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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,513 5,031 77.9 76.7-79.2 1,482 22.1 20.8-23.3
-Western NC 735 563 77.8 73.8-81.2 172 22.2 18.8-26.2
RACE
White 666 515 77.9 73.9-81.5 151 22.1 18.5-26.1
African American 24 21 91.1 71.8-97.6 3 8.9 2.4-28.2
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
40-44 83 57 67.2 53.4-78.6 26 32.8 21.4-46.6
45-54 203 156 77.9 70.4-84.0 47 22.1 16.0-29.6
55-64 166 138 85.1 78.1-90.2 28 14.9 9.8-21.9
65-74 159 137 86.9 79.0-92.1 22 13.1 7.9-21.0
75+ 124 75 62.5 51.5-72.3 49 37.5 27.7-48.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 144 91 67.3 57.9-75.6 53 32.7 24.4-42.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 219 159 72.3 64.1-79.2 60 27.7 20.8-35.9
Some Post-H.S. 193 157 80.9 72.6-87.1 36 19.1 12.9-27.4
College Graduate 178 155 87.6 80.8-92.2 23 12.4 7.8-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 103 69 71.4 59.9-80.7 34 28.6 19.3-40.1
$15,000- 24,999 129 95 70.3 60.3-78.8 34 29.7 21.2-39.7
$25,000- 34,999 88 62 69.7 57.0-80.1 26 30.3 19.9-43.0
$35,000- 49,999 82 70 85.5 73.1-92.7 12 14.5 7.3-26.9
$50,000-74,999 85 77 88.2 72.3-95.5 8 11.8 4.5-27.7
$75,000+ 67 55 81.9 69.5-90.0 12 18.1 10.0-30.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 318 230 76.2 70.2-81.4 88 23.8 18.6-29.8
No 407 327 79.5 74.2-84.0 80 20.5 16.0-25.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 12 10 86.7 57.3-96.9 2 13.3 3.1-42.7
Non-Veteran 722 552 77.7 73.7-81.2 170 22.3 18.8-26.3
Currently Serving 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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