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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,513 5,031 77.9 76.7-79.2 1,482 22.1 20.8-23.3
-Piedmont NC 3,589 2,781 78.5 76.7-80.1 808 21.5 19.9-23.3
RACE
White 2,911 2,261 79.0 77.1-80.8 650 21.0 19.2-22.9
African American 582 460 81.0 76.6-84.7 122 19.0 15.3-23.4
Other Minorities 8 5 57.1 18.0-88.9 3 42.9 11.1-82.0
AGE
40-44 509 340 66.5 61.2-71.5 169 33.5 28.5-38.8
45-54 970 745 77.5 74.1-80.7 225 22.5 19.3-25.9
55-64 841 704 84.8 81.4-87.6 137 15.2 12.4-18.6
65-74 690 573 84.9 81.2-88.0 117 15.1 12.0-18.8
75+ 579 419 75.6 71.4-79.5 160 24.4 20.5-28.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 624 434 70.6 65.7-75.1 190 29.4 24.9-34.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,077 811 74.9 71.4-78.1 266 25.1 21.9-28.6
Some Post-H.S. 917 718 78.7 75.0-81.9 199 21.3 18.1-25.0
College Graduate 967 816 85.9 83.2-88.3 151 14.1 11.7-16.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 477 324 67.8 62.6-72.7 153 32.2 27.3-37.4
$15,000- 24,999 617 433 69.4 64.5-73.8 184 30.6 26.2-35.5
$25,000- 34,999 355 277 77.0 70.4-82.6 78 23.0 17.4-29.6
$35,000- 49,999 403 325 77.6 71.6-82.6 78 22.4 17.4-28.4
$50,000-74,999 368 312 83.6 77.6-88.2 56 16.4 11.8-22.4
$75,000+ 491 421 87.3 83.6-90.2 70 12.7 9.8-16.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,374 1,029 77.2 74.3-79.8 345 22.8 20.2-25.7
No 2,147 1,704 79.4 77.1-81.5 443 20.6 18.5-22.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 38 27 64.3 38.5-83.8 11 35.7 16.2-61.5
Non-Veteran 3,550 2,753 78.6 76.9-80.3 797 21.4 19.7-23.1
Currently Serving 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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