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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Male Female
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,513 529 34.1 30.5-37.8 984 65.9 62.2-69.5
-Western NC 339 119 35.0 28.3-42.3 220 65.0 57.7-71.7
GENDER
Male 125 48 36.5 25.9-48.6 77 63.5 51.4-74.1
Female 214 71 33.5 25.7-42.3 143 66.5 57.7-74.3
RACE
White 321 115 36.4 29.4-44.0 206 63.6 56.0-70.6
African American 5 2 32.7 6.7-76.6 3 67.3 23.4-93.3
Other Minorities 12 2 6.6 1.0-33.8 10 93.4 66.2-99.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 4 2 55.8 11.1-92.8 2 44.2 7.2-88.9
Non-Hispanic 334 117 34.9 28.2-42.2 217 65.1 57.8-71.8
AGE
18-24 5 2 46.0 10.4-86.2 3 54.0 13.8-89.6
25-34 19 6 36.8 15.5-65.0 13 63.2 35.0-84.5
35-44 44 13 24.7 12.4-43.3 31 75.3 56.7-87.6
45-54 80 28 39.7 27.3-53.6 52 60.3 46.4-72.7
55-64 86 37 42.6 31.4-54.5 49 57.4 45.5-68.6
65+ 102 33 31.7 22.6-42.4 69 68.3 57.6-77.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 29 8 15.0 6.0-32.9 21 85.0 67.1-94.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 122 46 37.5 27.4-48.9 76 62.5 51.1-72.6
Some Post-H.S. 93 31 34.2 21.0-50.3 62 65.8 49.7-79.0
College Graduate 95 34 40.0 28.7-52.4 61 60.0 47.6-71.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 31 11 33.4 15.6-57.7 20 66.6 42.3-84.4
$15,000- 24,999 72 19 21.9 12.1-36.4 53 78.1 63.6-87.9
$25,000- 34,999 59 26 55.5 39.6-70.3 33 44.5 29.7-60.4
$35,000- 49,999 57 26 47.4 31.9-63.5 31 52.6 36.5-68.1
$50,000-74,999 42 17 41.1 25.8-58.3 25 58.9 41.7-74.2
$75,000+ 42 13 25.6 11.4-47.9 29 74.4 52.1-88.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 132 43 36.4 26.6-47.5 89 63.6 52.5-73.4
No 206 75 34.1 25.7-43.6 131 65.9 56.4-74.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 37 12 37.2 19.6-59.1 25 62.8 40.9-80.4
Non-Veteran 252 94 35.1 27.4-43.6 158 64.9 56.4-72.6

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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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