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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

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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 6,616 1,048 13.5 12.3-14.7 4,388 67.4 65.7-69.2 785 12.5 11.3-13.8 53 1.0 0.6- 1.4 342 5.7 4.8- 6.7
Mecklenburg County 442 73 14.0 10.7-18.2 305 70.5 64.8-75.6 45 10.9 7.6-15.3 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6 16 3.6 2.0- 6.3
GENDER
Male 158 14 8.2 4.4-14.7 121 77.1 68.6-83.9 15 9.4 5.4-15.7 3 2.1 0.6- 7.1 5 3.2 1.2- 8.3
Female 284 59 19.9 15.0-25.7 184 63.8 56.7-70.2 30 12.4 7.9-18.9 0 0.0 . - . 11 4.0 2.0- 7.7
RACE
White 266 45 13.8 9.7-19.3 193 74.8 67.7-80.7 16 6.1 3.4-10.7 3 1.9 0.5- 6.4 9 3.4 1.5- 7.5
Other 172 27 14.2 9.2-21.2 110 65.0 56.0-73.0 28 16.9 10.9-25.1 0 0.0 . - . 7 3.9 1.8- 8.5
AGE
18-44 236 36 13.1 8.9-18.9 161 69.7 61.7-76.7 29 12.3 7.9-18.8 2 1.1 0.2- 5.4 8 3.8 1.8- 7.9
45+ 202 35 15.2 10.7-21.1 142 72.2 65.0-78.5 16 8.3 4.8-13.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 8 3.4 1.6- 7.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 21 13.9 8.1-22.9 93 65.6 54.7-75.0 16 12.5 6.8-21.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 12 7.2 3.7-13.6
Some College + 298 52 14.1 10.5-18.7 211 73.3 67.1-78.7 29 10.0 6.6-14.8 2 1.1 0.2- 5.5 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 194 26 11.3 7.2-17.2 134 70.0 60.9-77.8 24 14.1 8.6-22.4 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 9 3.9 1.8- 8.0
$50,000+ 147 25 17.4 11.0-26.4 110 72.7 63.2-80.5 10 8.1 4.2-14.9 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 411 82 18.8 14.7-23.6 266 64.4 58.6-69.8 50 13.3 9.7-17.9 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 12 3.3 1.4- 7.5
Forsyth 460 81 16.0 12.7-20.1 322 72.0 67.1-76.4 38 7.4 5.2-10.4 6 1.2 0.5- 3.1 13 3.4 1.8- 6.1
Guilford 418 75 17.1 13.4-21.5 275 65.3 59.5-70.6 52 11.7 8.6-15.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 15 5.7 3.0-10.5
Henderson/Transylvania 464 100 19.8 15.7-24.7 301 62.9 56.5-68.9 41 13.2 8.3-20.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 21 3.8 2.3- 6.2
Orange 438 92 21.1 13.8-30.8 302 70.6 61.8-78.0 27 5.1 3.3- 7.8 4 0.7 0.2- 2.0 13 2.6 1.3- 5.2
Pitt 403 48 11.0 8.0-14.9 269 66.0 60.2-71.3 55 14.8 11.2-19.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 29 7.8 5.1-11.9
Randolph 415 50 12.2 7.0-20.3 278 65.8 58.3-72.6 58 15.6 11.4-21.0 7 2.2 1.0- 4.8 22 4.3 2.6- 7.0
Robeson 427 48 9.8 7.1-13.2 254 60.3 54.2-66.1 80 18.3 14.4-23.0 5 1.4 0.6- 3.7 40 10.2 6.3-16.2
Wake 429 67 13.7 10.4-17.8 303 71.6 66.3-76.3 44 11.2 8.0-15.5 4 1.0 0.4- 3.0 11 2.5 1.2- 5.1
Western NC 648 73 11.4 8.9-14.5 447 69.2 65.0-73.2 81 11.7 9.2-14.6 6 1.1 0.4- 2.9 41 6.5 4.5- 9.4
Piedmont NC 874 139 11.9 9.7-14.5 576 68.5 64.4-72.2 108 12.3 9.8-15.3 7 1.2 0.5- 2.8 44 6.2 4.2- 9.0
Eastern NC 787 120 13.9 11.3-17.0 490 64.1 60.0-68.0 106 14.3 11.5-17.6 6 0.7 0.3- 1.8 65 6.9 5.2- 9.1

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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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