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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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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
-New Hanover County 362 16 3.8 2.2- 6.6 23 5.6 3.5- 8.7 17 4.5 2.7- 7.5 306 86.1 81.8-89.5
GENDER
Male 141 7 3.0 1.4- 6.5 6 4.7 2.1-10.3 4 3.3 1.2- 8.5 124 88.9 82.4-93.2
Female 221 9 4.6 2.2- 9.4 17 6.4 3.8-10.5 13 5.7 3.2-10.2 182 83.3 77.2-88.1
RACE
White 298 14 4.3 2.4- 7.6 20 6.1 3.7- 9.8 14 4.0 2.3- 7.0 250 85.6 80.8-89.3
Other 61 2 1.8 0.4- 7.2 2 2.6 0.6-10.2 3 7.0 2.3-19.8 54 88.5 76.4-94.8
AGE
18-44 140 5 3.1 1.2- 7.5 3 2.7 0.8- 8.4 1 0.9 0.1- 5.8 131 93.4 87.3-96.7
45+ 221 11 4.5 2.3- 8.6 20 7.9 4.9-12.5 16 7.6 4.4-12.6 174 80.1 73.7-85.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 110 6 4.2 1.6-10.6 10 8.0 4.0-15.5 10 9.7 5.1-17.8 84 78.0 68.2-85.4
Some College + 251 9 3.4 1.7- 6.8 13 4.4 2.4- 7.8 7 2.0 0.9- 4.6 222 90.2 85.7-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 174 9 5.3 2.6-10.7 15 7.5 4.3-12.8 13 7.8 4.3-13.7 137 79.4 71.9-85.3
$50,000+ 103 3 2.8 0.9- 8.6 5 5.4 2.1-13.2 0 0.0 . - . 95 91.8 83.7-96.0

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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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