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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,452 8,673 91.1 90.3-91.8 779 8.9 8.2- 9.7
-Union County 299 266 88.8 83.8-92.4 33 11.2 7.6-16.2
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 299 266 88.8 83.8-92.4 33 11.2 7.6-16.2
RACE
White 259 239 93.4 89.4-96.0 20 6.6 4.0-10.6
Other 40 27 68.4 50.2-82.2 13 31.6 17.8-49.8
AGE
18-44 135 122 87.6 78.9-93.0 13 12.4 7.0-21.1
45+ 162 142 89.8 83.6-93.8 20 10.2 6.2-16.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 103 83.6 73.6-90.2 18 16.4 9.8-26.4
Some College + 178 163 92.1 86.6-95.4 15 7.9 4.6-13.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 122 104 82.3 72.1-89.4 18 17.7 10.6-27.9
$50,000+ 115 111 96.9 91.4-98.9 4 3.1 1.1- 8.6

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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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