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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Buncombe County

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  Total
Respond.#
Within the past year Within past 2 years Within past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,438 4,923 74.1 72.3-75.8 729 11.9 10.7-13.3 384 7.0 6.0- 8.2 360 6.0 5.2- 7.1 42 0.9 0.5- 1.6
Buncombe County 397 309 73.0 67.2-78.2 40 12.0 8.2-17.1 22 7.1 4.6-10.9 26 7.9 5.2-11.8 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 151 95 58.7 49.2-67.5 21 16.7 10.2-26.3 15 10.7 6.3-17.6 20 13.9 8.7-21.4 0 0.0 . - .
Female 246 214 86.5 80.7-90.7 19 7.5 4.5-12.2 7 3.8 1.6- 8.5 6 2.3 0.9- 5.3 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 354 275 72.8 66.5-78.3 37 12.6 8.5-18.3 20 7.4 4.6-11.5 22 7.3 4.6-11.4 0 0.0 . - .
Other 38 29 73.1 54.0-86.2 3 7.8 2.2-23.8 2 5.8 1.4-20.9 4 13.4 4.5-33.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 145 96 61.5 51.9-70.3 20 15.3 9.3-24.2 14 12.1 7.1-19.9 15 11.1 6.4-18.6 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 246 207 81.0 73.5-86.8 20 9.8 5.5-16.9 8 3.5 1.6- 7.4 11 5.7 2.9-10.7 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 151 120 72.8 62.6-81.1 12 11.4 5.7-21.5 6 4.5 1.8-10.7 13 11.2 6.2-19.4 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 243 186 72.9 65.5-79.3 28 12.4 8.0-18.9 16 9.0 5.4-14.6 13 5.7 3.1-10.0 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 157 69.6 61.6-76.6 20 9.7 6.0-15.4 14 9.7 5.7-16.2 18 11.0 6.6-17.7 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 86 73 82.6 71.5-90.0 6 8.2 3.5-17.9 4 6.0 2.2-15.5 3 3.2 1.0- 9.9 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Forsyth 452 345 72.7 67.2-77.6 56 14.6 10.6-19.8 23 6.0 3.8- 9.2 23 5.5 3.5- 8.6 5 1.2 0.5- 2.9
Guilford 401 302 72.4 66.5-77.6 41 11.7 8.2-16.4 26 6.1 3.9- 9.4 28 8.2 5.3-12.4 4 1.6 0.4- 5.6
Henderson/Transylvania 455 350 73.2 67.7-78.2 61 15.1 11.4-19.8 23 6.3 4.0- 9.9 19 4.7 2.7- 8.0 2 0.6 0.1- 3.0
Mecklenburg 429 334 71.2 64.7-76.9 46 13.9 9.5-19.8 26 7.6 5.0-11.4 22 7.1 4.4-11.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
Orange 420 327 77.9 72.4-82.5 50 11.1 8.0-15.2 21 5.5 3.4- 8.7 18 4.5 2.6- 7.5 4 1.1 0.3- 3.3
Pitt 408 312 72.4 67.0-77.2 53 15.0 11.6-19.2 23 6.9 4.4-10.7 20 5.7 3.5- 9.1 0 0.0 . - .
Randolph 413 298 67.8 61.1-73.9 49 13.4 9.9-17.8 33 8.7 6.0-12.4 30 9.4 5.6-15.4 3 0.7 0.2- 2.6
Robeson 415 310 68.5 61.8-74.5 42 12.0 7.8-18.1 26 8.4 5.4-12.9 30 9.2 5.8-14.4 7 1.9 0.8- 4.0
Wake 414 299 71.0 65.6-75.9 64 16.5 12.6-21.2 29 6.8 4.6-10.0 20 4.9 2.9- 8.0 2 0.8 0.1- 4.4
Western NC 634 467 71.1 66.5-75.3 69 12.0 9.1-15.7 45 8.7 6.2-12.2 49 7.4 5.4-10.2 4 0.7 0.3- 1.9
Piedmont NC 841 665 75.3 71.2-79.0 89 12.2 9.5-15.4 41 6.0 4.1- 8.7 39 5.5 3.7- 8.1 7 0.9 0.4- 2.1
Eastern NC 759 605 77.3 72.9-81.0 69 8.7 6.5-11.5 46 7.6 5.3-10.8 36 5.4 3.6- 8.1 3 1.0 0.2- 5.2

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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, 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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