2011 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Social Context

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  Total
Respond.^		 Own Rent Other arrangement
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,383 8,695 68.0 66.6-69.4 2,247 25.7 24.4-27.0 441 6.3 5.5- 7.3
-Western NC 1,947 1,587 76.3 72.8-79.5 279 17.4 14.5-20.6 81 6.3 4.6- 8.6
GENDER
Male 748 613 73.2 67.3-78.4 103 19.3 14.7-25.0 32 7.5 4.7-11.6
Female 1,199 974 79.2 75.3-82.7 176 15.5 12.5-19.1 49 5.2 3.5- 7.8
RACE
White 1,789 1,484 79.2 75.8-82.2 233 14.6 12.0-17.6 72 6.2 4.5- 8.7
Other minorities 146 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 49 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,893 1,555 77.9 74.5-81.0 258 15.6 12.9-18.7 80 6.5 4.7- 8.9
AGE
18-34 163 79 50.9 41.2-60.6 64 35.0 26.2-44.9 20 14.1 8.8-22.0
35-54 552 431 80.1 75.1-84.3 99 15.7 12.1-20.3 22 4.2 2.2- 7.6
55-64 462 392 86.8 82.1-90.3 61 10.9 7.7-15.3 *** *** ***
65-74 419 385 93.9 90.8-96.0 26 4.4 2.6- 7.2 *** *** ***
75+ 334 287 88.4 84.0-91.8 27 5.9 3.7- 9.3 20 5.7 3.4- 9.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 283 203 72.4 63.5-79.9 65 22.5 15.5-31.6 15 5.0 2.7- 9.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 586 459 73.1 66.6-78.6 99 18.7 14.0-24.5 28 8.3 4.9-13.7
Some Post-H.S. 509 418 73.8 66.5-80.0 69 19.5 14.0-26.5 22 6.7 3.7-11.9
College Graduate 567 506 88.7 83.9-92.2 45 7.3 4.8-11.1 16 4.0 1.9- 8.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 296 181 51.1 41.3-60.9 *** *** *** 27 9.1 5.1-15.8
$15,000- 24,999 378 283 69.3 61.1-76.5 82 26.2 19.4-34.3 13 4.5 2.0- 9.7
$25,000- 34,999 235 202 85.8 78.0-91.1 25 9.4 5.4-16.0 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 232 205 86.2 77.2-92.0 24 10.7 6.1-18.1 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 469 435 89.1 83.1-93.2 23 5.3 3.3- 8.5 11 5.5 2.5-12.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 692 533 73.6 67.2-79.0 121 19.5 14.6-25.5 38 7.0 4.2-11.5
No 1,174 991 77.7 73.3-81.6 148 16.6 13.2-20.8 35 5.7 3.7- 8.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 276 245 83.1 73.4-89.8 25 15.3 8.8-25.3 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,671 1,342 75.5 71.7-78.9 254 17.6 14.6-21.1 75 6.9 5.0- 9.5

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These questions have not been asked in previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

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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