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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,583 11,165 71.0 69.8-72.2 1,593 12.7 11.9-13.7 884 7.9 7.2- 8.7 821 6.9 6.2- 7.6 120 1.5 1.1- 1.9
-Western NC 2,870 2,154 68.3 65.7-70.8 288 11.6 10.0-13.4 188 9.2 7.6-11.1 224 9.9 8.4-11.8 16 1.0 0.5- 2.0
GENDER
Male 1,067 757 61.6 57.3-65.7 111 13.0 10.3-16.3 79 10.8 8.1-14.1 109 12.9 10.2-16.2 11 1.8 0.8- 3.7
Female 1,803 1,397 74.6 71.8-77.2 177 10.2 8.5-12.2 109 7.7 6.1- 9.7 115 7.1 5.7- 9.0 5 0.3 0.1- 0.8
RACE
White 2,650 1,994 68.7 66.0-71.2 266 11.8 10.1-13.7 173 9.2 7.6-11.1 208 10.1 8.4-12.0 9 0.3 0.1- 0.6
African American 93 74 70.3 51.1-84.2 9 11.2 5.0-23.4 4 13.3 3.2-41.6 6 5.2 2.1-12.2 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 118 77 60.4 46.5-72.8 13 9.3 4.1-19.7 11 6.6 2.9-14.3 10 11.1 4.6-24.4 7 12.6 5.5-26.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 46 60.8 44.0-75.4 4 6.0 1.7-19.7 5 6.7 2.2-18.4 8 12.7 4.8-29.8 6 13.7 5.5-30.2
Non-Hispanic 2,796 2,103 68.6 66.0-71.1 284 11.8 10.2-13.7 183 9.3 7.7-11.2 216 9.8 8.3-11.6 10 0.4 0.2- 1.1
AGE
18-24 77 48 64.4 50.4-76.3 15 17.0 8.9-30.1 9 9.3 4.4-18.5 5 9.3 3.4-22.7 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 235 129 49.8 42.2-57.4 27 11.0 7.3-16.2 38 19.5 13.7-26.9 35 16.1 11.2-22.7 6 3.6 1.5- 8.6
35-44 377 234 58.0 51.9-63.7 52 15.6 11.7-20.7 44 11.4 8.1-16.0 45 14.4 10.4-19.5 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5
45-54 518 349 65.8 60.5-70.8 68 15.0 11.1-20.0 41 8.1 5.8-11.3 56 10.3 7.7-13.6 4 0.7 0.3- 2.0
55-64 643 504 78.9 75.0-82.4 60 9.2 6.8-12.4 35 5.4 3.7- 7.8 43 6.3 4.5- 8.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
65-74 572 493 87.4 84.1-90.0 42 6.3 4.6- 8.7 12 2.2 1.2- 4.1 23 3.8 2.4- 5.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2
75+ 437 386 89.7 86.2-92.3 24 5.2 3.4- 7.9 9 1.4 0.7- 2.8 17 3.3 2.0- 5.5 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 449 351 72.0 65.1-78.1 27 7.9 4.1-14.6 25 6.2 3.7-10.1 42 11.4 8.0-16.0 4 2.5 0.7- 8.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 903 638 66.9 62.4-71.2 103 11.6 9.0-14.8 72 10.1 7.5-13.5 83 10.4 7.8-13.7 7 1.0 0.4- 2.6
Some Post-H.S. 745 575 70.5 65.4-75.2 75 11.3 8.5-14.7 42 8.7 5.6-13.1 50 9.1 6.2-13.1 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4
College Graduate 767 586 65.9 60.8-70.7 82 13.7 10.4-17.7 49 10.3 7.2-14.5 49 9.5 6.5-13.6 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 346 261 71.8 64.6-78.0 33 10.5 7.1-15.4 17 6.4 3.1-12.6 32 10.1 6.4-15.5 3 1.3 0.4- 4.2
$15,000- 24,999 555 394 61.5 55.1-67.4 49 12.1 8.1-17.7 41 8.3 5.7-12.0 66 17.0 12.4-22.8 5 1.2 0.4- 3.3
$25,000- 34,999 312 214 58.8 50.2-66.8 43 13.8 9.6-19.6 29 16.0 9.8-25.1 26 11.3 7.0-17.8 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 453 336 66.6 60.1-72.5 44 11.8 8.1-16.9 39 11.8 7.9-17.3 33 8.8 5.8-13.1 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6
$50,000-74,999 395 302 70.8 64.3-76.6 43 12.3 8.5-17.5 25 8.7 5.4-13.9 24 7.8 4.8-12.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6
$75,000+ 431 348 77.1 71.2-82.1 40 10.9 7.3-15.9 22 5.9 3.5- 9.7 20 6.0 3.5-10.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,112 866 73.6 69.5-77.3 98 9.3 6.8-12.5 65 8.2 5.9-11.2 78 8.5 6.5-11.1 5 0.4 0.2- 1.0
No 1,636 1,200 66.2 62.9-69.5 178 12.8 10.7-15.2 118 9.6 7.6-12.1 132 10.5 8.4-13.0 8 0.9 0.4- 2.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 440 364 80.8 75.2-85.3 31 8.3 5.1-13.2 22 5.2 3.2- 8.1 21 5.3 3.1- 9.1 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
Non-Veteran 2,430 1,790 66.3 63.4-69.0 257 12.1 10.3-14.1 166 9.8 8.0-12.0 203 10.7 8.9-12.7 14 1.1 0.5- 2.2

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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.

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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