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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Last 12 months 1 or more years ago Don't know Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,848 1,413 75.9 73.3-78.3 147 7.6 6.3- 9.2 163 9.2 7.6-11.2 125 7.2 5.8- 9.0
-Western NC 194 142 72.6 63.8-79.9 17 5.9 3.3-10.2 17 9.8 5.2-17.8 18 11.8 7.0-19.1
GENDER
Male 77 57 72.7 58.3-83.6 6 4.6 1.7-12.0 7 12.2 4.9-27.1 7 10.5 4.4-22.8
Female 117 85 72.4 61.6-81.1 11 7.2 3.6-13.8 10 7.4 3.3-15.8 11 13.1 6.9-23.3
RACE
White 169 122 71.0 61.6-79.0 16 6.1 3.4-10.9 15 10.5 5.4-19.4 16 12.4 7.2-20.5
African American 15 13 88.1 59.0-97.4 1 6.5 0.8-36.6 1 5.5 0.7-32.5 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 10 7 77.4 39.8-94.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.2 0.4-22.0 2 19.4 3.9-58.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 2 44.1 8.7-86.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 33.2 4.7-83.2 2 22.8 4.0-67.7
Non-Hispanic 188 140 74.5 65.7-81.7 17 6.2 3.5-10.7 15 7.8 3.7-15.6 16 11.5 6.7-19.1
AGE
18-24 2 1 13.8 1.0-72.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 86.2 28.0-99.0 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 7 4 43.1 11.2-81.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 40.9 7.5-85.5 2 16.0 2.7-56.3
35-44 16 11 75.0 49.3-90.3 2 10.6 2.5-34.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 14.4 4.2-39.4
45-54 28 22 78.4 54.2-91.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 21.1 7.9-45.5
55-64 54 40 76.9 60.9-87.6 7 7.6 2.8-19.0 4 7.4 2.2-22.3 3 8.2 2.5-23.9
65-74 45 34 76.2 57.3-88.4 4 8.3 2.7-22.8 5 6.9 2.1-20.2 2 8.6 1.8-32.8
75+ 42 30 69.0 50.5-82.9 3 6.6 2.0-19.7 6 16.4 6.7-34.8 3 8.1 2.1-26.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 53 37 66.7 49.0-80.6 7 10.0 4.1-22.1 5 12.4 4.6-29.3 4 11.0 3.3-31.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 57 43 71.9 53.3-85.2 4 4.6 1.6-12.6 5 13.7 4.0-37.7 5 9.8 3.8-22.9
Some Post-H.S. 45 32 72.2 53.9-85.2 3 3.9 1.0-13.8 6 9.5 3.3-24.2 4 14.5 5.3-33.7
College Graduate 37 28 81.6 64.8-91.4 3 5.2 1.0-23.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 5 12.3 4.9-27.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 45 31 74.5 58.2-86.0 7 11.7 5.0-25.0 5 8.8 2.9-23.8 2 5.0 1.2-19.1
$15,000- 24,999 47 31 63.8 45.4-78.9 5 8.7 3.1-21.9 5 12.1 4.1-30.8 6 15.4 5.7-35.5
$25,000- 34,999 22 17 74.1 48.4-89.7 1 2.8 0.4-17.9 3 15.3 4.4-41.5 1 7.8 1.1-39.0
$35,000- 49,999 22 16 60.2 30.7-83.8 1 0.4 0.1- 3.2 3 24.7 6.0-62.7 2 14.7 3.5-45.0
$50,000-74,999 12 9 82.5 53.4-95.1 1 7.8 1.0-40.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 9.6 2.1-34.4
$75,000+ 15 13 77.0 40.6-94.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 23.0 5.7-59.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 117 80 69.2 58.2-78.3 15 9.1 5.0-16.1 15 12.4 6.8-21.6 7 9.3 4.0-20.3
No 68 56 78.6 61.6-89.4 2 1.3 0.2- 7.2 1 6.5 0.9-33.4 9 13.6 6.6-26.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 36 23 68.0 48.9-82.6 3 7.1 2.1-21.7 5 10.1 3.4-26.7 5 14.7 5.5-34.0
Non-Veteran 157 119 73.8 63.7-81.9 14 5.6 2.9-10.4 11 9.7 4.5-19.6 13 11.0 5.9-19.4

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes

^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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