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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,228 823 25.5 23.7-27.5 2,405 74.5 72.5-76.3
-Piedmont NC 1,707 436 25.7 23.2-28.4 1,271 74.3 71.6-76.8
GENDER
Male 701 168 23.9 20.3-27.9 533 76.1 72.1-79.7
Female 1,006 268 27.9 24.5-31.5 738 72.1 68.5-75.5
RACE
White 1,313 333 26.3 23.4-29.5 980 73.7 70.5-76.6
African American 297 80 25.9 20.3-32.5 217 74.1 67.5-79.7
Other Minorities 8 2 26.2 5.5-68.3 6 73.8 31.7-94.5
AGE
18-24 98 24 24.7 15.6-36.7 74 75.3 63.3-84.4
25-34 330 75 22.1 17.1-28.0 255 77.9 72.0-82.9
35-44 396 98 22.5 18.0-27.7 298 77.5 72.3-82.0
45-54 380 110 31.8 26.1-38.1 270 68.2 61.9-73.9
55-64 292 75 25.6 19.7-32.5 217 74.4 67.5-80.3
65-74 143 36 31.0 21.3-42.8 107 69.0 57.2-78.7
75+ 64 18 34.6 21.6-50.4 46 65.4 49.6-78.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 365 78 22.7 17.6-28.7 287 77.3 71.3-82.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 628 162 24.8 20.8-29.3 466 75.2 70.7-79.2
Some Post-H.S. 443 120 27.1 22.1-32.8 323 72.9 67.2-77.9
College Graduate 268 76 30.2 23.9-37.4 192 69.8 62.6-76.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 260 52 22.2 16.2-29.8 208 77.8 70.2-83.8
$15,000- 24,999 357 90 24.6 19.3-30.7 267 75.4 69.3-80.7
$25,000- 34,999 224 59 25.1 18.5-33.0 165 74.9 67.0-81.5
$35,000- 49,999 252 79 29.6 23.2-36.8 173 70.4 63.2-76.8
$50,000-74,999 176 58 32.7 25.1-41.4 118 67.3 58.6-74.9
$75,000+ 167 43 26.6 18.9-36.0 124 73.4 64.0-81.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 630 168 27.0 22.8-31.6 462 73.0 68.4-77.2
No 1,050 261 24.9 21.7-28.4 789 75.1 71.6-78.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 208 56 26.9 20.2-34.9 152 73.1 65.1-79.8
Non-Veteran 1,493 378 25.4 22.6-28.3 1,115 74.6 71.7-77.4
Currently Serving 5 2 66.4 23.2-92.8 3 33.6 7.2-76.8

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in entire lifetime and now smoke daily or occasionally.

^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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