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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 1,976 920 46.4 43.4-49.6 1,056 53.6 50.4-56.6
-Western NC 429 200 48.2 42.2-54.4 229 51.8 45.6-57.8
GENDER
Male 138 74 50.3 39.7-60.9 64 49.7 39.1-60.3
Female 291 126 46.7 39.7-53.9 165 53.3 46.1-60.3
RACE
White 406 193 49.1 42.8-55.3 213 50.9 44.7-57.2
African American 14 4 27.7 9.4-58.6 10 72.3 41.4-90.6
Other Minorities 9 3 39.2 11.7-75.8 6 60.8 24.2-88.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 1 53.7 9.5-92.7 2 46.3 7.3-90.5
Non-Hispanic 425 199 48.3 42.2-54.4 226 51.7 45.6-57.8
AGE
18-24 5 4 85.0 38.0-98.1 1 15.0 1.9-62.0
25-34 21 11 44.8 22.8-69.0 10 55.2 31.0-77.2
35-44 48 21 46.7 30.6-63.5 27 53.3 36.5-69.4
45-54 92 44 45.7 34.4-57.5 48 54.3 42.5-65.6
55-64 119 57 48.0 38.2-58.0 62 52.0 42.0-61.8
65-74 82 33 44.2 31.6-57.5 49 55.8 42.5-68.4
75+ 62 30 48.1 34.3-62.1 32 51.9 37.9-65.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 51 24 47.3 30.9-64.3 27 52.7 35.7-69.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 139 71 57.1 45.9-67.5 68 42.9 32.5-54.1
Some Post-H.S. 136 58 39.7 30.0-50.2 78 60.3 49.8-70.0
College Graduate 103 47 47.1 36.7-57.8 56 52.9 42.2-63.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 48 23 58.3 39.9-74.6 25 41.7 25.4-60.1
$15,000- 24,999 75 34 46.6 33.2-60.6 41 53.4 39.4-66.8
$25,000- 34,999 57 27 38.2 24.3-54.3 30 61.8 45.7-75.7
$35,000- 49,999 73 33 54.7 39.5-69.0 40 45.3 31.0-60.5
$50,000-74,999 59 30 55.8 40.4-70.1 29 44.2 29.9-59.6
$75,000+ 69 30 37.4 25.8-50.7 39 62.6 49.3-74.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 173 90 54.5 45.4-63.3 83 45.5 36.7-54.6
No 251 109 44.8 36.9-53.0 142 55.2 47.0-63.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 62 33 50.5 34.3-66.5 29 49.5 33.5-65.7
Non-Veteran 367 167 47.8 41.3-54.3 200 52.2 45.7-58.7

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*Asked only of care givers providing care to those age 60 and older.

^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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