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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

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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
Mecklenburg County 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
GENDER
Male 160 136 83.5 74.6-89.7 14 11.8 6.5-20.6 6 2.7 1.1- 6.9 2 1.4 0.3- 6.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3
Female 287 268 93.9 90.2-96.2 9 3.2 1.6- 6.5 6 1.9 0.8- 4.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5
RACE
White 269 245 87.6 80.4-92.4 13 8.9 4.7-16.2 8 3.0 1.3- 6.6 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
Other 174 155 89.8 82.9-94.1 10 6.0 2.7-12.6 4 1.5 0.5- 4.0 2 1.6 0.3- 7.9 3 1.1 0.3- 3.4
AGE
18-44 238 216 87.9 80.8-92.6 14 9.0 4.9-16.0 7 2.2 1.0- 5.0 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 205 184 89.8 84.3-93.6 9 5.0 2.5- 9.8 5 2.5 0.9- 6.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.0 4 1.7 0.6- 4.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 130 89.2 79.9-94.5 10 9.9 4.8-19.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
Some College + 303 273 88.3 82.3-92.4 13 6.2 3.1-12.0 10 3.3 1.6- 6.5 4 1.4 0.4- 5.1 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 197 172 85.4 76.9-91.1 14 9.6 4.9-17.9 6 2.6 1.0- 6.5 2 1.5 0.3- 7.7 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0
$50,000+ 148 135 90.5 82.5-95.0 6 5.9 2.3-14.1 4 2.4 0.8- 7.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7
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
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
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

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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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