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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,607 2,126 81.5 79.2-83.7 260 10.3 8.6-12.2 113 3.7 2.8- 4.8 51 2.1 1.5- 3.1 57 2.4 1.6- 3.5
Female 4,132 3,794 92.6 91.2-93.8 201 4.7 3.8- 5.9 89 1.9 1.3- 2.7 19 0.3 0.1- 0.6 29 0.5 0.3- 0.8
RACE
White 5,108 4,476 86.1 84.5-87.6 362 7.9 6.8- 9.3 153 3.1 2.4- 3.9 52 1.3 0.9- 1.9 65 1.6 1.1- 2.2
African American 1,057 937 89.4 86.2-91.9 66 6.3 4.4- 8.9 30 2.2 1.1- 4.2 14 1.2 0.6- 2.5 10 1.0 0.4- 2.5
Asian 78 72 92.2 78.8-97.4 3 6.1 1.6-20.8 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5
Native American 185 152 89.3 83.3-93.3 13 4.7 2.2-10.0 13 4.2 2.2- 7.9 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 5 1.3 0.5- 3.7
Other Minorities 264 242 92.6 86.9-96.0 14 5.6 2.6-11.5 5 0.7 0.2- 1.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.1 0.3- 3.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 296 270 93.1 87.7-96.2 16 5.7 2.8-11.1 7 1.0 0.4- 2.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4
-English Speaking 127 114 90.7 79.6-96.0 6 5.9 1.8-18.1 4 2.7 0.7- 9.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5
-Spanish Speaking 169 156 94.0 87.1-97.3 10 5.6 2.4-12.6 3 0.4 0.1- 1.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 6,431 5,638 86.8 85.4-88.1 445 7.5 6.6- 8.7 195 2.9 2.3- 3.6 69 1.3 0.9- 1.8 84 1.5 1.1- 2.1
AGE
18-24 486 408 86.4 81.6-90.1 39 8.1 5.2-12.4 19 2.9 1.5- 5.5 12 1.6 0.7- 3.5 8 1.0 0.5- 2.2
25-34 1,139 954 82.6 79.0-85.6 93 9.6 7.2-12.6 58 4.7 3.2- 6.9 14 1.4 0.7- 2.9 20 1.7 0.9- 3.1
35-44 1,319 1,148 87.9 85.1-90.3 96 6.5 4.9- 8.6 38 2.7 1.6- 4.5 20 1.7 0.9- 3.3 17 1.2 0.6- 2.4
45-54 1,328 1,174 88.2 84.8-90.8 104 8.2 5.8-11.3 26 1.8 1.0- 3.0 11 0.9 0.4- 1.9 13 1.1 0.5- 2.5
55-64 976 869 87.8 84.1-90.8 55 7.0 4.9-10.0 31 2.2 1.3- 3.5 11 1.2 0.6- 2.5 10 1.8 0.6- 5.3
65-74 799 730 89.4 85.8-92.2 43 6.0 4.0- 8.8 13 2.0 1.0- 4.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 12 2.2 1.0- 4.8
75+ 627 577 93.3 90.0-95.5 30 4.0 2.3- 6.7 13 1.7 0.7- 3.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 6 1.0 0.3- 2.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,084 938 84.8 80.9-88.0 75 8.4 6.0-11.7 49 4.1 2.7- 6.2 9 1.1 0.5- 2.6 13 1.5 0.6- 4.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,983 1,731 87.7 85.4-89.6 137 6.7 5.4- 8.4 59 2.5 1.6- 3.8 24 1.4 0.8- 2.5 32 1.7 1.1- 2.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,571 1,363 86.3 83.3-88.8 118 8.2 6.1-11.0 43 2.6 1.8- 3.8 24 1.5 0.8- 2.6 23 1.4 0.8- 2.4
College Graduate 2,080 1,870 89.3 87.0-91.2 130 6.9 5.3- 8.9 49 2.3 1.5- 3.5 13 0.7 0.3- 1.3 18 0.9 0.5- 1.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 677 576 86.1 81.2-89.9 49 7.7 4.8-11.9 24 3.0 1.4- 6.3 7 0.6 0.3- 1.5 21 2.6 1.3- 5.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,098 968 87.1 83.6-90.0 62 7.2 5.0-10.1 39 3.5 2.1- 5.7 10 0.7 0.2- 1.8 19 1.6 0.8- 2.9
$25,000- 34,999 816 716 89.1 85.4-91.9 58 6.7 4.4- 9.9 31 3.1 1.8- 5.3 7 0.7 0.2- 2.2 4 0.4 0.1- 1.8
$35,000- 49,999 898 760 83.6 79.4-87.0 81 8.5 5.9-11.9 29 3.8 2.2- 6.3 14 1.9 1.0- 3.6 14 2.3 1.2- 4.5
$50,000-74,999 746 650 86.0 81.5-89.5 62 9.4 6.5-13.5 21 1.9 1.0- 3.6 9 2.2 1.0- 5.1 4 0.5 0.1- 1.6
$75,000+ 880 777 87.7 84.3-90.5 64 7.1 5.0- 9.9 19 2.1 1.1- 3.7 13 1.8 0.9- 3.5 7 1.4 0.6- 3.4
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
Mecklenburg 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
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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