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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.#
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,054 732 16.1 14.5-17.8 2,659 66.2 63.9-68.4 436 11.9 10.4-13.6 23 0.5 0.3- 1.0 204 5.3 4.2- 6.6
RACE
White 3,093 585 16.4 14.6-18.4 2,096 70.1 67.7-72.5 257 9.1 7.6-10.8 18 0.6 0.3- 1.1 137 3.8 3.0- 4.9
African American 665 100 15.3 11.6-19.9 388 53.6 47.6-59.4 132 20.7 16.2-25.9 3 0.4 0.1- 2.4 42 10.0 6.2-15.7
Asian 40 9 19.1 8.3-38.2 25 60.5 39.4-78.3 3 14.1 3.7-40.8 1 1.3 0.2- 9.1 2 5.0 0.9-23.5
Native American 107 12 11.5 4.5-26.6 64 67.1 53.1-78.6 20 14.8 8.6-24.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 10 6.3 3.1-12.4
Other Minorities 120 21 14.2 8.0-24.1 72 59.1 45.9-71.0 19 19.3 10.5-32.9 0 0.0 . - . 8 7.4 2.9-17.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 141 31 17.3 10.6-27.1 83 60.8 48.5-72.0 19 15.2 7.9-27.1 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 7 5.2 1.7-14.9
-English Speaking 69 22 24.4 13.5-40.1 38 67.0 50.5-80.1 7 7.3 2.2-21.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3
-Spanish Speaking 72 9 13.2 5.8-27.2 45 57.2 40.5-72.5 12 19.8 9.4-37.1 1 2.2 0.3-14.4 5 7.6 2.2-22.6
Non-Hispanic 3,906 701 16.1 14.5-17.8 2,570 66.4 64.1-68.6 417 11.8 10.3-13.5 22 0.5 0.3- 0.9 196 5.3 4.2- 6.7
AGE
18-24 290 45 15.4 9.9-23.1 190 59.4 50.0-68.2 42 19.2 12.6-28.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 12 6.0 2.0-16.3
25-34 686 104 14.1 11.0-17.9 447 65.3 60.1-70.2 99 14.3 11.0-18.5 6 1.3 0.5- 3.6 30 4.9 3.0- 8.0
35-44 755 123 17.3 13.8-21.5 529 69.7 64.7-74.2 82 10.4 7.6-13.9 4 0.1 0.0- 0.4 17 2.5 1.3- 4.8
45-54 789 162 17.1 14.0-20.9 525 69.4 64.7-73.8 74 9.3 6.8-12.6 4 0.7 0.2- 2.5 24 3.5 1.9- 6.4
55-64 598 110 14.7 11.3-18.8 405 71.3 65.8-76.2 50 8.0 5.5-11.5 4 0.4 0.1- 1.3 29 5.6 3.1- 9.9
65-74 484 89 16.0 11.6-21.7 305 61.7 55.0-68.0 46 14.2 9.8-20.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 43 8.0 5.5-11.7
75+ 414 89 18.7 14.4-24.1 234 60.4 53.7-66.8 41 8.9 5.9-13.1 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6 47 10.9 7.1-16.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 609 58 9.3 6.1-13.9 369 59.4 52.7-65.7 106 18.5 13.6-24.6 8 1.3 0.5- 3.1 68 11.6 8.1-16.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,187 203 14.9 12.4-17.8 756 66.5 62.4-70.3 152 13.3 10.7-16.3 7 0.2 0.1- 0.4 69 5.2 3.2- 8.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,023 198 17.6 14.4-21.4 684 67.9 63.5-72.0 99 10.5 7.9-13.8 4 0.3 0.1- 1.2 38 3.7 2.4- 5.7
College Graduate 1,222 272 20.8 17.7-24.3 844 69.5 65.6-73.2 77 6.6 4.9- 8.9 4 0.7 0.2- 2.7 25 2.3 1.4- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 450 67 13.5 9.5-18.9 264 58.0 50.6-65.0 73 19.3 13.6-26.5 5 1.0 0.4- 2.5 41 8.2 5.3-12.7
$15,000- 24,999 683 105 14.5 10.7-19.4 426 63.0 56.8-68.8 103 17.0 12.5-22.6 8 0.5 0.2- 1.3 41 5.0 3.1- 7.8
$25,000- 34,999 489 74 14.5 10.4-19.9 347 68.5 61.3-74.9 47 9.8 6.8-14.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 20 7.1 3.0-15.5
$35,000- 49,999 497 84 13.7 10.4-17.9 358 72.9 67.1-77.9 40 8.7 5.6-13.2 5 2.0 0.7- 5.5 10 2.8 1.3- 5.9
$50,000-74,999 450 83 17.6 13.3-23.0 330 73.2 66.9-78.7 29 8.3 4.9-13.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 7 0.8 0.3- 2.1
$75,000+ 444 103 19.9 15.4-25.3 314 74.5 68.7-79.5 22 4.4 2.6- 7.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.2 0.4- 3.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 252 56 22.7 16.9-29.8 159 64.5 57.3-71.2 29 10.4 7.1-15.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 7 1.9 0.9- 4.1
Forsyth 283 64 22.8 17.7-28.8 190 66.6 60.0-72.7 19 6.5 4.0-10.3 4 1.0 0.3- 3.1 6 3.1 1.2- 7.6
Guilford 267 50 17.6 13.2-23.2 174 66.1 59.5-72.2 35 12.9 9.0-18.2 0 0.0 . - . 8 3.3 1.6- 6.8
Henderson/Transylvania 278 68 25.3 18.9-33.0 174 57.5 48.2-66.3 23 13.4 6.1-27.0 0 0.0 . - . 13 3.8 2.1- 6.7
Mecklenburg 284 59 19.9 15.0-25.7 184 63.8 56.7-70.2 30 12.4 7.9-18.9 0 0.0 . - . 11 4.0 2.0- 7.7
Orange 257 63 25.4 13.8-42.0 175 69.7 54.6-81.5 10 2.2 1.1- 4.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 7 2.3 0.8- 6.6
Pitt 248 36 14.1 9.8-20.0 163 65.5 57.4-72.7 27 11.9 7.8-17.7 2 0.7 0.2- 3.4 20 7.8 4.7-12.7
Randolph 249 36 17.3 8.4-32.2 171 66.0 54.0-76.3 24 9.3 5.8-14.5 3 1.9 0.6- 5.8 15 5.6 3.0-10.0
Robeson 255 28 10.9 7.2-16.1 156 62.3 55.3-68.8 47 18.9 14.1-25.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 23 7.5 4.8-11.6
Wake 247 42 16.4 11.8-22.2 176 72.0 65.1-78.0 19 7.8 4.6-13.0 2 1.1 0.2- 5.4 8 2.7 1.2- 6.1
Western NC 370 45 13.5 9.9-18.1 262 70.8 65.4-75.7 38 9.6 6.9-13.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 23 5.7 3.6- 8.9
Piedmont NC 557 97 13.2 10.4-16.6 370 69.2 64.1-73.8 66 12.4 9.2-16.4 3 0.5 0.1- 1.6 21 4.8 2.5- 8.9
Eastern NC 507 88 16.4 12.9-20.6 305 61.3 56.2-66.2 69 14.1 10.8-18.2 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 42 7.6 5.4-10.7

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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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