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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Parent/Parent-in-law Child/Spouse Relative Non-realtive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,512 605 42.8 38.8-46.8 295 16.0 13.7-18.5 364 27.7 23.9-31.8 248 13.5 11.3-16.1
-Western NC 337 142 45.1 37.5-53.0 63 18.3 13.6-24.1 72 23.1 17.6-29.8 60 13.5 9.2-19.4
GENDER
Male 123 55 51.7 39.3-64.0 22 16.2 10.0-25.2 30 24.5 15.9-35.8 16 7.5 4.3-12.7
Female 214 87 39.3 31.3-47.9 41 20.1 13.9-28.1 42 21.9 15.3-30.2 44 18.8 11.8-28.5
RACE
White 320 133 44.7 36.9-52.8 60 18.1 13.4-24.1 69 23.1 17.5-29.9 58 14.0 9.5-20.3
African American 5 3 81.2 40.3-96.5 1 12.4 1.5-56.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.5 0.7-38.8
Other Minorities 11 5 27.2 7.4-63.4 2 28.7 6.3-70.8 3 42.1 10.7-81.6 1 2.0 0.2-14.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 4 3 78.7 25.5-97.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 21.3 2.5-74.5
Non-Hispanic 332 138 44.5 36.8-52.5 63 18.5 13.8-24.4 72 23.5 17.9-30.2 59 13.4 9.1-19.5
AGE
18-24 5 1 34.5 5.3-83.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 65.5 16.8-94.7 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 18 7 27.6 10.5-55.5 2 4.9 1.0-21.6 7 45.3 20.6-72.6 2 22.2 4.7-62.4
35-44 44 27 70.9 52.1-84.5 8 13.9 6.0-28.8 6 11.9 4.6-27.6 3 3.3 0.9-11.0
45-54 79 41 50.7 37.6-63.6 13 20.7 10.7-36.3 15 17.6 10.0-29.0 10 11.0 5.5-20.8
55-64 86 40 46.5 35.0-58.3 15 19.2 11.4-30.6 15 17.9 10.4-28.9 16 16.5 9.7-26.5
65+ 102 23 21.7 14.2-31.7 25 30.6 20.8-42.6 25 25.9 17.3-36.8 29 21.8 14.8-30.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 29 8 25.3 9.4-52.3 7 16.8 6.0-38.7 8 27.2 11.5-51.6 6 30.8 8.7-67.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 121 49 45.3 34.8-56.3 24 20.8 12.7-32.0 29 24.0 15.9-34.6 19 9.9 5.9-16.1
Some Post-H.S. 92 44 54.9 38.6-70.3 16 13.9 7.7-23.9 19 22.0 11.8-37.4 13 9.1 4.6-17.4
College Graduate 95 41 40.8 29.9-52.8 16 20.6 12.3-32.5 16 21.6 12.6-34.5 22 16.9 10.8-25.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 31 10 32.4 14.6-57.3 8 21.7 9.2-43.0 10 35.6 17.1-59.7 3 10.3 3.3-28.1
$15,000- 24,999 73 23 33.3 20.4-49.4 11 12.8 6.2-24.5 22 29.3 17.6-44.6 17 24.6 11.1-46.1
$25,000- 34,999 59 23 44.6 29.2-61.1 7 18.5 7.5-38.7 14 23.9 13.2-39.3 15 13.0 7.0-22.8
$35,000- 49,999 57 25 42.1 27.6-58.1 15 24.6 13.8-39.8 8 22.7 10.2-43.3 9 10.6 5.2-20.4
$50,000-74,999 40 21 50.2 33.1-67.2 9 24.7 12.6-42.9 5 13.9 4.9-33.7 5 11.2 4.4-25.7
$75,000+ 42 21 58.2 34.1-78.9 6 13.7 5.2-31.2 10 20.5 8.3-42.1 5 7.7 2.6-20.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 132 48 35.5 26.2-46.0 30 25.9 17.7-36.2 25 23.0 14.3-34.8 29 15.6 10.4-22.9
No 204 93 50.0 39.9-60.1 33 14.4 9.3-21.6 47 23.2 16.5-31.7 31 12.4 6.9-21.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 37 11 24.9 12.9-42.5 10 29.2 14.9-49.2 8 29.3 13.0-53.5 8 16.7 7.9-31.9
Non-Veteran 251 109 45.6 36.5-55.0 45 17.0 11.8-23.8 53 23.7 17.2-31.7 44 13.7 8.5-21.4

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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