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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 1,608 200 14.0 11.2-17.3 1,408 86.0 82.7-88.8
-Western NC 335 39 9.8 6.7-14.1 296 90.2 85.9-93.3
GENDER
Male 134 16 11.1 6.2-18.9 118 88.9 81.1-93.8
Female 201 23 8.5 5.2-13.7 178 91.5 86.3-94.8
RACE
White 284 32 9.3 6.1-13.9 252 90.7 86.1-93.9
African American 19 1 9.4 1.3-44.7 18 90.6 55.3-98.7
Other Minorities 30 5 16.5 5.7-39.4 25 83.5 60.6-94.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 1 6.6 0.8-39.2 4 93.4 60.8-99.2
Non-Hispanic 328 36 9.6 6.4-14.0 292 90.4 86.0-93.6
AGE
18-44 21 2 6.7 1.2-29.3 19 93.3 70.7-98.8
45-54 45 7 15.5 6.2-33.8 38 84.5 66.2-93.8
55-64 98 12 11.1 6.0-19.6 86 88.9 80.4-94.0
65+ 171 18 7.4 4.3-12.5 153 92.6 87.5-95.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 72 12 10.2 5.2-19.2 60 89.8 80.8-94.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 138 18 10.9 6.3-18.1 120 89.1 81.9-93.7
Some Post-H.S. 73 5 8.3 2.8-22.3 68 91.7 77.7-97.2
College Graduate 51 4 8.6 3.1-21.7 47 91.4 78.3-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 79 11 14.0 6.7-27.1 68 86.0 72.9-93.3
$15,000- 24,999 74 9 8.8 4.3-17.4 65 91.2 82.6-95.7
$25,000- 34,999 35 2 6.6 1.6-24.2 33 93.4 75.8-98.4
$35,000- 49,999 33 3 7.2 1.5-28.3 30 92.8 71.7-98.5
$50,000-74,999 26 3 15.8 4.5-42.8 23 84.2 57.2-95.5
$75,000+ 28 2 5.1 1.2-19.1 26 94.9 80.9-98.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 221 29 11.0 7.2-16.5 192 89.0 83.5-92.8
No 112 10 7.9 3.5-16.8 102 92.1 83.2-96.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 60 5 7.1 2.7-17.4 55 92.9 82.6-97.3
Non-Veteran 245 30 9.9 6.3-15.3 215 90.1 84.7-93.7

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes

^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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