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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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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
-Western NC 400 25 8.1 4.7-13.7 39 12.1 7.9-18.0 136 34.5 28.7-40.7 200 45.3 39.1-51.7
GENDER
Male 107 10 12.9 5.9-25.9 13 17.9 9.0-32.5 36 28.3 19.3-39.4 48 40.8 29.8-53.0
Female 293 15 5.5 2.6-11.3 26 8.9 5.6-13.8 100 37.9 30.9-45.4 152 47.8 40.6-55.1
RACE
White 368 23 7.5 4.2-12.8 34 11.8 7.5-18.1 127 36.2 30.1-42.7 184 44.5 38.2-51.1
African American 19 0 0.0 . - . 4 21.4 5.3-56.7 5 19.0 6.6-43.7 10 59.7 30.5-83.3
Other Minorities 13 2 45.0 8.9-87.2 1 3.2 0.4-23.1 4 5.8 1.3-21.8 6 46.0 10.8-85.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 17.4 1.9-70.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 82.6 29.8-98.1
Non-Hispanic 397 25 8.2 4.7-13.8 38 12.0 7.8-18.0 136 34.7 28.9-41.0 198 45.1 38.9-51.5
AGE
18-24 23 5 28.1 10.5-56.5 3 9.5 2.5-29.6 7 29.2 11.8-56.1 8 33.2 15.0-58.4
25-34 47 9 14.7 7.0-28.6 9 28.2 12.9-51.0 17 36.4 21.5-54.4 12 20.7 10.8-36.0
35-44 53 6 10.7 4.0-25.5 5 5.0 1.8-12.6 23 48.5 32.7-64.5 19 35.9 21.8-53.1
45-54 93 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 13 16.0 8.2-28.8 33 32.3 22.3-44.3 46 51.0 38.6-63.3
55-64 93 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 6 7.5 3.1-16.7 24 28.1 18.6-40.0 61 63.4 51.2-74.0
65-74 54 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 22 40.0 26.4-55.3 30 58.9 43.6-72.6
75+ 36 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 2 7.8 2.0-26.5 9 28.3 14.4-48.0 24 63.1 44.0-78.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 50 4 15.0 4.4-40.3 7 15.3 6.4-32.2 25 50.5 33.4-67.5 14 19.2 10.3-33.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 124 8 8.3 3.3-19.1 12 14.4 6.2-29.8 40 35.3 24.5-47.9 64 42.0 31.1-53.7
Some Post-H.S. 115 6 8.6 2.9-22.7 10 8.5 3.8-17.8 38 30.5 21.5-41.4 61 52.4 40.7-63.8
College Graduate 107 6 3.6 1.4- 8.9 10 12.0 5.8-23.3 33 30.8 21.3-42.3 58 53.6 41.9-64.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 48 3 15.4 3.4-48.2 1 3.4 0.5-20.8 21 48.6 30.4-67.2 23 32.5 19.4-49.1
$15,000- 24,999 83 6 10.4 2.9-30.9 14 27.4 13.7-47.3 27 23.8 14.6-36.3 36 38.4 25.1-53.6
$25,000- 34,999 57 6 9.7 3.8-22.6 4 7.1 2.3-19.9 19 36.9 24.0-52.0 28 46.3 32.3-61.0
$35,000- 49,999 58 4 9.0 2.2-29.9 6 12.3 4.9-27.6 22 41.5 27.2-57.3 26 37.2 23.9-52.7
$50,000-74,999 53 1 3.4 0.5-20.7 2 0.9 0.2- 4.3 17 31.3 17.9-48.8 33 64.3 46.8-78.7
$75,000+ 48 2 2.5 0.6-10.0 5 11.1 4.0-27.2 13 34.7 17.5-57.2 28 51.7 32.9-70.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 132 7 4.4 1.8-10.4 12 11.6 6.1-21.0 56 45.9 35.2-57.0 57 38.1 28.6-48.6
No 266 18 10.0 5.3-18.1 27 12.4 7.2-20.6 80 29.3 23.0-36.4 141 48.3 40.4-56.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 38 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 3 12.7 3.8-35.0 9 27.7 14.4-46.5 24 58.7 39.9-75.2
Non-Veteran 362 23 8.9 5.1-15.0 36 12.0 7.6-18.4 127 35.2 29.1-41.9 176 43.9 37.4-50.7

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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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