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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 821 42 6.0 4.2- 8.5 779 94.0 91.5-95.8
-Western NC 91 10 11.5 5.9-21.1 81 88.5 78.9-94.1
GENDER
Male 34 5 15.0 6.0-32.8 29 85.0 67.2-94.0
Female 57 5 8.8 3.3-21.5 52 91.2 78.5-96.7
RACE
White 84 9 11.3 5.6-21.3 75 88.7 78.7-94.4
African American 3 1 47.1 7.4-90.9 2 52.9 9.1-92.6
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 9 1 13.7 1.9-56.9 8 86.3 43.1-98.1
25-34 10 1 6.8 0.9-37.7 9 93.2 62.3-99.1
35-44 21 2 12.3 2.6-42.4 19 87.7 57.6-97.4
45-54 17 2 13.2 3.2-41.1 15 86.8 58.9-96.8
55-64 14 1 5.7 0.8-32.1 13 94.3 67.9-99.2
65-74 17 3 16.5 4.8-43.8 14 83.5 56.2-95.2
75+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 16 1 11.0 1.6-49.2 15 89.0 50.8-98.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 31 4 12.3 4.1-31.8 27 87.7 68.2-95.9
Some Post-H.S. 24 5 18.5 7.3-39.2 19 81.5 60.8-92.7
College Graduate 19 0 0.0 . - . 19 100 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 10 1 7.5 1.0-41.0 9 92.5 59.0-99.0
$15,000- 24,999 21 1 3.3 0.4-20.3 20 96.7 79.7-99.6
$25,000- 34,999 21 1 7.1 1.0-36.8 20 92.9 63.2-99.0
$35,000- 49,999 11 2 22.5 5.1-61.0 9 77.5 39.0-94.9
$50,000-74,999 8 1 10.7 1.3-51.4 7 89.3 48.6-98.7
$75,000+ 6 1 28.2 4.3-77.3 5 71.8 22.7-95.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 17 1 8.7 1.2-42.5 16 91.3 57.5-98.8
No 72 8 11.1 5.2-22.0 64 88.9 78.0-94.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 12 3 24.9 7.8-56.3 9 75.1 43.7-92.2
Non-Veteran 78 7 9.6 4.3-20.2 71 90.4 79.8-95.7
Currently Serving 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in entire lifetime and now smoke daily or occasionally.

^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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