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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,513 5,031 77.9 76.7-79.2 1,482 22.1 20.8-23.3
-Northeastern Partnership 490 378 76.6 72.1-80.5 112 23.4 19.5-27.9
RACE
White 299 227 74.3 68.4-79.5 72 25.7 20.5-31.6
African American 177 139 79.7 72.3-85.4 38 20.3 14.6-27.7
Other Minorities 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
40-44 49 35 74.0 58.9-85.0 14 26.0 15.0-41.1
45-54 125 93 75.6 66.6-82.9 32 24.4 17.1-33.4
55-64 126 102 80.9 72.1-87.5 24 19.1 12.5-27.9
65-74 106 91 81.8 70.8-89.3 15 18.2 10.7-29.2
75+ 84 57 65.4 53.5-75.6 27 34.6 24.4-46.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 116 86 72.4 61.9-80.8 30 27.6 19.2-38.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 179 131 72.4 64.5-79.1 48 27.6 20.9-35.5
Some Post-H.S. 103 81 78.1 68.0-85.7 22 21.9 14.3-32.0
College Graduate 92 80 87.7 78.8-93.2 12 12.3 6.8-21.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 102 73 67.6 56.2-77.2 29 32.4 22.8-43.8
$15,000- 24,999 103 80 78.7 69.0-86.0 23 21.3 14.0-31.0
$25,000- 34,999 39 29 69.2 49.9-83.6 10 30.8 16.4-50.1
$35,000- 49,999 52 43 83.8 70.0-91.9 9 16.2 8.1-30.0
$50,000-74,999 33 28 86.9 70.2-94.9 5 13.1 5.1-29.8
$75,000+ 28 21 73.5 53.2-87.1 7 26.5 12.9-46.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 227 167 72.2 65.0-78.4 60 27.8 21.6-35.0
No 251 202 80.6 74.6-85.4 49 19.4 14.6-25.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 8 6 76.3 34.5-95.1 2 23.7 4.9-65.5
Non-Veteran 481 372 76.8 72.3-80.7 109 23.2 19.3-27.7
Currently Serving 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .

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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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