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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,134 7,370 76.3 75.0-77.6 1,764 23.7 22.4-25.0
-Northeast Partnership II 251 206 81.0 74.4-86.2 45 19.0 13.8-25.6
GENDER
Male 96 62 70.1 58.9-79.2 34 29.9 20.8-41.1
Female 155 144 93.8 88.2-96.8 11 6.2 3.2-11.8
RACE
White 158 126 76.0 67.1-83.2 32 24.0 16.8-32.9
Other 93 80 87.2 77.0-93.2 13 12.8 6.8-23.0
AGE
18-44 117 97 79.8 69.7-87.1 20 20.2 12.9-30.3
45+ 133 109 83.4 74.9-89.4 24 16.6 10.6-25.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 128 99 77.5 67.7-84.9 29 22.5 15.1-32.3
Some College + 123 107 85.3 75.9-91.4 16 14.7 8.6-24.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 140 109 77.9 68.7-85.0 31 22.1 15.0-31.3
$50,000+ 85 77 90.3 81.0-95.4 8 9.7 4.6-19.0

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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