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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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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
-Western NC 2,001 1,445 67.4 64.4-70.2 229 8.8 7.6-10.3 327 23.8 21.0-26.8
GENDER
Male 713 466 61.0 56.0-65.7 85 8.1 6.3-10.3 162 31.0 26.3-36.0
Female 1,288 979 72.9 69.4-76.2 144 9.5 7.8-11.5 165 17.6 14.6-21.0
RACE
White 1,782 1,325 70.8 67.7-73.6 209 9.4 8.0-10.9 248 19.9 17.2-22.9
African American 93 66 62.8 46.8-76.4 5 3.0 1.1- 8.4 22 34.2 20.9-50.5
Other Minorities 125 54 34.4 23.8-46.9 15 7.1 3.6-13.5 56 58.5 46.0-70.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 78 21 18.7 9.9-32.5 5 4.4 1.6-11.4 52 76.9 63.1-86.6
Non-Hispanic 1,921 1,423 71.2 68.3-73.9 224 9.2 7.9-10.7 274 19.6 17.0-22.4
AGE
18-24 100 56 54.1 41.5-66.2 2 1.8 0.4- 7.1 42 44.1 32.1-56.9
25-34 267 156 54.8 47.4-61.9 20 6.2 3.8- 9.8 91 39.1 32.1-46.5
35-44 312 211 62.2 55.1-68.9 34 8.2 5.4-12.1 67 29.6 23.2-37.0
45-54 349 256 72.6 66.6-77.8 41 10.7 7.6-14.8 52 16.8 12.4-22.2
55-64 380 304 80.3 75.1-84.7 41 9.0 6.3-12.7 35 10.7 7.3-15.3
65-74 308 240 77.9 72.1-82.9 46 15.0 11.0-20.2 22 7.1 4.3-11.4
75+ 277 215 79.0 73.1-83.9 45 15.2 11.0-20.6 17 5.8 3.4- 9.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 347 225 51.6 43.7-59.4 38 8.5 5.8-12.2 84 39.9 32.0-48.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 610 443 68.9 63.5-73.7 62 6.9 5.2- 9.2 105 24.2 19.5-29.6
Some Post-H.S. 481 361 70.1 64.2-75.5 56 10.5 7.6-14.2 64 19.4 14.7-25.3
College Graduate 555 410 74.7 70.2-78.7 71 9.9 7.6-12.7 74 15.5 12.0-19.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 282 196 62.3 53.4-70.4 36 9.1 6.3-13.1 50 28.6 20.7-38.1
$15,000- 24,999 416 270 56.4 49.6-62.9 46 7.8 5.5-10.9 100 35.8 29.4-42.8
$25,000- 34,999 270 204 70.3 62.5-77.1 25 9.0 5.7-14.0 41 20.7 14.6-28.4
$35,000- 49,999 294 222 70.8 63.6-77.1 24 5.8 3.7- 9.2 48 23.3 17.3-30.6
$50,000-74,999 215 159 71.1 60.2-80.0 29 10.5 6.8-15.9 27 18.4 10.2-30.9
$75,000+ 226 186 82.1 75.4-87.3 21 8.2 5.1-13.0 19 9.7 5.8-15.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 674 488 72.0 67.2-76.4 111 12.6 10.1-15.5 75 15.4 11.7-20.1
No 1,276 923 65.6 61.8-69.2 114 7.4 5.9- 9.1 239 27.1 23.5-30.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 266 193 73.9 67.3-79.6 44 13.3 9.5-18.2 29 12.8 8.5-18.9
Non-Veteran 1,734 1,251 66.4 63.1-69.5 185 8.2 6.9- 9.7 298 25.4 22.3-28.7

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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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