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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

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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
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
GENDER
Male 179 18 9.4 5.5-15.5 89 48.7 40.5-57.1 45 27.1 20.1-35.5 5 3.6 1.4- 8.9 22 11.2 7.0-17.3
Female 282 41 15.7 10.4-23.1 145 47.9 39.7-56.3 65 21.7 16.4-28.1 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 29 14.1 6.8-26.9
RACE
White 421 53 12.0 8.5-16.6 214 49.0 43.4-54.6 103 26.4 21.5-31.9 6 1.9 0.8- 4.8 45 10.7 7.8-14.7
Other 35 4 12.0 4.0-31.0 18 45.1 24.2-67.9 7 15.2 6.0-33.5 1 3.0 0.4-19.0 5 24.7 6.2-61.8
AGE
18-44 157 19 10.8 6.3-17.9 75 44.7 34.9-54.9 38 24.6 17.3-33.8 4 3.4 1.2- 9.4 21 16.5 8.0-31.0
45+ 301 40 14.1 9.4-20.7 156 50.9 44.1-57.6 72 24.4 19.0-30.7 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 30 9.7 6.5-14.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 186 19 10.5 6.2-17.4 83 43.6 34.3-53.3 52 26.0 18.8-34.7 3 2.0 0.6- 6.4 29 18.0 9.3-31.7
Some College + 274 40 14.3 9.5-21.0 151 52.3 45.1-59.4 57 22.8 17.2-29.6 4 2.1 0.6- 6.5 22 8.5 5.2-13.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 247 34 14.2 9.1-21.6 116 42.7 34.7-51.2 63 24.7 18.3-32.5 6 2.6 1.1- 6.2 28 15.7 8.3-27.5
$50,000+ 98 11 10.9 5.5-20.6 52 54.4 43.4-65.0 25 26.3 17.8-36.9 0 0.0 . - . 10 8.4 4.3-15.8
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
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
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

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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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