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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.#		 Within the past year Within past 2 years Within past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,438 4,923 74.1 72.3-75.8 729 11.9 10.7-13.3 384 7.0 6.0- 8.2 360 6.0 5.2- 7.1 42 0.9 0.5- 1.6
GENDER
Male 2,508 1,669 65.3 62.4-68.2 358 14.4 12.4-16.6 232 9.6 7.9-11.7 225 9.3 7.7-11.3 24 1.3 0.6- 2.9
Female 3,930 3,254 82.4 80.4-84.2 371 9.6 8.2-11.2 152 4.6 3.6- 5.9 135 3.0 2.3- 3.8 18 0.4 0.2- 0.8
RACE
White 4,906 3,748 73.7 71.7-75.6 564 12.6 11.2-14.2 289 7.2 6.1- 8.6 274 5.8 4.8- 6.9 31 0.6 0.4- 1.0
African American 991 811 82.2 78.2-85.7 102 10.5 7.7-14.2 42 4.3 2.7- 6.7 33 2.7 1.7- 4.4 3 0.2 0.1- 0.9
Asian 71 52 77.4 61.2-88.1 6 9.2 3.3-23.1 5 4.5 1.2-15.3 8 8.9 2.9-24.5 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 175 131 75.0 62.3-84.5 22 14.4 6.9-27.7 13 5.2 2.7- 9.7 8 4.9 1.6-14.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5
Other Minorities 256 152 56.6 46.8-65.9 29 6.6 4.0-10.7 32 13.4 7.7-22.3 36 17.7 11.3-26.7 7 5.7 1.6-18.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 283 167 53.1 43.5-62.4 29 5.8 3.5- 9.4 41 15.8 9.8-24.6 36 18.9 12.1-28.3 10 6.3 2.2-17.1
-English Speaking 116 80 65.6 52.2-76.9 9 7.1 3.0-16.2 15 12.9 6.7-23.4 10 11.2 4.7-24.2 2 3.2 0.7-13.5
-Spanish Speaking 167 87 48.5 36.9-60.2 20 5.3 2.9- 9.5 26 16.9 9.4-28.6 26 21.8 13.1-33.9 8 7.5 2.2-22.4
Non-Hispanic 6,145 4,747 75.7 73.9-77.3 699 12.4 11.1-13.8 343 6.4 5.5- 7.5 324 5.1 4.4- 6.0 32 0.5 0.3- 0.8
AGE
18-24 450 300 63.7 56.2-70.6 75 17.3 12.4-23.6 45 10.5 6.8-16.0 24 6.5 3.8-11.1 6 2.0 0.4- 9.9
25-34 1,092 749 65.8 61.4-70.0 159 15.6 12.7-19.0 94 8.9 6.6-11.9 78 8.4 5.9-11.8 12 1.3 0.6- 2.8
35-44 1,275 875 69.5 65.7-73.0 178 12.9 10.5-15.8 112 9.4 7.2-12.0 104 8.0 6.1-10.4 6 0.3 0.1- 1.0
45-54 1,279 975 76.1 72.4-79.4 148 11.1 8.9-13.7 77 6.8 4.8- 9.6 68 5.0 3.6- 6.8 11 1.0 0.4- 2.5
55-64 933 777 83.4 79.4-86.7 85 9.0 6.6-12.1 29 3.9 2.2- 6.9 40 3.4 2.2- 5.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2
65-74 774 677 88.1 84.2-91.1 49 5.5 3.5- 8.4 18 1.9 1.0- 3.9 28 4.0 2.4- 6.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
75+ 583 524 91.2 87.7-93.7 30 3.9 2.4- 6.3 9 1.6 0.7- 3.3 17 3.0 1.5- 5.6 3 0.4 0.1- 1.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,017 754 69.4 64.3-74.1 108 11.2 8.5-14.7 59 7.8 5.0-11.8 82 9.1 6.6-12.5 14 2.5 0.8- 7.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,880 1,422 74.8 71.6-77.8 206 10.7 8.6-13.2 113 6.1 4.7- 7.9 122 7.4 5.6- 9.7 17 1.0 0.5- 1.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,508 1,167 74.8 71.1-78.1 167 11.9 9.5-14.7 96 8.8 6.6-11.7 72 4.4 3.1- 6.0 6 0.1 0.0- 0.3
