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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 15,019 2,492 16.6 15.8-17.4 12,527 83.4 82.6-84.2
-New Hanover County 374 58 14.7 11.3-19.1 316 85.3 80.9-88.7
GENDER
Male 147 17 11.0 6.7-17.5 130 89.0 82.5-93.3
Female 227 41 18.3 13.4-24.5 186 81.7 75.5-86.6
RACE
White 306 48 14.7 11.0-19.5 258 85.3 80.5-89.0
Other 65 10 15.2 7.7-27.6 55 84.8 72.4-92.3
AGE
18-44 141 31 19.2 13.2-27.1 110 80.8 72.9-86.8
45+ 232 27 11.4 7.6-16.5 205 88.6 83.5-92.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 15 12.2 7.1-20.3 100 87.8 79.7-92.9
Some College + 258 43 16.0 11.8-21.5 215 84.0 78.5-88.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 31 16.7 11.6-23.5 146 83.3 76.5-88.4
$50,000+ 105 9 8.1 4.1-15.4 96 91.9 84.6-95.9

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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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