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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.#
Always Nearly Always Sometimes Seldom Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,739 5,920 87.3 86.0-88.5 461 7.4 6.4- 8.5 202 2.7 2.2- 3.4 70 1.2 0.9- 1.6 86 1.4 1.0- 1.9
Eastern NC 801 710 88.0 85.1-90.4 53 6.9 5.1- 9.3 20 2.3 1.4- 3.8 8 1.4 0.7- 2.8 10 1.4 0.8- 2.8
GENDER
Male 285 233 83.7 78.5-87.8 26 8.1 5.2-12.3 13 3.2 1.7- 5.8 6 2.4 1.0- 5.4 7 2.6 1.2- 5.5
Female 516 477 91.6 88.0-94.2 27 5.9 3.8- 9.2 7 1.5 0.6- 3.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5
RACE
White 551 476 85.6 81.8-88.7 41 8.0 5.7-11.3 19 2.9 1.8- 4.7 7 1.8 0.8- 3.9 8 1.7 0.8- 3.4
Other 245 229 92.8 87.7-95.9 12 4.6 2.4- 8.8 1 1.1 0.2- 7.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 2 1.0 0.2- 4.6
AGE
18-44 354 311 87.3 82.7-90.7 24 7.2 4.7-11.1 8 2.2 1.0- 4.8 5 1.7 0.7- 4.2 6 1.6 0.7- 3.6
45+ 440 392 88.8 84.8-91.8 29 6.6 4.2-10.0 12 2.4 1.3- 4.5 3 1.0 0.3- 3.0 4 1.3 0.5- 3.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 426 379 87.3 83.0-90.7 27 6.5 4.3- 9.8 8 2.3 1.1- 5.0 6 2.0 0.9- 4.6 6 1.8 0.8- 4.0
Some College + 371 327 88.7 84.3-91.9 26 7.4 4.7-11.6 12 2.3 1.2- 4.2 2 0.6 0.1- 2.2 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 453 400 88.0 84.0-91.1 29 6.6 4.3-10.0 14 3.0 1.6- 5.5 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 8 2.0 0.9- 4.1
$50,000+ 138 117 84.8 76.8-90.5 13 8.2 4.5-14.4 4 2.2 0.7- 6.5 3 3.7 1.2-11.3 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 413 350 82.1 76.9-86.3 45 12.3 8.8-16.9 12 3.0 1.6- 5.4 2 1.0 0.3- 4.0 4 1.6 0.6- 4.6
Forsyth 464 410 85.3 80.6-89.1 31 8.0 5.5-11.6 16 4.5 2.5- 8.0 4 1.5 0.4- 5.3 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1
Guilford 425 379 88.0 83.1-91.6 22 5.7 3.4- 9.2 10 2.7 1.2- 6.0 10 3.0 1.3- 6.9 4 0.7 0.3- 1.8
Henderson/Transylvania 474 425 89.7 85.9-92.6 30 6.7 4.4-10.0 11 2.3 1.1- 4.7 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1 5 1.0 0.4- 2.4
Mecklenburg 447 404 88.6 83.9-92.1 23 7.6 4.6-12.2 12 2.3 1.2- 4.4 4 0.9 0.2- 3.3 4 0.6 0.2- 1.6
Orange 441 400 89.2 84.5-92.7 27 7.5 4.6-12.1 6 1.6 0.7- 3.8 4 0.7 0.2- 2.0 4 0.9 0.3- 2.8
Pitt 419 362 82.6 76.6-87.2 32 10.9 7.1-16.5 14 3.3 1.8- 5.9 5 1.9 0.6- 5.3 6 1.3 0.5- 3.2
Randolph 433 373 81.1 72.9-87.2 32 7.6 5.0-11.2 17 6.6 2.5-16.2 4 1.5 0.5- 4.0 7 3.3 1.1- 9.3
Robeson 444 355 80.3 75.3-84.5 38 9.0 6.1-13.2 33 7.5 5.0-11.0 8 1.6 0.8- 3.2 10 1.6 0.8- 3.3
Wake 432 400 90.6 85.5-94.0 20 6.8 3.8-11.8 7 1.3 0.5- 3.2 2 0.6 0.2- 2.4 3 0.7 0.2- 2.8
Western NC 657 553 82.4 78.4-85.8 50 8.2 5.8-11.4 29 5.4 3.5- 8.2 10 1.7 0.9- 3.3 15 2.3 1.3- 4.0
Piedmont NC 889 799 88.4 85.3-90.9 58 7.2 5.3- 9.7 15 2.1 1.1- 3.8 6 0.8 0.3- 1.8 11 1.6 0.8- 3.3

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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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