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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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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 6,474 489 6.5 5.6- 7.5 2,974 44.3 42.5-46.2 1,637 27.0 25.3-28.8 175 2.8 2.3- 3.5 1,199 19.3 17.8-21.0
Eastern NC 770 54 7.1 5.2- 9.7 302 38.5 34.4-42.8 222 31.4 27.5-35.7 28 3.5 2.2- 5.3 164 19.4 16.4-22.8
GENDER
Male 270 12 5.1 2.8- 9.1 101 38.4 31.6-45.7 91 36.1 29.5-43.4 8 2.5 1.2- 5.2 58 17.8 13.4-23.3
Female 500 42 8.8 6.1-12.6 201 38.6 33.8-43.6 131 27.6 23.2-32.5 20 4.3 2.5- 7.1 106 20.8 16.9-25.2
RACE
White 531 42 7.7 5.4-10.9 229 43.6 38.7-48.7 154 30.6 26.2-35.5 19 2.8 1.7- 4.8 87 15.2 12.0-19.1
Other 235 12 6.1 3.1-11.8 71 27.7 20.8-35.8 67 33.3 25.6-42.0 9 4.9 2.4- 9.7 76 28.0 21.9-35.1
AGE
18-44 346 24 7.3 4.6-11.4 139 40.2 34.1-46.6 101 31.1 25.4-37.5 16 3.7 2.1- 6.5 66 17.7 13.6-22.7
45+ 418 30 7.0 4.6-10.6 160 36.3 31.2-41.8 119 31.9 26.8-37.5 12 3.2 1.7- 6.1 97 21.5 17.4-26.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 402 23 6.2 3.8- 9.9 143 36.7 31.0-42.9 119 30.9 25.5-36.8 18 4.9 2.9- 8.2 99 21.3 17.1-26.2
Some College + 364 31 8.3 5.4-12.5 159 41.2 35.4-47.1 103 32.5 26.9-38.7 10 1.8 0.9- 3.8 61 16.2 12.3-21.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 436 28 6.5 4.3- 9.7 169 38.5 33.0-44.3 127 32.1 26.8-37.8 18 3.5 2.1- 5.9 94 19.5 15.6-24.1
$50,000+ 133 8 7.7 3.5-15.8 66 51.0 41.3-60.7 38 27.3 19.5-36.7 6 2.8 1.1- 7.0 15 11.3 6.5-18.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 399 39 8.2 5.8-11.3 201 51.8 46.0-57.5 89 23.5 18.7-29.0 10 2.2 1.1- 4.5 60 14.4 11.0-18.6
Forsyth 446 32 7.0 4.8-10.2 214 46.9 41.4-52.4 112 22.2 18.2-26.7 10 2.5 1.2- 5.0 78 21.4 17.0-26.6
Guilford 404 28 6.1 4.0- 9.2 181 45.5 39.6-51.5 105 25.6 20.8-31.2 15 4.4 2.5- 7.6 75 18.5 13.8-24.3
Henderson/Transylvania 461 59 12.6 9.1-17.2 234 48.3 42.4-54.3 110 24.4 19.8-29.6 7 2.0 0.9- 4.7 51 12.7 8.0-19.4
Mecklenburg 433 31 9.2 5.4-15.3 210 47.7 41.5-54.0 115 24.8 20.1-30.2 10 2.4 1.1- 5.1 67 15.9 12.3-20.3
Orange 432 37 7.4 5.0-10.8 234 51.6 44.2-58.8 104 29.5 21.8-38.6 8 1.5 0.6- 3.4 49 10.0 7.2-13.7
Pitt 400 30 6.8 4.4-10.4 180 47.1 40.6-53.8 97 21.6 17.4-26.5 10 2.7 1.3- 5.2 83 21.7 16.7-27.7
Randolph 411 24 9.2 5.3-15.4 190 43.6 37.8-49.6 109 27.1 21.9-32.9 12 3.4 1.8- 6.4 76 16.7 13.0-21.2
Robeson 419 26 5.0 3.3- 7.7 132 31.4 26.0-37.3 97 21.7 17.5-26.7 20 5.1 2.7- 9.3 144 36.8 30.7-43.3
Wake 415 34 7.4 4.8-11.1 210 49.8 44.0-55.6 95 24.7 19.7-30.5 6 1.5 0.6- 3.6 70 16.6 12.9-21.2
Western NC 628 45 6.7 4.8- 9.2 302 49.3 44.7-53.9 159 24.5 20.8-28.6 17 3.4 1.8- 6.4 105 16.1 13.0-19.7
Piedmont NC 856 50 4.0 2.9- 5.6 384 44.2 40.0-48.5 223 26.9 23.4-30.7 22 2.4 1.5- 3.8 177 22.5 18.8-26.7

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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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