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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,028 12,791 82.9 82.1-83.8 2,237 17.1 16.2-17.9
-New Hanover County 374 331 86.3 81.0-90.3 43 13.7 9.7-19.0
GENDER
Male 147 128 83.6 74.0-90.1 19 16.4 9.9-26.0
Female 227 203 88.8 83.3-92.7 24 11.2 7.3-16.7
RACE
White 306 272 88.4 83.5-92.0 34 11.6 8.0-16.5
Other 65 56 76.8 57.8-88.9 9 23.2 11.1-42.2
AGE
18-44 141 113 78.8 68.9-86.2 28 21.2 13.8-31.1
45+ 232 217 91.9 86.2-95.4 15 8.1 4.6-13.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 96 78.5 66.4-87.1 19 21.5 12.9-33.6
Some College + 258 235 90.4 85.2-93.9 23 9.6 6.1-14.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 148 79.8 71.4-86.2 29 20.2 13.8-28.6
$50,000+ 105 103 98.1 92.4-99.5 2 1.9 0.5- 7.6

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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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