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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 13,259 1,914 17.1 15.9-18.4 11,345 82.9 81.6-84.1
-Western NC 2,820 426 17.4 15.4-19.7 2,394 82.6 80.3-84.6
GENDER
Male 1,084 151 15.9 13.0-19.3 933 84.1 80.7-87.0
Female 1,736 275 18.8 16.1-21.9 1,461 81.2 78.1-83.9
RACE
White 2,591 369 16.4 14.3-18.6 2,222 83.6 81.4-85.7
African American 78 19 23.4 13.6-37.2 59 76.6 62.8-86.4
Other Minorities 138 33 28.3 17.5-42.3 105 71.7 57.7-82.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 60 16 31.8 16.8-51.7 44 68.2 48.3-83.2
Non-Hispanic 2,754 407 16.8 14.9-19.1 2,347 83.2 80.9-85.1
AGE
18-24 89 17 15.0 8.1-26.1 72 85.0 73.9-91.9
25-34 193 50 24.0 17.7-31.7 143 76.0 68.3-82.3
35-44 346 88 25.0 19.8-31.0 258 75.0 69.0-80.2
45-54 495 107 22.4 17.2-28.5 388 77.6 71.5-82.8
55-64 650 112 17.8 14.4-21.8 538 82.2 78.2-85.6
65+ 1,025 47 4.1 3.0- 5.6 978 95.9 94.4-97.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 400 84 18.9 13.7-25.7 316 81.1 74.3-86.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 920 162 22.6 18.6-27.0 758 77.4 73.0-81.4
Some Post-H.S. 693 110 20.1 15.8-25.2 583 79.9 74.8-84.2
College Graduate 803 70 8.3 6.2-11.1 733 91.7 88.9-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 370 88 26.2 19.4-34.4 282 73.8 65.6-80.6
$15,000- 24,999 521 129 30.6 25.2-36.7 392 69.4 63.3-74.8
$25,000- 34,999 348 60 24.6 18.8-31.4 288 75.4 68.6-81.2
$35,000- 49,999 371 48 15.9 11.2-22.1 323 84.1 77.9-88.8
$50,000-74,999 360 27 7.9 5.0-12.4 333 92.1 87.6-95.0
$75,000+ 409 19 4.9 2.9- 8.2 390 95.1 91.8-97.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,073 225 24.8 21.0-29.0 848 75.2 71.0-79.0
No 1,613 180 14.3 11.9-17.0 1,433 85.7 83.0-88.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 357 36 13.0 9.0-18.4 321 87.0 81.6-91.0
Non-Veteran 2,228 355 17.3 15.0-19.8 1,873 82.7 80.2-85.0

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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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