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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 14,811 9,140 59.0 58.0-60.1 5,671 41.0 39.9-42.0
-Union County 431 306 71.7 66.6-76.4 125 28.3 23.6-33.4
GENDER
Male 131 88 68.0 58.5-76.2 43 32.0 23.8-41.5
Female 300 218 74.1 68.0-79.3 82 25.9 20.7-32.0
RACE
White 372 270 74.4 69.1-79.1 102 25.6 20.9-30.9
Other 58 35 57.6 42.6-71.3 23 42.4 28.7-57.4
AGE
18-44 189 125 65.4 57.3-72.7 64 34.6 27.3-42.7
45+ 240 179 77.1 70.5-82.5 61 22.9 17.5-29.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 105 61.7 52.8-69.8 62 38.3 30.2-47.2
Some College + 264 201 77.9 71.7-83.0 63 22.1 17.0-28.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 118 63.3 54.6-71.2 59 36.7 28.8-45.4
$50,000+ 170 127 78.8 71.3-84.7 43 21.2 15.3-28.7

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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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