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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Eastern North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,912 641 10.1 9.1-11.3 5,271 89.9 88.7-90.9
Eastern NC 583 60 8.4 6.2-11.4 523 91.6 88.6-93.8
GENDER
Male 206 14 6.2 3.2-11.4 192 93.8 88.6-96.8
Female 377 46 10.3 7.4-14.3 331 89.7 85.7-92.6
RACE
White 403 41 9.5 6.5-13.6 362 90.5 86.4-93.5
Other 170 18 6.6 3.7-11.4 152 93.4 88.6-96.3
AGE
18-44 269 14 4.0 2.0- 7.8 255 96.0 92.2-98.0
45+ 308 46 13.2 9.4-18.2 262 86.8 81.8-90.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 313 33 8.3 5.5-12.5 280 91.7 87.5-94.5
Some College + 266 27 8.7 5.5-13.5 239 91.3 86.5-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 351 41 10.1 6.9-14.5 310 89.9 85.5-93.1
$50,000+ 119 5 1.5 0.5- 4.2 114 98.5 95.8-99.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 404 50 10.9 8.1-14.6 354 89.1 85.4-91.9
Cumberland 414 38 8.6 5.8-12.6 376 91.4 87.4-94.2
Durham 380 36 8.3 5.8-11.8 344 91.7 88.2-94.2
Forsyth 440 50 10.9 7.9-15.0 390 89.1 85.0-92.1
Gaston 444 52 10.1 7.4-13.5 392 89.9 86.5-92.6
Guilford 390 42 11.0 7.9-15.3 348 89.0 84.7-92.1
Mecklenburg 414 40 10.0 7.1-13.8 374 90.0 86.2-92.9
New Hanover 389 51 11.8 8.6-16.1 338 88.2 83.9-91.4
Onslow 416 34 6.8 4.7- 9.8 382 93.2 90.2-95.3
Wake 407 34 6.8 4.7- 9.7 373 93.2 90.3-95.3
Western NC 589 69 11.3 8.7-14.4 520 88.7 85.6-91.3
Piedmont NC 642 85 12.2 9.6-15.5 557 87.8 84.5-90.4
Eastern NC 583 60 8.4 6.2-11.4 523 91.6 88.6-93.8

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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