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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Buncombe County

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  Total
Respond.#
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,616 1,048 13.5 12.3-14.7 4,388 67.4 65.7-69.2 785 12.5 11.3-13.8 53 1.0 0.6- 1.4 342 5.7 4.8- 6.7
Buncombe County 411 82 18.8 14.7-23.6 266 64.4 58.6-69.8 50 13.3 9.7-17.9 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 12 3.3 1.4- 7.5
GENDER
Male 159 26 14.6 9.7-21.5 107 64.2 55.0-72.5 21 16.3 10.3-24.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 4.8 1.5-14.2
Female 252 56 22.7 16.9-29.8 159 64.5 57.3-71.2 29 10.4 7.1-15.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 7 1.9 0.9- 4.1
RACE
White 363 75 19.1 14.8-24.2 234 64.4 58.2-70.2 42 12.6 8.9-17.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 11 3.6 1.5- 8.4
Other 41 6 17.6 7.2-37.1 26 60.8 42.6-76.4 8 20.3 9.3-38.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9
AGE
18-44 153 20 12.1 7.5-18.8 108 71.6 62.7-79.1 23 14.9 9.2-23.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.5 0.3- 7.7
45+ 253 61 24.6 18.6-31.7 154 57.7 50.1-64.9 27 12.4 8.2-18.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 10 4.9 1.9-12.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 156 21 12.6 7.8-19.6 95 60.6 51.3-69.2 33 21.3 14.9-29.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 6 4.9 1.4-15.9
Some College + 252 61 23.1 17.4-29.9 168 66.6 59.1-73.4 17 8.0 4.3-14.3 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.3 0.9- 5.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 41 16.9 12.3-22.9 131 61.4 53.6-68.5 35 18.3 12.9-25.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 7 2.9 1.2- 7.1
$50,000+ 89 27 30.8 20.3-43.7 57 64.4 51.8-75.3 4 4.1 1.5-10.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Forsyth 460 81 16.0 12.7-20.1 322 72.0 67.1-76.4 38 7.4 5.2-10.4 6 1.2 0.5- 3.1 13 3.4 1.8- 6.1
Guilford 418 75 17.1 13.4-21.5 275 65.3 59.5-70.6 52 11.7 8.6-15.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 15 5.7 3.0-10.5
Henderson/Transylvania 464 100 19.8 15.7-24.7 301 62.9 56.5-68.9 41 13.2 8.3-20.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 21 3.8 2.3- 6.2
Mecklenburg 442 73 14.0 10.7-18.2 305 70.5 64.8-75.6 45 10.9 7.6-15.3 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6 16 3.6 2.0- 6.3
Orange 438 92 21.1 13.8-30.8 302 70.6 61.8-78.0 27 5.1 3.3- 7.8 4 0.7 0.2- 2.0 13 2.6 1.3- 5.2
Pitt 403 48 11.0 8.0-14.9 269 66.0 60.2-71.3 55 14.8 11.2-19.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 29 7.8 5.1-11.9
Randolph 415 50 12.2 7.0-20.3 278 65.8 58.3-72.6 58 15.6 11.4-21.0 7 2.2 1.0- 4.8 22 4.3 2.6- 7.0
Robeson 427 48 9.8 7.1-13.2 254 60.3 54.2-66.1 80 18.3 14.4-23.0 5 1.4 0.6- 3.7 40 10.2 6.3-16.2
Wake 429 67 13.7 10.4-17.8 303 71.6 66.3-76.3 44 11.2 8.0-15.5 4 1.0 0.4- 3.0 11 2.5 1.2- 5.1
Western NC 648 73 11.4 8.9-14.5 447 69.2 65.0-73.2 81 11.7 9.2-14.6 6 1.1 0.4- 2.9 41 6.5 4.5- 9.4
Piedmont NC 874 139 11.9 9.7-14.5 576 68.5 64.4-72.2 108 12.3 9.8-15.3 7 1.2 0.5- 2.8 44 6.2 4.2- 9.0
Eastern NC 787 120 13.9 11.3-17.0 490 64.1 60.0-68.0 106 14.3 11.5-17.6 6 0.7 0.3- 1.8 65 6.9 5.2- 9.1

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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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