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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,729 5,767 83.3 81.7-84.8 962 16.7 15.2-18.3
Eastern NC 800 678 83.1 79.4-86.3 122 16.9 13.7-20.6
GENDER
Male 284 241 83.2 76.5-88.2 43 16.8 11.8-23.5
Female 516 437 83.0 78.6-86.7 79 17.0 13.3-21.4
RACE
White 551 472 84.4 80.4-87.7 79 15.6 12.3-19.6
Other 244 202 80.2 71.7-86.6 42 19.8 13.4-28.3
AGE
18-44 353 273 76.3 70.3-81.4 80 23.7 18.6-29.7
45+ 440 398 91.2 87.4-93.8 42 8.8 6.2-12.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 425 346 80.1 74.4-84.8 79 19.9 15.2-25.6
Some College + 371 328 86.5 81.6-90.2 43 13.5 9.8-18.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 453 366 77.7 72.1-82.5 87 22.3 17.5-27.9
$50,000+ 138 134 97.0 91.9-99.0 4 3.0 1.0- 8.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 411 347 80.4 75.0-84.9 64 19.6 15.1-25.0
Forsyth 465 412 86.6 82.2-90.1 53 13.4 9.9-17.8
Guilford 423 374 83.6 77.2-88.4 49 16.4 11.6-22.8
Henderson/Transylvania 475 398 79.5 73.9-84.1 77 20.5 15.9-26.1
Mecklenburg 447 397 84.3 78.3-88.9 50 15.7 11.1-21.7
Orange 440 395 89.6 85.5-92.7 45 10.4 7.3-14.5
Pitt 418 360 83.3 78.0-87.6 58 16.7 12.4-22.0
Randolph 431 380 85.4 80.2-89.4 51 14.6 10.6-19.8
Robeson 443 327 70.1 64.2-75.4 116 29.9 24.6-35.8
Wake 432 382 86.2 81.2-90.1 50 13.8 9.9-18.8
Western NC 658 553 80.9 76.5-84.6 105 19.1 15.4-23.5
Piedmont NC 886 764 83.7 80.1-86.7 122 16.3 13.3-19.9

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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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