 7.6-15.2 230 75.6 69.9-80.6
RACE
White 298 13 4.1 2.3- 7.5 22 7.4 4.7-11.5 34 10.3 7.2-14.5 229 78.2 72.6-82.9
Other 164 11 7.3 3.7-14.0 16 7.1 4.0-12.5 18 8.7 5.2-14.3 119 76.8 68.8-83.3
AGE
18-44 135 4 4.3 1.5-11.7 11 7.3 3.7-13.8 6 3.7 1.5- 8.7 114 84.7 76.4-90.4
45+ 327 20 6.0 3.7- 9.8 27 7.3 4.8-10.9 46 13.0 9.6-17.4 234 73.7 68.1-78.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 17 7.5 4.4-12.5 26 7.5 4.8-11.4 37 13.0 9.2-18.0 176 72.1 65.6-77.8
Some College + 207 7 2.9 1.2- 7.0 12 7.1 3.9-12.6 16 5.8 3.4-10.0 172 84.2 77.8-89.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 12 5.9 3.2-10.8 26 8.3 5.4-12.8 37 11.8 8.3-16.5 206 73.9 67.6-79.4
$50,000+ 84 3 1.8 0.5- 5.6 5 6.9 2.9-15.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6 75 90.4 81.8-95.2

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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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