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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Risk Factors--FEMALE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,700 2,185 81.2 78.9-83.3 515 18.8 16.7-21.1
RACE
White 2,139 1,741 81.3 78.6-83.6 398 18.7 16.4-21.4
African American 408 340 84.6 78.9-88.9 68 15.4 11.1-21.1
Asian 17 14 73.2 37.7-92.5 3 26.8 7.5-62.3
Native American 71 52 75.7 58.2-87.5 19 24.3 12.5-41.8
Other Minorities 49 26 63.3 43.4-79.6 23 36.7 20.4-56.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 63 40 74.5 56.8-86.7 23 25.5 13.3-43.2
-English Speaking 39 29 91.7 78.8-97.0 10 8.3 3.0-21.2
-Spanish Speaking 24 11 43.2 20.2-69.6 13 56.8 30.4-79.8
Non-Hispanic 2,634 2,142 81.4 79.0-83.5 492 18.6 16.5-21.0
AGE
35-44 389 279 72.3 65.2-78.5 110 27.7 21.5-34.8
45-54 792 651 81.5 77.0-85.2 141 18.5 14.8-23.0
55-64 595 517 88.5 84.4-91.7 78 11.5 8.3-15.6
65-74 498 422 84.9 79.9-88.8 76 15.1 11.2-20.1
75+ 426 316 75.1 69.1-80.3 110 24.9 19.7-30.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 495 372 79.5 74.2-84.0 123 20.5 16.0-25.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 827 649 77.7 73.3-81.6 178 22.3 18.4-26.7
Some Post-H.S. 642 531 84.3 79.7-88.0 111 15.7 12.0-20.3
College Graduate 729 627 84.8 80.1-88.5 102 15.2 11.5-19.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 348 250 74.2 67.0-80.3 98 25.8 19.7-33.0
$15,000- 24,999 439 339 77.8 71.1-83.2 100 22.2 16.8-28.9
$25,000- 34,999 295 240 79.6 71.9-85.7 55 20.4 14.3-28.1
$35,000- 49,999 298 261 86.7 80.0-91.4 37 13.3 8.6-20.0
$50,000-74,999 275 238 84.6 76.6-90.2 37 15.4 9.8-23.4
$75,000+ 289 263 92.4 87.4-95.6 26 7.6 4.4-12.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 177 148 85.3 78.6-90.1 29 14.7 9.9-21.4
Forsyth 189 161 83.2 75.8-88.6 28 16.8 11.4-24.2
Guilford 182 144 82.1 75.3-87.3 38 17.9 12.7-24.7
Henderson/Transylvania 215 171 78.3 70.9-84.3 44 21.7 15.7-29.1
Mecklenburg 170 144 83.9 76.8-89.2 26 16.1 10.8-23.2
Orange 157 137 82.8 70.5-90.6 20 17.2 9.4-29.5
Pitt 150 116 80.5 71.7-87.1 34 19.5 12.9-28.3
Randolph 167 131 78.1 70.1-84.5 36 21.9 15.5-29.9
Robeson 183 140 75.8 68.3-82.0 43 24.2 18.0-31.7
Wake 127 110 87.3 78.7-92.7 17 12.7 7.3-21.3
Western NC 261 196 75.2 68.3-81.1 65 24.8 18.9-31.7
Piedmont NC 378 314 82.2 77.1-86.3 64 17.8 13.7-22.9
Eastern NC 344 273 80.1 74.8-84.6 71 19.9 15.4-25.2

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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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