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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Doctor Worksite School Media Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,328 149 11.2 8.9-14.0 73 4.4 3.2- 6.0 8 0.8 0.3- 2.1 896 66.9 62.8-70.7 202 16.7 13.5-20.4
-Western NC 231 21 8.0 4.8-13.0 18 7.4 4.4-12.2 2 1.0 0.2- 4.3 156 67.8 59.9-74.8 34 15.8 10.6-22.9
GENDER
Male 75 5 5.9 2.1-15.6 5 6.9 2.7-16.3 0 0.0 . - . 55 71.2 57.2-82.1 10 16.0 7.9-29.9
Female 156 16 9.4 5.3-16.3 13 7.8 4.2-14.1 2 1.7 0.4- 7.2 101 65.5 55.7-74.0 24 15.6 9.7-24.1
RACE
White 218 21 8.4 5.0-13.7 15 6.6 3.7-11.4 2 1.1 0.2- 4.5 149 68.1 59.9-75.3 31 15.9 10.5-23.3
African American 6 0 0.0 . - . 1 30.1 4.7-79.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 42.6 11.8-80.5 2 27.3 5.2-72.1
Other Minorities 7 0 0.0 . - . 2 20.1 3.6-63.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 73.9 31.2-94.7 1 6.0 0.6-38.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 21.8 2.0-79.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 78.2 20.8-98.0 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 228 21 8.2 4.9-13.3 17 7.1 4.1-11.8 2 1.0 0.2- 4.4 154 67.6 59.6-74.6 34 16.2 10.9-23.4
AGE
18-24 6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 62.3 21.6-90.9 2 37.7 9.1-78.4
25-34 26 4 9.0 3.1-23.7 2 7.5 1.8-26.5 1 1.5 0.2-10.3 16 69.4 48.1-84.7 3 12.6 3.9-33.8
35-44 43 3 8.5 2.5-25.1 5 11.2 4.4-25.6 1 3.0 0.4-18.3 27 59.5 42.2-74.7 7 17.8 8.0-35.1
45-54 56 6 11.1 4.3-25.7 7 9.8 4.5-20.3 0 0.0 . - . 34 66.2 51.3-78.5 9 12.8 6.1-25.0
55-64 58 4 5.6 2.0-14.5 4 6.4 2.4-15.9 0 0.0 . - . 39 70.3 56.5-81.2 11 17.8 9.4-31.0
65-74 32 4 9.1 3.1-24.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 26 81.7 62.3-92.4 2 9.2 2.2-31.1
75+ 10 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 10 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 43 5 6.6 2.5-16.4 2 8.3 2.1-27.8 0 0.0 . - . 26 54.4 36.9-70.9 10 30.7 16.8-49.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 83 6 7.2 2.8-17.7 5 4.3 1.7-10.3 0 0.0 . - . 61 76.6 64.2-85.8 11 11.8 5.7-23.1
Some Post-H.S. 74 9 11.3 5.1-23.0 7 9.4 4.1-20.3 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 45 61.4 46.3-74.6 12 16.9 7.8-32.7
College Graduate 31 1 4.0 0.5-23.6 4 9.1 3.0-24.5 1 4.8 0.7-27.3 24 78.3 58.0-90.4 1 3.9 0.5-23.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 32 3 6.6 1.9-20.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 25 75.9 53.5-89.6 4 17.5 6.2-40.6
$15,000- 24,999 74 7 10.6 4.5-23.1 5 6.8 2.7-16.4 2 3.5 0.8-14.1 50 66.1 52.5-77.5 10 12.9 6.1-25.2
$25,000- 34,999 28 3 5.9 1.3-23.1 2 4.6 1.0-18.0 0 0.0 . - . 19 77.2 55.1-90.4 4 12.4 3.5-35.4
$35,000- 49,999 38 2 4.2 0.9-17.0 3 8.5 2.4-25.7 0 0.0 . - . 25 62.1 41.4-79.2 8 25.2 11.1-47.4
$50,000-74,999 23 6 19.4 7.1-43.2 3 11.4 2.8-36.5 0 0.0 . - . 11 56.6 31.5-78.8 3 12.6 3.1-39.0
$75,000+ 17 0 0.0 . - . 3 15.7 4.8-40.4 0 0.0 . - . 11 67.5 40.5-86.4 3 16.8 4.3-47.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 97 12 15.3 8.0-27.2 4 4.3 1.5-11.4 0 0.0 . - . 72 71.9 59.9-81.5 9 8.5 4.2-16.6
No 133 8 3.8 1.7- 8.0 14 9.2 5.0-16.1 2 1.6 0.4- 6.6 84 65.7 55.1-74.9 25 19.8 12.4-30.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 28 1 8.7 1.3-41.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 23 74.0 48.2-89.7 4 17.3 5.6-42.4
Non-Veteran 203 20 7.9 4.7-12.9 18 8.4 5.0-13.8 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9 133 67.0 58.5-74.5 30 15.6 10.1-23.2

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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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