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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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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
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
GENDER
Male 276 194 67.8 60.3-74.4 29 10.2 6.5-15.6 29 10.8 6.8-16.7 23 9.4 5.8-14.7 1 1.8 0.3-11.8
Female 483 411 85.4 81.2-88.8 40 7.4 5.2-10.4 17 4.8 2.7- 8.4 13 2.1 1.1- 3.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5
RACE
White 522 411 76.2 71.3-80.6 50 10.2 7.3-14.1 33 8.0 5.4-11.5 27 5.4 3.3- 8.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
Other 233 191 79.2 70.1-86.1 18 5.4 3.1- 9.3 13 7.0 3.1-15.1 9 5.6 2.7-11.5 2 2.7 0.4-16.1
AGE
18-44 338 251 70.3 63.6-76.3 35 10.1 6.8-14.8 28 10.2 6.5-15.6 22 7.6 4.6-12.1 2 1.8 0.3- 9.3
45+ 416 349 85.6 81.4-89.0 34 7.0 4.7-10.3 18 4.5 2.7- 7.5 14 2.8 1.5- 5.2 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 406 323 76.6 70.2-82.0 31 7.6 4.9-11.8 22 6.5 3.6-11.2 27 7.5 4.6-11.9 3 1.8 0.3- 9.2
Some College + 352 281 77.9 72.1-82.8 38 10.0 6.9-14.4 24 9.1 5.7-14.0 9 3.0 1.5- 5.8 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 430 334 75.1 69.3-80.2 37 8.2 5.6-11.9 29 7.5 4.9-11.3 28 7.5 4.7-11.7 2 1.7 0.3- 8.9
$50,000+ 133 110 82.5 73.5-88.8 9 5.7 2.7-11.7 10 8.7 4.3-16.9 4 3.2 1.1- 8.7 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 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 . - .
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

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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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