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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,095 6,276 75.3 74.0-76.5 1,819 24.7 23.5-26.0
-Northeastern Partnership 466 359 72.5 67.0-77.4 107 27.5 22.6-33.0
GENDER
Male 181 103 57.2 48.7-65.3 78 42.8 34.7-51.3
Female 285 256 89.8 85.2-93.1 29 10.2 6.9-14.8
RACE
White 276 208 69.8 62.8-76.0 68 30.2 24.0-37.2
African American 161 130 79.8 71.9-85.9 31 20.2 14.1-28.1
AGE
18-24 23 20 67.8 31.1-90.8 3 32.2 9.2-68.9
25-34 93 70 67.7 55.3-78.1 23 32.3 21.9-44.7
35-44 110 90 78.8 68.1-86.7 20 21.2 13.3-31.9
45-54 135 100 69.4 59.4-77.8 35 30.6 22.2-40.6
55-64 80 61 76.7 65.0-85.4 19 23.3 14.6-35.0
65-74 20 15 72.4 46.0-89.0 5 27.6 11.0-54.0
75+ 4 2 46.5 10.8-86.2 2 53.5 13.8-89.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 61 32 44.8 29.9-60.7 29 55.2 39.3-70.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 156 120 70.8 61.3-78.9 36 29.2 21.1-38.7
Some Post-H.S. 139 111 79.6 70.9-86.2 28 20.4 13.8-29.1
College Graduate 110 96 85.6 76.3-91.6 14 14.4 8.4-23.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 33 28 72.1 45.4-88.9 5 27.9 11.1-54.6
$15,000- 24,999 93 71 69.9 54.0-82.1 22 30.1 17.9-46.0
$25,000- 34,999 63 46 68.7 54.5-80.1 17 31.3 19.9-45.5
$35,000- 49,999 86 69 78.8 67.3-87.1 17 21.2 12.9-32.7
$50,000-74,999 62 46 67.0 52.3-79.0 16 33.0 21.0-47.7
$75,000+ 60 51 82.9 69.3-91.3 9 17.1 8.7-30.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 97 77 69.3 53.9-81.3 20 30.7 18.7-46.1
No 360 273 72.8 67.0-78.0 87 27.2 22.0-33.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 45 29 58.1 42.0-72.7 16 41.9 27.3-58.0
Non-Veteran 416 326 74.3 68.4-79.5 90 25.7 20.5-31.6
Currently Serving 5 4 82.3 32.9-97.8 1 17.7 2.2-67.1

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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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