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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Routine Checkup--WHITE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Within the past year Within past 2 years Within past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,906 3,748 73.7 71.7-75.6 564 12.6 11.2-14.2 289 7.2 6.1- 8.6 274 5.8 4.8- 6.9 31 0.6 0.4- 1.0
GENDER
Male 1,897 1,255 65.4 62.0-68.7 282 15.7 13.3-18.5 172 9.3 7.5-11.5 170 8.7 7.0-10.8 18 0.8 0.4- 1.6
Female 3,009 2,493 81.5 79.2-83.5 282 9.7 8.3-11.4 117 5.3 4.0- 7.0 104 3.1 2.3- 4.1 13 0.4 0.2- 0.9
AGE
18-24 306 204 63.3 54.3-71.5 57 21.2 14.7-29.5 31 10.5 6.3-16.8 11 4.8 2.1-11.0 3 0.2 0.0- 0.6
25-34 771 516 62.7 57.4-67.7 122 17.6 14.0-22.0 67 10.2 7.3-14.0 57 8.3 5.5-12.3 9 1.3 0.5- 3.0
35-44 920 626 67.7 63.2-71.8 133 14.7 11.7-18.4 81 9.3 6.9-12.5 74 7.9 5.9-10.6 6 0.4 0.1- 1.3
45-54 983 745 75.7 71.4-79.5 114 10.5 8.2-13.4 59 7.6 5.1-11.1 58 5.3 3.7- 7.5 7 0.9 0.3- 2.9
55-64 746 617 82.8 78.2-86.6 70 9.5 6.7-13.1 25 4.3 2.2- 8.0 32 3.0 1.8- 5.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5
65-74 650 568 88.7 84.7-91.7 37 4.2 2.5- 6.9 17 1.9 0.9- 3.8 26 4.6 2.7- 7.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8
75+ 497 444 90.0 86.0-93.0 27 4.5 2.7- 7.4 9 1.9 0.9- 3.9 15 3.5 1.8- 6.6 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 631 489 76.0 70.1-81.1 55 9.5 6.2-14.2 31 6.6 3.7-11.4 46 6.5 4.3- 9.8 10 1.4 0.6- 2.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,422 1,061 73.0 69.3-76.5 166 11.9 9.6-14.8 89 6.8 5.1- 9.0 95 7.4 5.4-10.1 11 0.8 0.3- 2.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,143 880 72.6 68.2-76.6 127 12.7 9.8-16.2 70 9.0 6.4-12.5 61 5.5 3.9- 7.8 5 0.1 0.0- 0.4
College Graduate 1,700 1,311 74.3 70.9-77.4 214 14.9 12.4-17.9 99 6.6 5.0- 8.8 72 3.8 2.8- 5.2 4 0.3 0.1- 1.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 415 324 80.7 73.6-86.3 44 10.1 6.4-15.7 19 6.2 2.9-12.9 27 2.8 1.7- 4.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8
$15,000- 24,999 675 489 70.1 64.2-75.4 72 10.7 7.4-15.3 50 8.0 5.6-11.3 54 10.0 6.5-15.0 10 1.2 0.5- 2.8
$25,000- 34,999 564 408 71.2 65.2-76.5 74 15.1 10.9-20.5 37 7.2 4.6-11.1 42 6.1 4.1- 8.9 3 0.5 0.1- 2.3
$35,000- 49,999 706 540 73.1 67.4-78.1 75 11.7 8.2-16.5 43 9.1 5.9-13.7 41 4.9 3.1- 7.6 7 1.2 0.4- 3.5
$50,000-74,999 635 503 77.0 71.7-81.6 60 9.7 6.8-13.7 36 6.6 4.2-10.2 34 6.0 3.9- 9.2 2 0.7 0.1- 4.0
$75,000+ 754 594 75.9 71.1-80.1 85 13.9 10.5-18.1 42 6.5 4.3- 9.6 31 3.6 2.3- 5.8 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 354 275 72.8 66.5-78.3 37 12.6 8.5-18.3 20 7.4 4.6-11.5 22 7.3 4.6-11.4 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 338 252 69.4 62.7-75.4 45 16.7 11.8-23.3 19 6.5 4.0-10.3 18 6.2 3.7-10.2 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4
Guilford 268 204 75.1 68.4-80.8 21 7.8 4.8-12.5 18 6.3 3.8-10.4 23 10.3 6.4-16.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8
Henderson/Transylvania 417 325 75.3 70.0-80.0 56 14.9 11.3-19.4 19 5.5 3.3- 9.1 15 3.5 1.9- 6.3 2 0.7 0.2- 3.5
Mecklenburg 260 198 67.0 58.0-74.8 33 19.6 12.7-29.0 15 7.4 4.2-12.9 14 6.0 3.4-10.5 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 340 269 79.7 73.7-84.6 38 9.8 6.8-13.9 15 4.4 2.5- 7.7 14 4.8 2.6- 8.6 4 1.4 0.4- 4.2
Pitt 287 216 71.2 64.3-77.3 39 15.3 10.9-21.0 19 8.4 5.1-13.5 13 5.1 2.8- 9.1 0 0.0 . - .
Randolph 373 271 68.8 61.6-75.2 46 13.1 9.6-17.6 29 7.9 5.3-11.6 24 9.4 5.3-16.1 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8
Robeson 167 131 73.3 63.3-81.4 13 10.0 5.6-17.4 5 5.0 2.0-12.3 14 9.0 4.1-18.8 4 2.5 0.9- 7.2
Wake 303 213 68.4 61.9-74.2 53 19.5 14.6-25.6 24 8.6 5.7-13.0 12 3.3 1.8- 6.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9
Western NC 588 438 73.1 68.4-77.3 60 10.8 8.0-14.5 39 7.9 5.5-11.4 47 7.4 5.3-10.1 4 0.8 0.3- 2.1
Piedmont NC 689 545 75.3 70.9-79.3 73 11.9 9.3-15.3 34 6.3 4.1- 9.5 31 5.3 3.5- 8.0 6 1.1 0.5- 2.6
Eastern NC 522 411 76.2 71.3-80.6 50 10.2 7.3-14.1 33 8.0 5.4-11.5 27 5.4 3.3- 8.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3

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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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