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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 14,808 2,331 17.5 16.8-18.4 12,477 82.5 81.6-83.2
-Union County 430 51 13.8 10.3-18.3 379 86.2 81.7-89.7
GENDER
Male 131 41 29.5 21.6-38.9 90 70.5 61.1-78.4
Female 299 10 4.1 2.0- 8.1 289 95.9 91.9-98.0
RACE
White 371 42 14.5 10.5-19.6 329 85.5 80.4-89.5
Other 58 9 11.2 5.5-21.2 49 88.8 78.8-94.5
AGE
18-44 189 25 14.0 9.1-20.9 164 86.0 79.1-90.9
45+ 239 26 13.8 9.2-20.3 213 86.2 79.7-90.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 26 18.7 12.4-27.2 141 81.3 72.8-87.6
Some College + 263 25 10.8 7.1-16.2 238 89.2 83.8-92.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 22 15.6 10.0-23.7 155 84.4 76.3-90.0
$50,000+ 170 19 11.1 6.8-17.5 151 88.9 82.5-93.2

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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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