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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 14,494 1,844 12.8 12.2-13.6 12,650 87.2 86.4-87.8
-Western NC 1,579 184 11.5 9.7-13.6 1,395 88.5 86.4-90.3
GENDER
Male 589 63 11.8 9.0-15.2 526 88.2 84.8-91.0
Female 990 121 11.3 9.2-13.9 869 88.7 86.1-90.8
RACE
White 1,402 155 11.1 9.3-13.3 1,247 88.9 86.7-90.7
African American 72 17 21.3 12.4-34.1 55 78.7 65.9-87.6
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 88 8 9.8 4.2-21.1 80 90.2 78.9-95.8
25-34 203 20 7.7 4.5-12.8 183 92.3 87.2-95.5
35-44 289 44 16.7 11.9-23.0 245 83.3 77.0-88.1
45-54 296 43 12.0 8.5-16.6 253 88.0 83.4-91.5
55-64 268 26 8.8 5.5-13.8 242 91.2 86.2-94.5
65-74 245 28 14.2 9.5-20.7 217 85.8 79.3-90.5
75+ 184 15 8.7 4.7-15.5 169 91.3 84.5-95.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 285 33 10.8 7.2-15.8 252 89.2 84.2-92.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 469 40 7.8 5.4-11.3 429 92.2 88.7-94.6
Some Post-H.S. 413 45 12.1 8.5-16.9 368 87.9 83.1-91.5
College Graduate 408 66 16.2 12.4-20.9 342 83.8 79.1-87.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 202 18 8.0 4.7-13.3 184 92.0 86.7-95.3
$15,000- 24,999 296 32 10.4 6.8-15.8 264 89.6 84.2-93.2
$25,000- 34,999 217 22 7.7 4.8-12.1 195 92.3 87.9-95.2
$35,000- 49,999 219 28 14.1 9.2-20.9 191 85.9 79.1-90.8
$50,000-74,999 181 32 20.2 13.8-28.6 149 79.8 71.4-86.2
$75,000+ 143 21 11.4 6.9-18.2 122 88.6 81.8-93.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 562 62 11.8 8.8-15.6 500 88.2 84.4-91.2
No 1,010 121 11.4 9.2-14.0 889 88.6 86.0-90.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 220 29 15.6 10.6-22.5 191 84.4 77.5-89.4
Non-Veteran 1,354 155 10.8 8.9-12.9 1,199 89.2 87.1-91.1
Currently Serving 5 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .

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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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