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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 407 285 67.4 61.8-72.6 122 32.6 27.4-38.2
GENDER
Male 149 84 54.2 45.1-63.0 65 45.8 37.0-54.9
Female 258 201 78.9 72.5-84.1 57 21.1 15.9-27.5
RACE
White 319 238 74.6 68.8-79.6 81 25.4 20.4-31.2
Other 85 45 44.7 32.9-57.0 40 55.3 43.0-67.1
AGE
18-44 195 116 59.0 50.9-66.7 79 41.0 33.3-49.1
45+ 211 168 76.2 68.4-82.6 43 23.8 17.4-31.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 42 49.3 36.6-62.1 41 50.7 37.9-63.4
Some College + 324 243 72.9 66.9-78.1 81 27.1 21.9-33.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 150 89 54.0 44.2-63.4 61 46.0 36.6-55.8
$50,000+ 170 132 74.7 66.5-81.4 38 25.3 18.6-33.5

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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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