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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

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  Total
Respond.#
Extremely safe Quite safe Slightly safe Not at all safe
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,418 1,754 26.8 25.2-28.6 3,824 58.7 56.8-60.6 701 12.7 11.3-14.2 139 1.8 1.4- 2.3
Henderson/ Transylvania 456 187 40.1 34.5-46.0 240 52.5 46.5-58.5 23 4.9 2.9- 8.0 6 2.5 1.0- 6.0
GENDER
Male 181 79 45.9 37.5-54.5 94 47.7 39.4-56.1 5 2.9 1.2- 7.1 3 3.5 1.1-10.5
Female 275 108 34.2 27.5-41.6 146 57.4 49.2-65.2 18 6.9 3.7-12.3 3 1.5 0.4- 5.2
RACE
White 416 176 43.6 37.9-49.4 218 51.6 45.8-57.3 18 3.5 2.1- 5.8 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0
Other 35 8 15.5 6.3-33.1 20 61.8 39.3-80.2 5 13.4 4.6-32.9 2 9.3 2.3-31.2
AGE
18-44 160 59 35.2 26.6-44.9 88 55.8 45.6-65.5 10 5.1 2.2-11.4 3 3.9 1.2-11.6
45+ 293 127 44.3 37.4-51.4 150 49.6 42.6-56.6 13 4.7 2.5- 8.6 3 1.4 0.4- 4.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 51 29.4 21.4-39.0 113 58.3 48.2-67.7 14 7.8 4.1-14.5 4 4.5 1.6-12.0
Some College + 273 135 48.6 41.5-55.7 127 48.0 40.9-55.2 9 2.5 1.2- 5.0 2 0.9 0.2- 4.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 248 92 37.3 29.4-45.8 136 53.6 44.8-62.1 16 6.5 3.5-11.8 4 2.6 0.8- 8.1
$50,000+ 97 53 53.7 42.6-64.5 39 40.5 30.2-51.7 4 3.8 1.4-10.4 1 1.9 0.3-12.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 137 34.0 28.7-39.7 218 54.0 48.2-59.8 38 10.3 7.3-14.2 5 1.7 0.6- 5.0
Forsyth 444 123 26.1 21.8-31.0 257 61.3 56.0-66.3 56 11.1 8.3-14.7 8 1.5 0.7- 3.4
Guilford 402 99 22.2 17.8-27.2 240 59.1 53.0-64.9 47 14.2 10.2-19.2 16 4.6 2.4- 8.6
Mecklenburg 431 92 21.3 16.9-26.6 268 57.7 51.6-63.6 61 18.9 13.9-25.3 10 2.0 1.0- 3.9
Orange 422 133 29.7 24.2-35.9 253 61.4 54.6-67.8 32 7.9 5.2-12.0 4 0.9 0.3- 2.9
Pitt 404 76 19.8 14.5-26.3 269 64.3 57.9-70.3 49 12.5 9.2-16.9 10 3.4 1.7- 6.6
Randolph 409 98 23.1 16.9-30.7 265 65.4 58.0-72.1 41 10.2 7.1-14.4 5 1.3 0.5- 3.6
Robeson 414 57 12.2 9.1-16.1 246 58.8 52.6-64.8 82 21.9 17.1-27.8 29 7.0 4.3-11.2
Wake 409 122 29.2 24.0-35.1 244 58.9 52.9-64.6 39 10.9 7.7-15.2 4 1.0 0.4- 2.7
Western NC 627 201 31.9 27.7-36.4 366 57.4 52.8-62.0 55 9.9 7.3-13.2 5 0.8 0.3- 2.1
Piedmont NC 845 237 25.9 22.5-29.6 514 60.6 56.2-64.8 78 11.9 8.8-16.0 16 1.6 0.9- 2.7
Eastern NC 757 192 27.5 23.8-31.7 444 56.9 52.5-61.2 100 13.6 10.8-17.0 21 1.9 1.1- 3.2

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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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