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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,744 12,886 81.3 80.1-82.5 1,858 18.7 17.5-19.9
-Western NC 2,891 2,479 79.9 77.5-82.1 412 20.1 17.9-22.5
GENDER
Male 1,072 910 76.7 72.5-80.5 162 23.3 19.5-27.5
Female 1,819 1,569 82.9 80.3-85.1 250 17.1 14.9-19.7
RACE
White 2,669 2,332 83.3 81.0-85.3 337 16.7 14.7-19.0
African American 94 76 74.3 54.5-87.4 18 25.7 12.6-45.5
Other Minorities 118 61 32.0 21.9-44.1 57 68.0 55.9-78.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 32 30.2 18.8-44.7 37 69.8 55.3-81.2
Non-Hispanic 2,815 2,440 82.1 79.8-84.2 375 17.9 15.8-20.2
AGE
18-24 76 48 56.3 42.0-69.6 28 43.7 30.4-58.0
25-34 237 160 67.6 60.1-74.4 77 32.4 25.6-39.9
35-44 378 283 74.5 69.1-79.3 95 25.5 20.7-30.9
45-54 526 421 81.2 77.1-84.7 105 18.8 15.3-22.9
55-64 646 555 85.0 81.1-88.1 91 15.0 11.9-18.9
65-74 576 565 98.0 96.1-99.0 11 2.0 1.0- 3.9
75+ 440 436 99.1 97.7-99.7 4 0.9 0.3- 2.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 458 355 65.7 58.5-72.3 103 34.3 27.7-41.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 909 756 78.7 74.3-82.6 153 21.3 17.4-25.7
Some Post-H.S. 750 648 79.7 74.7-83.9 102 20.3 16.1-25.3
College Graduate 768 715 89.6 85.5-92.6 53 10.4 7.4-14.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 350 282 74.4 66.7-80.9 68 25.6 19.1-33.3
$15,000- 24,999 561 427 63.4 57.0-69.3 134 36.6 30.7-43.0
$25,000- 34,999 312 257 68.1 58.6-76.3 55 31.9 23.7-41.4
$35,000- 49,999 452 395 85.4 80.5-89.2 57 14.6 10.8-19.5
$50,000-74,999 395 372 93.4 89.6-95.9 23 6.6 4.1-10.4
$75,000+ 432 410 93.5 89.7-96.0 22 6.5 4.0-10.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,123 986 83.0 79.0-86.4 137 17.0 13.6-21.0
No 1,643 1,393 78.9 75.7-81.8 250 21.1 18.2-24.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 438 414 91.9 87.2-94.9 24 8.1 5.1-12.8
Non-Veteran 2,453 2,065 78.0 75.3-80.5 388 22.0 19.5-24.7

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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.

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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