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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 6,949 6,092 85.4 83.9-86.8 857 14.6 13.2-16.1
-Western NC 1,372 1,197 85.6 82.6-88.1 175 14.4 11.9-17.4
GENDER
Male 504 407 78.1 72.5-82.8 97 21.9 17.2-27.5
Female 868 790 92.5 90.1-94.3 78 7.5 5.7- 9.9
RACE
White 1,258 1,117 88.5 85.8-90.8 141 11.5 9.2-14.2
African American 45 32 65.3 43.0-82.4 13 34.7 17.6-57.0
Other Minorities 66 46 55.6 38.2-71.7 20 44.4 28.3-61.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 41 28 55.6 35.2-74.3 13 44.4 25.7-64.8
Non-Hispanic 1,328 1,168 87.3 84.5-89.7 160 12.7 10.3-15.5
AGE
18-24 36 33 88.4 68.5-96.4 3 11.6 3.6-31.5
25-34 126 109 81.1 70.9-88.3 17 18.9 11.7-29.1
35-44 155 134 81.8 72.7-88.3 21 18.2 11.7-27.3
45-54 248 219 88.8 83.2-92.7 29 11.2 7.3-16.8
55-64 300 267 88.9 84.3-92.2 33 11.1 7.8-15.7
65-74 291 263 90.3 85.6-93.5 28 9.7 6.5-14.4
75+ 213 169 80.5 73.7-85.8 44 19.5 14.2-26.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 220 166 74.5 65.4-81.9 54 25.5 18.1-34.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 409 341 82.3 76.4-86.9 68 17.7 13.1-23.6
Some Post-H.S. 378 348 91.4 86.4-94.6 30 8.6 5.4-13.6
College Graduate 364 341 89.7 82.9-94.0 23 10.3 6.0-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 167 140 79.0 66.0-88.0 27 21.0 12.0-34.0
$15,000- 24,999 295 242 81.1 74.4-86.3 53 18.9 13.7-25.6
$25,000- 34,999 147 130 88.8 79.5-94.2 17 11.2 5.8-20.5
$35,000- 49,999 215 193 88.2 80.5-93.1 22 11.8 6.9-19.5
$50,000-74,999 189 174 92.4 86.8-95.8 15 7.6 4.2-13.2
$75,000+ 195 186 93.6 85.8-97.3 9 6.4 2.7-14.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 570 488 85.8 81.4-89.3 82 14.2 10.7-18.6
No 793 703 85.8 81.8-89.1 90 14.2 10.9-18.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 217 188 89.4 83.0-93.5 29 10.6 6.5-17.0
Non-Veteran 1,155 1,009 85.0 81.7-87.8 146 15.0 12.2-18.3

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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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