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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,741 4,434 63.7 61.9-65.5 1,210 16.2 14.9-17.5 1,097 20.2 18.6-21.9
GENDER
Male 2,608 1,612 59.8 56.8-62.7 391 13.9 12.1-15.9 605 26.4 23.7-29.2
Female 4,133 2,822 67.3 65.1-69.5 819 18.3 16.6-20.0 492 14.4 12.7-16.3
RACE
White 5,107 3,474 67.5 65.5-69.5 930 16.5 15.1-18.0 703 15.9 14.3-17.7
African American 1,057 672 61.7 57.1-66.0 203 18.5 15.4-22.1 182 19.8 16.2-24.0
Asian 78 42 50.4 34.9-65.9 7 6.0 2.4-13.8 29 43.6 28.5-60.0
Native American 185 113 64.1 51.5-75.0 43 15.7 9.7-24.3 29 20.2 11.3-33.5
Other Minorities 267 105 29.8 22.7-38.0 19 7.5 4.1-13.3 143 62.7 54.0-70.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 299 116 28.6 21.6-36.9 26 6.4 3.4-11.5 157 65.0 56.4-72.8
-English Speaking 127 74 58.5 45.6-70.4 22 18.1 9.5-31.7 31 23.4 14.9-34.8
-Spanish Speaking 172 42 16.9 10.0-27.1 4 1.8 0.4- 7.1 126 81.3 71.0-88.5
Non-Hispanic 6,430 4,311 66.4 64.6-68.1 1,184 16.9 15.6-18.3 935 16.7 15.2-18.2
AGE
18-24 486 255 53.4 46.2-60.4 57 9.5 6.6-13.5 174 37.1 30.5-44.2
25-34 1,140 686 58.6 54.3-62.8 145 11.2 9.0-13.8 309 30.3 26.2-34.6
35-44 1,318 851 61.7 57.7-65.5 192 15.1 12.5-18.2 275 23.2 19.9-26.9
45-54 1,328 949 69.3 65.3-73.1 227 17.8 14.8-21.3 152 12.9 10.3-16.1
55-64 975 673 73.4 69.4-77.0 194 18.0 14.9-21.5 108 8.6 6.7-11.1
65-74 801 555 68.0 63.0-72.6 202 24.8 20.7-29.3 44 7.2 4.7-11.0
75+ 627 424 67.9 62.0-73.2 180 27.4 22.4-32.9 23 4.7 2.6- 8.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,088 620 54.7 49.8-59.6 223 14.9 12.3-17.9 245 30.4 25.7-35.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,983 1,325 64.4 61.1-67.6 322 15.3 13.2-17.7 336 20.3 17.6-23.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,571 1,051 64.8 61.0-68.5 295 17.8 15.1-20.8 225 17.4 14.4-20.8
College Graduate 2,078 1,426 68.4 65.3-71.4 367 16.5 14.3-19.0 285 15.1 12.7-17.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 681 373 47.2 41.0-53.5 146 18.3 14.4-22.8 162 34.6 28.3-41.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,100 658 54.3 49.4-59.1 184 15.0 12.2-18.3 258 30.7 26.1-35.7
$25,000- 34,999 816 536 65.1 60.0-69.9 140 17.0 13.6-21.2 140 17.8 14.1-22.2
$35,000- 49,999 897 634 65.7 60.6-70.5 136 16.2 12.7-20.4 127 18.1 14.2-22.8
$50,000-74,999 747 562 75.6 70.7-79.9 109 14.7 11.4-18.8 76 9.7 6.9-13.4
$75,000+ 879 644 73.5 69.1-77.4 158 16.3 13.2-19.9 77 10.2 7.5-13.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 414 271 64.0 58.4-69.2 72 15.9 12.4-20.2 71 20.1 15.9-25.2
Forsyth 465 327 66.4 60.8-71.5 79 16.1 12.7-20.2 59 17.5 13.2-23.0
Guilford 425 269 61.0 55.0-66.7 96 21.2 16.9-26.3 60 17.7 13.3-23.3
Henderson/Transylvania 475 318 63.2 57.2-68.7 83 15.6 12.1-19.7 74 21.3 16.5-27.0
Mecklenburg 448 294 60.6 54.5-66.4 85 16.0 12.4-20.5 69 23.4 17.9-29.9
Orange 441 280 61.3 54.7-67.5 71 15.2 11.5-19.9 90 23.5 18.7-29.1
Pitt 417 271 61.6 55.3-67.6 64 13.7 10.4-17.8 82 24.7 19.1-31.4
Randolph 432 288 63.7 57.1-69.9 77 18.0 13.5-23.6 67 18.2 13.8-23.8
Robeson 445 266 56.9 50.7-62.8 94 15.6 12.4-19.4 85 27.5 21.7-34.2
Wake 430 283 63.5 58.0-68.7 59 12.7 9.6-16.6 88 23.8 19.2-29.1
Western NC 659 440 65.4 60.9-69.6 122 17.1 14.2-20.5 97 17.5 14.0-21.6
Piedmont NC 888 614 67.2 63.1-71.0 156 15.8 13.2-18.9 118 17.0 13.9-20.6
Eastern NC 802 513 61.1 56.9-65.3 152 16.7 14.0-19.8 137 22.1 18.4-26.3

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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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