College Graduate 2,017 1,567 75.6 72.6-78.4 246 14.1 11.9-16.7 116 6.1 4.7- 8.0 84 3.8 2.9- 5.1 4 0.3 0.1- 1.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 641 488 75.6 69.2-81.0 72 10.6 7.4-15.0 37 6.8 4.0-11.3 43 6.9 3.7-12.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,054 762 69.7 64.7-74.2 117 10.6 8.1-13.8 79 7.4 5.5- 9.9 82 9.7 6.9-13.4 14 2.6 0.9- 7.6
$25,000- 34,999 767 571 73.3 67.8-78.1 93 13.8 9.9-18.9 47 6.6 4.3-10.2 53 6.0 4.1- 8.5 3 0.3 0.1- 1.6
$35,000- 49,999 871 677 75.8 70.9-80.1 91 10.7 7.7-14.6 52 8.3 5.6-12.1 44 4.2 2.7- 6.5 7 1.0 0.3- 2.8
$50,000-74,999 728 580 77.6 72.7-81.9 66 9.5 6.8-13.2 43 6.8 4.5-10.2 37 5.4 3.5- 8.2 2 0.6 0.1- 3.5
$75,000+ 860 677 76.6 72.2-80.5 100 13.8 10.7-17.7 49 6.3 4.3- 9.1 32 3.2 2.0- 5.1 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 397 309 73.0 67.2-78.2 40 12.0 8.2-17.1 22 7.1 4.6-10.9 26 7.9 5.2-11.8 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 452 345 72.7 67.2-77.6 56 14.6 10.6-19.8 23 6.0 3.8- 9.2 23 5.5 3.5- 8.6 5 1.2 0.5- 2.9
Guilford 401 302 72.4 66.5-77.6 41 11.7 8.2-16.4 26 6.1 3.9- 9.4 28 8.2 5.3-12.4 4 1.6 0.4- 5.6
Henderson/Transylvania 455 350 73.2 67.7-78.2 61 15.1 11.4-19.8 23 6.3 4.0- 9.9 19 4.7 2.7- 8.0 2 0.6 0.1- 3.0
Mecklenburg 429 334 71.2 64.7-76.9 46 13.9 9.5-19.8 26 7.6 5.0-11.4 22 7.1 4.4-11.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
Orange 420 327 77.9 72.4-82.5 50 11.1 8.0-15.2 21 5.5 3.4- 8.7 18 4.5 2.6- 7.5 4 1.1 0.3- 3.3
Pitt 408 312 72.4 67.0-77.2 53 15.0 11.6-19.2 23 6.9 4.4-10.7 20 5.7 3.5- 9.1 0 0.0 . - .
Randolph 413 298 67.8 61.1-73.9 49 13.4 9.9-17.8 33 8.7 6.0-12.4 30 9.4 5.6-15.4 3 0.7 0.2- 2.6
Robeson 415 310 68.5 61.8-74.5 42 12.0 7.8-18.1 26 8.4 5.4-12.9 30 9.2 5.8-14.4 7 1.9 0.8- 4.0
Wake 414 299 71.0 65.6-75.9 64 16.5 12.6-21.2 29 6.8 4.6-10.0 20 4.9 2.9- 8.0 2 0.8 0.1- 4.4
Western NC 634 467 71.1 66.5-75.3 69 12.0 9.1-15.7 45 8.7 6.2-12.2 49 7.4 5.4-10.2 4 0.7 0.3- 1.9
Piedmont NC 841 665 75.3 71.2-79.0 89 12.2 9.5-15.4 41 6.0 4.1- 8.7 39 5.5 3.7- 8.1 7 0.9 0.4- 2.1
Eastern NC 759 605 77.3 72.9-81.0 69 8.7 6.5-11.5 46 7.6 5.3-10.8 36 5.4 3.6- 8.1 3 1.0 0.2- 5.2

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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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