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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,811 9,140 59.0 58.0-60.1 5,671 41.0 39.9-42.0
-Onslow County 384 246 62.9 57.2-68.2 138 37.1 31.8-42.8
GENDER
Male 145 87 58.5 49.4-67.0 58 41.5 33.0-50.6
Female 239 159 67.1 60.3-73.2 80 32.9 26.8-39.7
RACE
White 290 191 64.3 57.9-70.3 99 35.7 29.7-42.1
Other 91 54 59.4 47.1-70.6 37 40.6 29.4-52.9
AGE
18-44 186 108 56.0 47.8-63.8 78 44.0 36.2-52.2
45+ 195 137 71.4 63.7-78.1 58 28.6 21.9-36.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 102 58.1 49.7-66.1 74 41.9 33.9-50.3
Some College + 206 143 66.9 59.1-73.9 63 33.1 26.1-40.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 227 140 58.8 51.1-66.0 87 41.2 34.0-48.9
$50,000+ 87 63 73.1 62.1-81.9 24 26.9 18.1-37.9

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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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