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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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  Total
Respond.^
< 20 years 20 to 50 years 50 to 75 years 75 years and older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,259 196 7.3 6.1- 8.8 365 13.4 11.7-15.2 1,174 35.9 33.7-38.2 1,524 43.4 41.1-45.8
-Northeastern Partnership 209 13 13.7 6.4-26.9 21 12.2 6.6-21.3 87 40.3 31.5-49.8 88 33.8 26.2-42.5
GENDER
Male 67 6 20.8 8.2-43.7 8 15.3 6.2-33.0 25 36.4 22.7-52.7 28 27.5 16.8-41.6
Female 142 7 6.4 2.5-15.6 13 9.0 4.8-16.3 62 44.3 35.1-53.8 60 40.3 31.5-49.8
RACE
White 127 9 18.1 7.5-37.5 9 9.4 4.4-18.7 50 35.4 25.2-47.1 59 37.2 27.1-48.5
African American 75 4 7.7 2.0-25.6 9 15.0 5.2-36.0 33 46.7 31.6-62.5 29 30.6 19.0-45.3
Other Minorities 5 0 0.0 . - . 2 34.7 7.1-78.8 3 65.3 21.2-92.9 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 207 13 13.8 6.5-27.1 21 12.3 6.7-21.5 87 40.7 31.8-50.2 86 33.2 25.6-41.9
AGE
18-24 9 2 36.4 8.8-77.4 2 24.2 5.0-66.1 2 18.5 3.7-57.7 3 20.8 5.5-54.4
25-34 19 2 15.5 3.4-48.8 0 0.0 . - . 13 64.5 38.1-84.2 4 20.1 7.1-45.1
35-44 29 4 9.2 3.1-24.3 7 19.6 8.3-39.7 14 62.8 41.0-80.4 4 8.4 2.8-22.3
45-54 49 2 11.3 2.6-37.6 5 11.4 3.9-28.9 21 46.9 30.6-63.8 21 30.4 18.2-46.2
55-64 52 1 7.9 1.2-38.3 4 6.3 2.0-18.0 16 28.5 17.0-43.5 31 57.3 41.0-72.2
65-74 29 1 4.2 0.6-24.8 3 14.5 4.2-39.7 14 37.4 20.0-58.8 11 43.9 23.3-66.8
75+ 20 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 26.7 11.3-51.0 14 73.3 49.0-88.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 30 1 5.3 0.7-29.7 0 0.0 . - . 14 54.5 31.7-75.6 15 40.2 20.8-63.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 74 5 21.6 7.2-49.7 10 10.6 5.0-20.9 33 40.3 25.4-57.1 26 27.5 16.4-42.5
Some Post-H.S. 52 5 15.1 5.1-37.2 9 26.2 10.9-50.7 22 34.5 20.0-52.4 16 24.2 13.0-40.8
College Graduate 53 2 3.1 0.7-12.6 2 5.0 1.2-18.3 18 38.0 24.7-53.4 31 53.9 39.1-68.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 30 3 33.4 11.4-66.1 3 5.2 1.5-16.6 14 36.1 18.0-59.2 10 25.4 11.6-46.8
$15,000- 24,999 51 3 26.3 7.7-60.4 6 10.5 4.1-24.5 23 34.4 19.1-53.7 19 28.8 15.0-48.2
$25,000- 34,999 32 3 7.4 2.2-22.1 3 5.8 1.6-18.5 13 41.5 22.5-63.5 13 45.3 25.3-67.0
$35,000- 49,999 21 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 28.2 12.0-53.2 16 71.8 46.8-88.0
$50,000-74,999 31 2 2.5 0.6-10.1 5 16.7 6.5-36.8 14 56.8 35.9-75.6 10 23.9 11.4-43.5
$75,000+ 20 1 4.5 0.6-26.2 1 14.0 2.1-55.1 8 37.2 18.4-60.9 10 44.3 23.1-67.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 83 2 6.5 1.6-23.0 9 10.9 5.3-21.3 38 42.6 30.8-55.2 34 40.0 28.4-52.9
No 125 11 17.3 7.3-35.6 12 12.8 5.7-26.5 49 39.3 27.9-52.1 53 30.5 21.4-41.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 26 2 11.9 2.5-41.4 1 3.1 0.4-19.4 8 44.4 22.1-69.2 15 40.7 21.1-63.8
Non-Veteran 183 11 14.0 6.0-29.4 20 13.8 7.4-24.4 79 39.5 30.3-49.6 73 32.6 24.5-41.9

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*Asked only of care givers.

^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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