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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 6,581 2,583 37.2 35.4-39.0 3,095 48.2 46.3-50.1 647 10.7 9.6-11.9 78 1.1 0.8- 1.6 178 2.8 2.3- 3.5
Henderson/ Transylvania 471 221 42.1 36.5-47.9 202 46.0 40.1-52.0 29 8.6 5.6-13.1 3 0.4 0.1- 1.2 16 3.0 1.7- 5.0
GENDER
Male 187 77 39.7 31.9-48.1 88 44.9 36.9-53.2 15 11.9 6.8-20.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 6 3.2 1.4- 7.1
Female 284 144 44.4 36.5-52.7 114 47.1 38.6-55.8 14 5.2 2.9- 9.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 10 2.7 1.4- 5.3
RACE
White 430 203 42.6 37.1-48.3 182 44.3 38.7-49.9 27 9.5 6.0-14.5 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 15 3.2 1.8- 5.6
Other 36 16 37.9 20.0-59.7 18 59.1 37.2-78.0 1 1.3 0.2- 9.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.4
AGE
18-44 160 61 33.8 25.4-43.4 76 51.7 41.5-61.8 18 12.3 7.4-19.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 4 2.0 0.7- 5.6
45+ 308 158 48.4 41.5-55.2 125 41.6 35.2-48.4 11 5.8 2.5-12.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 12 3.7 2.0- 6.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 192 89 39.1 30.5-48.4 81 46.9 37.0-57.0 13 10.0 5.0-18.8 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 8 3.8 1.8- 7.9
Some College + 278 132 44.7 37.7-51.9 120 45.1 38.2-52.2 16 7.5 4.4-12.5 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 8 2.3 1.1- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 254 111 38.7 31.0-47.1 112 46.7 38.1-55.6 18 9.9 5.5-17.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 11 4.2 2.2- 7.9
$50,000+ 98 39 39.9 29.6-51.2 50 51.1 40.2-62.0 7 7.2 3.3-15.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 408 184 42.8 37.2-48.5 172 43.5 37.9-49.3 43 11.0 8.0-15.1 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 5 1.8 0.7- 4.4
Forsyth 461 172 36.2 31.2-41.7 223 48.0 42.7-53.4 49 11.6 8.4-15.7 8 1.5 0.6- 3.3 9 2.7 1.4- 5.2
Guilford 414 157 35.0 29.9-40.6 205 49.8 44.1-55.6 39 11.7 8.2-16.4 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 10 3.0 1.5- 5.9
Mecklenburg 441 177 35.6 30.4-41.1 212 52.1 45.9-58.2 45 10.6 7.4-14.8 4 1.0 0.3- 3.4 3 0.7 0.2- 2.7
Orange 432 196 39.7 33.4-46.3 195 49.7 42.5-57.0 28 7.8 5.1-11.9 6 1.3 0.5- 3.2 7 1.4 0.6- 3.2
Pitt 405 139 32.2 26.8-38.0 206 52.0 45.5-58.4 42 10.6 7.6-14.6 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 15 4.3 2.1- 8.8
Randolph 413 125 25.8 20.7-31.5 227 59.6 52.9-65.9 44 11.3 8.1-15.4 6 1.0 0.4- 2.3 11 2.5 1.2- 5.1
Robeson 423 123 26.4 21.5-32.0 209 51.4 45.3-57.6 62 14.0 10.5-18.6 9 2.2 1.1- 4.2 20 5.9 2.7-12.4
Wake 428 175 38.4 33.1-43.9 201 47.7 42.2-53.3 40 11.0 7.8-15.4 4 1.1 0.4- 2.8 8 1.8 0.8- 4.1
Western NC 643 294 43.6 39.1-48.2 278 44.3 39.8-48.9 48 8.0 5.8-10.9 7 1.0 0.4- 2.4 16 3.1 1.7- 5.7
Piedmont NC 865 340 37.3 33.3-41.4 398 47.5 43.3-51.8 89 10.7 8.4-13.5 9 1.2 0.5- 2.8 29 3.3 2.1- 5.1
Eastern NC 777 280 35.8 31.8-40.0 367 48.5 44.2-52.8 89 11.3 8.9-14.3 12 1.3 0.7- 2.4 29 3.2 2.1- 4.8

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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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