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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,807 638 5.2 4.7- 5.7 14,169 94.8 94.3-95.3
-Piedmont NC 8,237 361 5.3 4.7- 6.1 7,876 94.7 93.9-95.3
GENDER
Male 3,056 273 9.1 7.9-10.4 2,783 90.9 89.6-92.1
Female 5,181 88 1.8 1.4- 2.4 5,093 98.2 97.6-98.6
RACE
White 6,385 284 5.4 4.7- 6.2 6,101 94.6 93.8-95.3
African American 1,323 43 4.3 3.1- 6.1 1,280 95.7 93.9-96.9
Other Minorities 71 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 70 99.6 96.9-99.9
AGE
18-24 409 34 10.2 6.9-14.8 375 89.8 85.2-93.1
25-34 1,351 79 6.6 5.0- 8.8 1,272 93.4 91.2-95.0
35-44 1,610 70 4.9 3.7- 6.5 1,540 95.1 93.5-96.3
45-54 1,542 79 6.1 4.7- 7.8 1,463 93.9 92.2-95.3
55-64 1,393 47 4.1 2.8- 5.8 1,346 95.9 94.2-97.2
65-74 1,055 27 3.0 1.9- 4.6 1,028 97.0 95.4-98.1
75+ 832 24 3.5 2.2- 5.5 808 96.5 94.5-97.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,296 55 4.8 3.3- 7.0 1,241 95.2 93.0-96.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,275 92 4.9 3.9- 6.2 2,183 95.1 93.8-96.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,992 88 6.2 4.8- 7.9 1,904 93.8 92.1-95.2
College Graduate 2,661 126 5.4 4.3- 6.6 2,535 94.6 93.4-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 843 32 4.9 3.1- 7.7 811 95.1 92.3-96.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,276 53 5.0 3.6- 6.9 1,223 95.0 93.1-96.4
$25,000- 34,999 903 20 2.7 1.6- 4.4 883 97.3 95.6-98.4
$35,000- 49,999 1,075 52 5.2 3.8- 7.1 1,023 94.8 92.9-96.2
$50,000-74,999 1,066 56 6.4 4.8- 8.6 1,010 93.6 91.4-95.2
$75,000+ 1,309 71 6.2 4.7- 8.1 1,238 93.8 91.9-95.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,457 108 5.1 3.9- 6.5 2,349 94.9 93.5-96.1
No 5,649 248 5.5 4.7- 6.4 5,401 94.5 93.6-95.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 981 89 9.6 7.5-12.1 892 90.4 87.9-92.5
Non-Veteran 7,228 269 4.6 4.0- 5.4 6,959 95.4 94.6-96.0
Currently Serving 26 3 12.4 3.4-36.5 23 87.6 63.5-96.6

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever using any smokeless tobacco products.

^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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