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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,227 12,723 68.9 67.9-70.0 1,693 8.3 7.8- 8.8 2,811 22.8 21.8-23.8
-Northeastern Partnership 1,187 888 68.0 64.0-71.8 100 7.3 5.6- 9.3 199 24.7 21.1-28.8
GENDER
Male 419 285 59.5 52.9-65.7 31 5.5 3.3- 9.2 103 35.0 28.8-41.7
Female 768 603 76.7 72.8-80.1 69 9.0 6.9-11.6 96 14.4 11.5-17.8
RACE
White 697 530 69.9 64.5-74.8 64 6.9 5.2- 9.0 103 23.2 18.4-28.8
African American 429 332 72.0 65.3-77.8 34 9.0 5.6-14.1 63 19.1 14.1-25.3
Other Minorities 54 20 31.6 19.3-47.2 2 2.3 0.4-11.3 32 66.1 50.6-78.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 37 10 12.8 6.0-25.2 0 0.0 . - . 27 87.2 74.8-94.0
Non-Hispanic 1,150 878 71.2 67.2-74.9 100 7.7 5.9- 9.8 172 21.1 17.6-25.1
AGE
18-24 36 17 36.1 21.4-54.0 0 0.0 . - . 19 63.9 46.0-78.6
25-34 129 76 59.5 49.0-69.1 9 5.0 2.2-10.7 44 35.6 26.4-45.9
35-44 179 122 63.2 54.0-71.6 10 4.6 2.2- 9.2 47 32.2 24.0-41.6
45-54 269 198 68.8 61.1-75.7 22 9.8 5.4-17.0 49 21.4 15.9-28.2
55-64 247 200 82.1 76.1-86.8 22 7.8 5.0-11.9 25 10.2 6.5-15.5
65-74 176 148 83.4 76.1-88.9 18 10.5 6.3-16.9 10 6.1 3.0-12.0
75+ 144 121 83.6 75.8-89.3 18 12.5 7.7-19.8 5 3.8 1.5- 9.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 245 177 64.1 55.1-72.2 22 9.7 5.0-18.0 46 26.2 19.2-34.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 438 324 66.8 59.8-73.1 28 5.1 3.4- 7.8 86 28.1 21.8-35.3
Some Post-H.S. 261 193 66.6 57.7-74.4 29 7.2 4.8-10.8 39 26.2 18.5-35.7
College Graduate 241 193 76.8 69.6-82.7 21 9.1 5.7-14.2 27 14.1 9.3-20.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 198 144 65.1 55.2-73.9 22 10.9 6.8-16.9 32 24.0 15.9-34.5
$15,000- 24,999 231 156 55.5 45.8-64.8 21 9.3 4.7-17.7 54 35.1 26.1-45.4
$25,000- 34,999 156 122 72.1 59.3-82.1 13 4.9 2.7- 8.7 21 23.0 13.4-36.7
$35,000- 49,999 137 107 72.1 61.7-80.6 6 4.5 1.9-10.4 24 23.4 15.4-33.9
$50,000-74,999 133 106 77.5 67.2-85.2 10 6.2 2.9-12.5 17 16.4 9.6-26.6
$75,000+ 129 100 73.9 64.2-81.7 13 9.6 5.5-16.3 16 16.5 10.0-25.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 478 377 76.2 70.2-81.3 55 10.5 7.7-14.0 46 13.3 8.9-19.5
No 678 490 63.7 58.4-68.7 42 5.5 3.6- 8.4 146 30.8 25.9-36.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 162 110 64.5 54.6-73.3 19 8.0 4.9-12.8 33 27.5 19.4-37.6
Non-Veteran 1,018 773 68.6 64.1-72.7 80 7.1 5.3- 9.5 165 24.3 20.3-28.8

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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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