2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,673 7,056 68.2 67.0-69.3 3,617 31.8 30.7-33.0
-Western NC 1,458 1,032 71.9 68.6-74.9 426 28.1 25.1-31.4
GENDER
Male 556 401 70.7 65.2-75.6 155 29.3 24.4-34.8
Female 902 631 73.0 69.1-76.5 271 27.0 23.5-30.9
RACE
White 1,196 859 72.0 68.4-75.4 337 28.0 24.6-31.6
Other minorities 252 169 73.7 66.2-80.1 83 26.3 19.9-33.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,391 985 72.0 68.7-75.1 406 28.0 24.9-31.3
AGE
18-34 201 154 75.3 66.9-82.2 47 24.7 17.8-33.1
35-54 380 285 76.1 70.8-80.8 95 23.9 19.2-29.2
55-64 328 242 72.8 66.0-78.7 86 27.2 21.3-34.0
65-74 326 224 68.1 61.9-73.8 102 31.9 26.2-38.1
75+ 215 121 50.7 41.2-60.2 94 49.3 39.8-58.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 195 106 59.2 49.7-68.0 89 40.8 32.0-50.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 437 297 69.8 63.3-75.5 140 30.2 24.5-36.7
Some Post-H.S. 374 272 74.2 68.5-79.3 102 25.8 20.7-31.5
College Graduate 450 356 81.3 76.6-85.3 94 18.7 14.7-23.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 207 127 63.0 53.6-71.5 80 37.0 28.5-46.4
$15,000- 24,999 276 174 66.7 59.5-73.3 102 33.3 26.7-40.5
$25,000- 34,999 160 121 78.2 69.7-84.8 39 21.8 15.2-30.3
$35,000- 49,999 163 119 75.6 67.2-82.4 44 24.4 17.6-32.8
$50,000+ 403 331 84.2 79.7-87.9 72 15.8 12.1-20.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 435 280 61.8 55.4-67.8 155 38.2 32.2-44.6
No 1,014 746 75.1 71.2-78.5 268 24.9 21.5-28.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 172 127 72.8 64.1-80.0 45 27.2 20.0-35.9
Non-Veteran 1,286 905 71.8 68.3-75.0 381 28.2 25.0-31.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 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).
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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