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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,550 1,215 79.8 77.2-82.2 335 20.2 17.8-22.8
-Western NC 170 132 79.4 71.1-85.8 38 20.6 14.2-28.9
GENDER
Male 68 52 81.3 68.2-89.8 16 18.7 10.2-31.8
Female 102 80 77.7 66.1-86.2 22 22.3 13.8-33.9
RACE
White 142 109 79.7 70.9-86.4 33 20.3 13.6-29.1
African American 9 6 55.5 21.8-84.7 3 44.5 15.3-78.2
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 5 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 10 10 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 36 33 95.8 86.4-98.8 3 4.2 1.2-13.6
55-64 36 24 74.9 56.7-87.1 12 25.1 12.9-43.3
65-74 41 32 69.1 47.2-84.8 9 30.9 15.2-52.8
75+ 41 27 69.7 51.1-83.4 14 30.3 16.6-48.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 35 79.3 59.9-90.8 11 20.7 9.2-40.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 64 48 73.2 57.7-84.5 16 26.8 15.5-42.3
Some Post-H.S. 28 23 85.6 63.9-95.2 5 14.4 4.8-36.1
College Graduate 31 25 84.0 65.8-93.5 6 16.0 6.5-34.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 38 31 71.2 46.8-87.4 7 28.8 12.6-53.2
$15,000- 24,999 33 26 81.4 61.5-92.3 7 18.6 7.7-38.5
$25,000- 34,999 19 13 66.1 39.1-85.5 6 33.9 14.5-60.9
$35,000- 49,999 18 13 68.0 39.6-87.3 5 32.0 12.7-60.4
$50,000-74,999 14 13 95.4 72.1-99.4 1 4.6 0.6-27.9
$75,000+ 8 7 87.8 46.3-98.4 1 12.2 1.6-53.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 104 80 78.9 67.6-87.0 24 21.1 13.0-32.4
No 62 49 80.0 65.8-89.3 13 20.0 10.7-34.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 36 26 74.5 54.0-87.9 10 25.5 12.1-46.0
Non-Veteran 134 106 81.1 71.9-87.8 28 18.9 12.2-28.1

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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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