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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 3,436 2,744 75.9 73.6-78.0 692 24.1 22.0-26.4
-Western NC 608 467 73.8 68.7-78.3 141 26.2 21.7-31.3
GENDER
Male 263 154 59.5 51.7-66.9 109 40.5 33.1-48.3
Female 345 313 90.9 86.7-93.9 32 9.1 6.1-13.3
RACE
White 548 425 74.2 68.8-79.0 123 25.8 21.0-31.2
African American 24 20 86.8 63.9-96.1 4 13.2 3.9-36.1
Other Minorities 36 22 61.9 40.2-79.6 14 38.1 20.4-59.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 24 15 59.3 35.3-79.5 9 40.7 20.5-64.7
Non-Hispanic 584 452 74.6 69.4-79.2 132 25.4 20.8-30.6
AGE
18-24 23 18 65.3 37.2-85.7 5 34.7 14.3-62.8
25-34 87 61 70.7 58.4-80.5 26 29.3 19.5-41.6
35-44 108 80 72.6 62.0-81.2 28 27.4 18.8-38.0
45-54 173 133 77.4 69.2-83.9 40 22.6 16.1-30.8
55-64 160 129 78.2 69.8-84.9 31 21.8 15.1-30.2
65-74 47 39 79.2 60.5-90.5 8 20.8 9.5-39.5
75+ 9 6 72.7 36.7-92.5 3 27.3 7.5-63.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 62 42 52.4 35.2-69.0 20 47.6 31.0-64.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 182 137 68.6 58.4-77.3 45 31.4 22.7-41.6
Some Post-H.S. 168 125 76.3 68.0-83.0 43 23.7 17.0-32.0
College Graduate 196 163 84.1 76.5-89.6 33 15.9 10.4-23.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 24 20 79.1 43.3-94.9 4 20.9 5.1-56.7
$15,000- 24,999 113 81 66.7 53.4-77.7 32 33.3 22.3-46.6
$25,000- 34,999 76 56 70.4 53.8-82.9 20 29.6 17.1-46.2
$35,000- 49,999 115 86 73.8 61.4-83.3 29 26.2 16.7-38.6
$50,000-74,999 119 97 79.4 68.2-87.4 22 20.6 12.6-31.8
$75,000+ 122 98 77.7 66.9-85.7 24 22.3 14.3-33.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 140 115 74.3 60.6-84.4 25 25.7 15.6-39.4
No 464 350 73.8 68.2-78.8 114 26.2 21.2-31.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 78 47 61.5 45.8-75.1 31 38.5 24.9-54.2
Non-Veteran 530 420 75.6 70.2-80.3 110 24.4 19.7-29.8

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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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