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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 3,228 823 25.5 23.7-27.5 2,405 74.5 72.5-76.3
-Northeastern Partnership 202 50 23.3 17.4-30.4 152 76.7 69.6-82.6
GENDER
Male 86 22 22.7 14.5-33.6 64 77.3 66.4-85.5
Female 116 28 24.0 16.5-33.7 88 76.0 66.3-83.5
RACE
White 132 29 22.8 15.5-32.1 103 77.2 67.9-84.5
African American 64 18 22.2 13.4-34.6 46 77.8 65.4-86.6
AGE
18-24 8 1 7.7 1.0-41.0 7 92.3 59.0-99.0
25-34 25 7 22.3 9.6-43.8 18 77.7 56.2-90.4
35-44 42 7 12.8 5.7-26.2 35 87.2 73.8-94.3
45-54 52 17 32.4 19.7-48.5 35 67.6 51.5-80.3
55-64 46 11 23.8 12.8-40.0 35 76.2 60.0-87.2
65-74 21 6 38.4 18.2-63.6 15 61.6 36.4-81.8
75+ 8 1 8.3 1.1-43.2 7 91.7 56.8-98.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 49 6 10.3 4.4-22.4 43 89.7 77.6-95.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 79 23 27.9 18.0-40.6 56 72.1 59.4-82.0
Some Post-H.S. 44 15 30.8 18.1-47.1 29 69.2 52.9-81.9
College Graduate 30 6 18.9 7.7-39.5 24 81.1 60.5-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 43 11 21.9 12.0-36.6 32 78.1 63.4-88.0
$15,000- 24,999 32 10 31.7 16.4-52.4 22 68.3 47.6-83.6
$25,000- 34,999 32 8 19.8 9.0-38.0 24 80.2 62.0-91.0
$35,000- 49,999 28 6 24.4 10.9-46.1 22 75.6 53.9-89.1
$50,000-74,999 20 7 34.6 16.0-59.5 13 65.4 40.5-84.0
$75,000+ 12 4 36.9 12.9-69.9 8 63.1 30.1-87.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 87 19 24.8 15.6-37.2 68 75.2 62.8-84.4
No 108 30 22.7 15.4-32.1 78 77.3 67.9-84.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 33 9 33.3 17.9-53.3 24 66.7 46.7-82.1
Non-Veteran 168 41 21.1 15.3-28.3 127 78.9 71.7-84.7
Currently Serving 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in entire lifetime and now smoke daily or occasionally.

^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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