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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,066 9,950 70.8 69.3-72.3 1,443 12.7 11.7-13.9 809 7.6 6.8- 8.5 767 7.6 6.7- 8.7 97 1.2 0.8- 1.9
-Western NC 2,772 2,056 67.6 64.4-70.7 314 14.6 12.0-17.6 183 7.5 6.2- 9.1 201 9.3 7.6-11.4 18 0.9 0.5- 1.7
GENDER
Male 1,072 727 58.7 53.4-63.7 134 17.1 12.6-22.8 94 9.9 7.7-12.6 105 12.8 9.7-16.7 12 1.6 0.8- 3.3
Female 1,700 1,329 76.0 72.8-79.0 180 12.3 10.1-14.9 89 5.3 4.0- 7.1 96 6.1 4.6- 8.0 6 0.3 0.1- 0.7
RACE
White 2,551 1,909 69.9 66.6-73.0 281 13.6 10.9-16.7 165 6.9 5.6- 8.4 182 8.9 7.2-11.0 14 0.7 0.4- 1.5
African American 77 55 51.1 34.1-67.7 14 35.9 19.5-56.4 6 10.8 4.0-26.0 2 2.3 0.6- 9.0 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 131 85 44.6 31.3-58.7 15 17.8 9.1-31.9 12 15.4 7.6-28.7 15 18.2 8.4-35.0 4 4.0 0.9-15.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 58 38 47.9 29.5-66.8 10 19.9 8.5-40.0 6 17.2 6.6-37.7 3 10.3 2.1-38.2 1 4.8 0.7-27.1
Non-Hispanic 2,709 2,015 68.4 65.2-71.5 303 14.4 11.8-17.5 177 7.1 5.9- 8.6 197 9.2 7.5-11.3 17 0.8 0.4- 1.4
AGE
18-24 84 49 52.5 35.0-69.4 21 32.7 17.6-52.6 9 8.0 3.5-16.9 4 6.4 1.5-23.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9
25-34 191 118 60.2 50.8-69.0 26 14.3 8.7-22.6 22 10.2 6.1-16.7 22 12.5 7.6-19.7 3 2.8 0.9- 8.5
35-44 341 196 55.4 48.3-62.3 60 17.6 13.2-23.1 25 6.7 4.4-10.2 56 19.4 14.2-25.9 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5
45-54 487 328 65.3 59.5-70.8 65 14.1 10.8-18.3 50 10.6 7.6-14.7 39 8.9 5.7-13.7 5 1.0 0.3- 2.9
55-64 645 488 74.7 70.3-78.6 68 10.4 8.0-13.4 42 8.0 5.5-11.5 44 6.4 4.3- 9.4 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5
65+ 1,004 861 85.8 82.6-88.5 72 7.4 5.4- 9.9 35 3.2 2.2- 4.6 34 3.4 2.1- 5.7 2 0.2 0.0- 1.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 387 297 59.5 46.8-71.0 33 15.6 6.1-34.6 24 8.9 4.9-15.8 31 14.5 8.0-24.9 2 1.5 0.3- 7.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 904 662 64.5 59.7-69.1 84 13.4 10.0-17.5 69 9.2 6.8-12.3 81 11.3 8.5-14.9 8 1.6 0.7- 3.7
Some Post-H.S. 680 496 71.0 65.3-76.1 101 16.2 12.5-20.7 39 5.4 3.6- 8.0 41 7.1 4.6-10.9 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1
College Graduate 797 597 72.1 67.4-76.4 96 14.3 10.9-18.5 51 6.8 4.9- 9.4 48 6.4 4.4- 9.1 5 0.4 0.2- 1.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 358 263 63.9 53.6-73.2 42 14.2 9.1-21.5 20 6.4 3.0-13.0 32 15.4 7.9-27.8 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2
$15,000- 24,999 513 353 60.0 53.4-66.3 61 14.0 10.3-18.7 42 11.0 7.2-16.5 52 13.0 8.7-19.0 5 2.0 0.6- 6.2
$25,000- 34,999 345 246 63.0 55.8-69.6 41 16.4 11.4-23.0 30 9.5 6.4-13.7 27 9.9 6.1-15.6 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8
$35,000- 49,999 369 281 71.0 64.0-77.0 36 11.1 7.1-16.8 21 6.0 3.7- 9.5 27 10.4 6.5-16.3 4 1.6 0.5- 5.1
$50,000-74,999 357 270 75.0 68.4-80.6 42 13.2 8.9-19.0 23 5.5 3.5- 8.6 21 6.3 3.9- 9.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
$75,000+ 409 311 73.2 65.9-79.5 52 14.6 10.0-20.9 22 5.5 3.3- 9.1 21 6.1 3.4-10.8 3 0.5 0.1- 2.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,051 820 75.2 71.3-78.8 108 10.6 8.3-13.3 63 7.3 5.3-10.0 57 6.6 4.7- 9.2 3 0.3 0.1- 0.9
No 1,595 1,141 64.8 60.9-68.5 191 15.3 12.7-18.3 116 8.1 6.4-10.3 132 10.4 8.1-13.4 15 1.3 0.7- 2.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 355 283 76.8 70.6-82.0 41 13.7 9.4-19.5 16 5.1 2.9- 9.0 15 4.4 2.5- 7.6 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 2,185 1,588 66.5 62.8-70.1 251 14.7 11.7-18.3 152 7.8 6.3- 9.7 176 9.8 7.8-12.2 18 1.1 0.6- 2.1

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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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