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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,729 5,767 83.3 81.7-84.8 962 16.7 15.2-18.3
GENDER
Male 2,604 2,174 81.3 78.7-83.7 430 18.7 16.3-21.3
Female 4,125 3,593 85.2 83.3-86.9 532 14.8 13.1-16.7
RACE
White 5,100 4,537 86.9 85.3-88.4 563 13.1 11.6-14.7
African American 1,056 852 79.5 75.2-83.2 204 20.5 16.8-24.8
Asian 78 67 94.1 87.2-97.4 11 5.9 2.6-12.8
Native American 183 134 81.3 72.9-87.6 49 18.7 12.4-27.1
Other Minorities 265 137 50.1 40.9-59.3 128 49.9 40.7-59.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 297 145 45.8 36.8-55.0 152 54.2 45.0-63.2
-English Speaking 127 90 70.3 58.0-80.2 37 29.7 19.8-42.0
-Spanish Speaking 170 55 36.0 25.1-48.5 115 64.0 51.5-74.9
Non-Hispanic 6,420 5,611 86.0 84.5-87.4 809 14.0 12.6-15.5
AGE
18-24 480 341 67.9 60.8-74.3 139 32.1 25.7-39.2
25-34 1,137 910 77.9 73.8-81.4 227 22.1 18.6-26.2
35-44 1,316 1,084 83.4 80.4-86.1 232 16.6 13.9-19.6
45-54 1,329 1,138 85.7 82.5-88.3 191 14.3 11.7-17.5
55-64 975 847 87.6 84.2-90.4 128 12.4 9.6-15.8
65-74 800 777 96.7 93.8-98.2 23 3.3 1.8- 6.2
75+ 627 610 95.9 92.3-97.8 17 4.1 2.2- 7.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,083 799 68.4 63.4-73.1 284 31.6 26.9-36.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,975 1,623 81.1 78.2-83.7 352 18.9 16.3-21.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,570 1,366 85.2 82.1-87.9 204 14.8 12.1-17.9
College Graduate 2,080 1,963 94.8 93.2-96.1 117 5.2 3.9- 6.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 681 490 66.0 59.5-72.0 191 34.0 28.0-40.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,097 780 67.5 62.5-72.1 317 32.5 27.9-37.5
$25,000- 34,999 815 725 88.6 84.9-91.4 90 11.4 8.6-15.1
$35,000- 49,999 897 824 89.5 85.3-92.6 73 10.5 7.4-14.7
$50,000-74,999 747 707 95.5 92.8-97.2 40 4.5 2.8- 7.2
$75,000+ 880 861 97.3 94.8-98.7 19 2.7 1.3- 5.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 411 347 80.4 75.0-84.9 64 19.6 15.1-25.0
Forsyth 465 412 86.6 82.2-90.1 53 13.4 9.9-17.8
Guilford 423 374 83.6 77.2-88.4 49 16.4 11.6-22.8
Henderson/Transylvania 475 398 79.5 73.9-84.1 77 20.5 15.9-26.1
Mecklenburg 447 397 84.3 78.3-88.9 50 15.7 11.1-21.7
Orange 440 395 89.6 85.5-92.7 45 10.4 7.3-14.5
Pitt 418 360 83.3 78.0-87.6 58 16.7 12.4-22.0
Randolph 431 380 85.4 80.2-89.4 51 14.6 10.6-19.8
Robeson 443 327 70.1 64.2-75.4 116 29.9 24.6-35.8
Wake 432 382 86.2 81.2-90.1 50 13.8 9.9-18.8
Western NC 658 553 80.9 76.5-84.6 105 19.1 15.4-23.5
Piedmont NC 886 764 83.7 80.1-86.7 122 16.3 13.3-19.9
Eastern NC 800 678 83.1 79.4-86.3 122 16.9 13.7-20.6

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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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