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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,249 11,601 81.9 80.4-83.3 1,648 18.1 16.7-19.6
-Western NC 2,820 2,398 79.7 77.1-82.2 422 20.3 17.8-22.9
GENDER
Male 1,086 895 77.5 73.2-81.3 191 22.5 18.7-26.8
Female 1,734 1,503 81.8 78.4-84.8 231 18.2 15.2-21.6
RACE
White 2,592 2,245 81.9 79.3-84.3 347 18.1 15.7-20.7
African American 77 60 77.5 63.1-87.4 17 22.5 12.6-36.9
Other Minorities 138 84 49.0 35.3-62.9 54 51.0 37.1-64.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 60 35 41.1 24.7-59.9 25 58.9 40.1-75.3
Non-Hispanic 2,754 2,358 81.2 78.7-83.6 396 18.8 16.4-21.3
AGE
18-24 87 56 64.8 48.9-78.0 31 35.2 22.0-51.1
25-34 192 128 68.6 59.8-76.2 64 31.4 23.8-40.2
35-44 346 250 69.7 62.2-76.2 96 30.3 23.8-37.8
45-54 494 394 81.4 77.0-85.2 100 18.6 14.8-23.0
55-64 652 542 83.0 79.0-86.5 110 17.0 13.5-21.0
65+ 1,027 1,008 98.3 97.2-99.0 19 1.7 1.0- 2.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 399 313 69.6 59.2-78.3 86 30.4 21.7-40.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 920 750 75.0 70.6-79.0 170 25.0 21.0-29.4
Some Post-H.S. 693 598 80.1 74.2-84.9 95 19.9 15.1-25.8
College Graduate 804 734 90.8 87.8-93.2 70 9.2 6.8-12.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 369 286 66.2 55.8-75.2 83 33.8 24.8-44.2
$15,000- 24,999 520 367 58.4 51.6-64.9 153 41.6 35.1-48.4
$25,000- 34,999 349 287 72.1 64.8-78.4 62 27.9 21.6-35.2
$35,000- 49,999 372 336 87.5 81.7-91.7 36 12.5 8.3-18.3
$50,000-74,999 360 335 88.8 81.1-93.5 25 11.2 6.5-18.9
$75,000+ 409 396 96.3 93.2-98.0 13 3.7 2.0- 6.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,074 930 83.5 79.8-86.6 144 16.5 13.4-20.2
No 1,612 1,355 77.4 73.7-80.7 257 22.6 19.3-26.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 359 331 91.0 86.2-94.2 28 9.0 5.8-13.8
Non-Veteran 2,227 1,863 78.6 75.5-81.4 364 21.4 18.6-24.5

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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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