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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 821 42 6.0 4.2- 8.5 779 94.0 91.5-95.8
-Piedmont NC 435 15 4.1 2.1- 7.6 420 95.9 92.4-97.9
GENDER
Male 167 4 3.2 0.9-10.8 163 96.8 89.2-99.1
Female 268 11 5.0 2.5- 9.5 257 95.0 90.5-97.5
RACE
White 332 10 2.5 1.3- 4.8 322 97.5 95.2-98.7
African American 80 3 3.4 1.0-11.0 77 96.6 89.0-99.0
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 24 2 15.7 3.2-51.4 22 84.3 48.6-96.8
25-34 75 2 2.8 0.7-10.8 73 97.2 89.2-99.3
35-44 98 4 2.8 1.0- 7.3 94 97.2 92.7-99.0
45-54 110 3 2.0 0.6- 6.8 107 98.0 93.2-99.4
55-64 74 3 6.6 1.9-20.9 71 93.4 79.1-98.1
65-74 36 1 2.7 0.4-17.3 35 97.3 82.7-99.6
75+ 18 0 0.0 . - . 18 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 78 4 6.2 2.1-16.9 74 93.8 83.1-97.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 162 3 1.1 0.4- 3.5 159 98.9 96.5-99.6
Some Post-H.S. 119 5 6.4 1.9-19.7 114 93.6 80.3-98.1
College Graduate 76 3 4.1 1.3-12.2 73 95.9 87.8-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 52 1 8.6 1.3-40.6 51 91.4 59.4-98.7
$15,000- 24,999 90 3 4.1 1.0-15.9 87 95.9 84.1-99.0
$25,000- 34,999 59 3 4.6 1.4-14.0 56 95.4 86.0-98.6
$35,000- 49,999 78 3 3.6 1.1-11.4 75 96.4 88.6-98.9
$50,000-74,999 58 1 2.1 0.3-13.6 57 97.9 86.4-99.7
$75,000+ 43 2 3.6 0.9-13.8 41 96.4 86.2-99.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 168 6 3.0 1.3- 6.9 162 97.0 93.1-98.7
No 261 9 4.8 2.1-10.5 252 95.2 89.5-97.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 56 3 3.8 1.1-12.6 53 96.2 87.4-98.9
Non-Veteran 377 12 4.2 2.0- 8.4 365 95.8 91.6-98.0
Currently Serving 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .

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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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