2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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Total
Respond.^		 Very satisfied Somewhat satisfied Not at all satisfied
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,440 5,532 62.9 61.5-64.4 2,414 29.7 28.3-31.0 494 7.4 6.6- 8.3
-Western NC 974 637 61.1 56.8-65.2 264 28.7 25.0-32.7 73 10.2 7.7-13.5
GENDER
Male 386 244 57.7 51.2-64.0 105 30.3 24.6-36.7 37 12.0 8.2-17.1
Female 588 393 64.1 58.5-69.4 159 27.2 22.6-32.4 36 8.6 5.5-13.3
RACE
White 861 568 60.6 56.1-65.0 229 29.0 25.1-33.3 64 10.3 7.7-13.8
Other minorities 107 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 110 *** *** *** 39 32.5 23.4-43.1 16 18.1 10.9-28.7
35-54 257 141 54.4 46.7-61.9 84 32.1 25.4-39.6 32 13.5 9.0-19.7
55-64 210 128 62.3 53.2-70.6 76 33.2 25.4-42.0 *** *** ***
65-74 214 174 82.1 73.5-88.4 32 15.3 9.4-23.9 *** *** ***
75+ 172 133 78.6 69.3-85.6 31 18.3 11.8-27.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 132 *** *** *** 40 28.0 19.3-38.7 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 299 196 57.2 49.3-64.8 78 29.3 22.6-37.0 25 13.5 8.4-20.8
Some Post-H.S. 265 165 60.8 53.1-68.0 83 32.3 25.5-39.8 *** *** ***
College Graduate 275 194 69.0 61.2-75.8 63 22.4 16.6-29.4 18 8.7 4.8-15.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 145 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 17.9 10.0-29.8
$15,000- 24,999 192 112 53.2 43.0-63.1 61 32.6 23.9-42.6 19 14.3 7.9-24.3
$25,000- 34,999 101 *** *** *** 28 22.8 14.7-33.7 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 113 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 230 171 71.7 63.2-78.9 49 21.8 15.5-29.9 *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 343 210 57.4 49.8-64.7 111 32.0 25.5-39.3 22 10.6 6.2-17.5
No 620 421 62.9 57.7-67.9 151 27.4 22.9-32.4 48 9.7 6.8-13.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 134 107 78.7 67.2-87.0 21 18.6 10.7-30.2 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 840 530 58.4 53.8-62.9 243 30.2 26.2-34.6 67 11.4 8.5-15.1
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 695 451 61.6 56.7-66.3 188 27.5 23.3-32.0 56 10.9 8.0-14.8
No 279 186 58.9 50.1-67.2 76 33.5 25.7-42.3 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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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