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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Doctor Worksite School Media Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 919 119 12.4 10.0-15.3 71 8.1 6.0-10.8 14 2.9 1.4- 5.9 523 51.9 47.4-56.3 192 24.7 20.7-29.1
-Western NC 117 12 11.8 6.2-21.3 10 8.1 3.7-17.1 4 5.1 1.5-15.9 69 55.0 43.5-66.0 22 20.0 12.0-31.4
GENDER
Male 38 3 11.7 3.6-31.9 3 9.3 2.6-28.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.8 24 58.5 39.1-75.6 7 19.0 7.6-40.2
Female 79 9 11.8 5.9-22.3 7 7.1 2.8-16.6 3 8.1 2.1-26.8 45 52.1 38.7-65.2 15 20.8 11.5-34.7
RACE
White 100 11 11.3 5.7-21.2 8 7.8 3.2-17.8 2 4.2 0.8-18.3 63 57.2 44.7-68.9 16 19.5 11.0-32.2
African American 8 1 27.0 4.1-76.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.4 1.3-50.0 3 44.4 12.9-81.1 3 18.2 4.6-50.6
Other Minorities 9 0 0.0 . - . 2 25.5 4.8-69.7 1 14.9 2.0-60.0 3 26.8 6.8-65.0 3 32.7 7.5-74.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 115 12 12.2 6.4-22.0 10 8.4 3.8-17.6 4 5.3 1.5-16.4 67 53.3 41.9-64.4 22 20.7 12.5-32.4
AGE
18-24 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 51.4 11.1-90.0 1 15.9 1.8-65.7 2 32.6 4.7-82.6
25-34 18 4 15.3 5.3-36.9 1 4.1 0.6-24.7 1 2.7 0.4-17.6 8 44.9 22.4-69.8 4 32.9 12.7-62.3
35-44 22 2 19.8 5.1-53.1 2 12.5 2.0-49.7 0 0.0 . - . 13 56.0 29.9-79.1 5 11.7 4.2-28.7
45-54 38 4 7.8 2.6-21.2 4 9.9 3.2-26.6 1 2.3 0.3-14.5 23 62.2 44.2-77.4 6 17.8 7.7-35.9
55-64 17 2 18.3 4.6-51.3 1 5.3 0.7-30.2 0 0.0 . - . 11 67.8 39.7-87.1 3 8.6 2.3-27.2
65-74 9 0 0.0 . - . 2 20.4 4.6-57.6 0 0.0 . - . 7 79.6 42.4-95.4 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 72.2 32.6-93.3 2 27.8 6.7-67.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 23 4 29.3 11.1-57.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 13 53.4 29.9-75.4 6 17.3 6.6-38.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 43 5 11.1 4.3-25.7 2 3.0 0.7-12.0 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 30 70.4 50.3-84.9 5 13.5 3.6-39.1
Some Post-H.S. 29 1 1.3 0.2- 9.2 5 12.4 3.9-33.0 1 3.1 0.4-19.4 14 50.3 28.6-71.8 8 32.9 15.1-57.6
College Graduate 22 2 6.4 1.4-24.4 3 21.6 6.2-53.4 2 18.4 3.9-56.0 12 33.0 15.8-56.4 3 20.6 6.3-50.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 22 1 6.9 1.0-35.8 1 3.2 0.4-20.2 0 0.0 . - . 15 71.8 48.4-87.4 5 18.1 6.9-39.8
$15,000- 24,999 28 2 9.3 2.1-32.7 2 4.9 1.0-20.7 1 2.4 0.3-15.8 18 59.6 35.5-79.8 5 23.8 8.1-52.6
$25,000- 34,999 21 5 21.7 8.2-46.4 1 4.0 0.5-24.1 0 0.0 . - . 9 44.7 22.3-69.5 6 29.5 11.6-57.4
$35,000- 49,999 20 1 3.5 0.5-21.7 2 16.0 2.7-56.7 2 8.5 2.0-29.4 14 71.3 40.7-90.0 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2
$50,000-74,999 6 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.6 1.3-51.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 34.9 8.8-74.8 2 54.6 17.2-87.4
$75,000+ 8 1 8.4 1.1-43.8 2 30.0 5.7-75.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 35.4 9.8-73.4 2 26.2 5.0-70.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 51 7 20.2 9.1-39.0 2 1.7 0.4- 6.9 4 12.0 3.6-33.1 28 54.3 37.0-70.6 10 11.8 5.7-22.8
No 65 5 5.6 2.1-14.0 8 12.9 5.5-27.5 0 0.0 . - . 41 56.0 40.7-70.2 11 25.5 13.5-42.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 11 1 20.9 3.1-68.7 1 20.9 3.1-68.7 0 0.0 . - . 7 51.5 18.8-82.9 2 6.7 1.4-26.3
Non-Veteran 106 11 10.5 5.5-19.1 9 6.3 2.9-13.2 4 5.8 1.7-17.8 62 55.5 43.5-66.8 20 21.9 13.0-34.4

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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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