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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 532 311 54.1 49.1-59.0 221 45.9 41.0-50.9
GENDER
Male 198 100 46.6 38.8-54.4 98 53.4 45.6-61.2
Female 334 211 61.3 55.2-67.1 123 38.7 32.9-44.8
RACE
White 346 224 61.0 54.7-66.8 122 39.0 33.2-45.3
Other 184 86 40.9 33.1-49.3 98 59.1 50.7-66.9
AGE
18-44 204 104 43.5 35.9-51.4 100 56.5 48.6-64.1
45+ 325 205 60.8 54.3-66.8 120 39.2 33.2-45.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 298 151 46.0 39.5-52.6 147 54.0 47.4-60.5
Some College + 232 158 64.6 57.0-71.5 74 35.4 28.5-43.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 315 169 49.4 42.9-55.8 146 50.6 44.2-57.1
$50,000+ 105 72 64.8 53.8-74.5 33 35.2 25.5-46.2

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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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