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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,399 973 29.2 27.1-31.4 2,426 70.8 68.6-72.9
-Northeastern Partnership 266 69 26.0 19.2-34.3 197 74.0 65.7-80.8
GENDER
Male 121 30 24.8 15.6-37.2 91 75.2 62.8-84.4
Female 145 39 28.1 20.1-37.7 106 71.9 62.3-79.9
RACE
White 172 46 29.5 20.5-40.5 126 70.5 59.5-79.5
African American 79 19 19.7 11.4-31.9 60 80.3 68.1-88.6
Other Minorities 14 3 12.1 2.7-41.1 11 87.9 58.9-97.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 2 52.5 14.9-87.5 4 47.5 12.5-85.1
Non-Hispanic 260 67 24.6 18.0-32.6 193 75.4 67.4-82.0
AGE
18-24 15 4 33.1 11.8-64.6 11 66.9 35.4-88.2
25-34 44 16 33.9 19.6-51.8 28 66.1 48.2-80.4
35-44 57 12 23.2 12.4-39.2 45 76.8 60.8-87.6
45-54 74 16 17.0 10.0-27.5 58 83.0 72.5-90.0
55-64 46 13 25.4 14.1-41.3 33 74.6 58.7-85.9
65-74 22 8 32.6 15.8-55.4 14 67.4 44.6-84.2
75+ 7 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 58 16 21.9 12.4-35.7 42 78.1 64.3-87.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 109 28 25.4 15.2-39.4 81 74.6 60.6-84.8
Some Post-H.S. 65 15 25.1 12.9-43.2 50 74.9 56.8-87.1
College Graduate 34 10 38.8 20.4-61.0 24 61.2 39.0-79.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 47 8 17.1 7.9-33.4 39 82.9 66.6-92.1
$15,000- 24,999 58 12 16.3 8.1-30.0 46 83.7 70.0-91.9
$25,000- 34,999 37 12 36.1 16.1-62.3 25 63.9 37.7-83.9
$35,000- 49,999 27 8 34.8 16.7-58.7 19 65.2 41.3-83.3
$50,000-74,999 33 9 25.9 12.1-47.0 24 74.1 53.0-87.9
$75,000+ 27 6 21.4 9.3-42.0 21 78.6 58.0-90.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 110 26 27.5 15.6-43.8 84 72.5 56.2-84.4
No 154 42 25.2 17.4-34.9 112 74.8 65.1-82.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 39 7 12.1 5.2-25.4 32 87.9 74.6-94.8
Non-Veteran 225 62 29.3 21.3-38.7 163 70.7 61.3-78.7

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 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: 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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