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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
North Carolina 6,474 489 6.5 5.6- 7.5 2,974 44.3 42.5-46.2 1,637 27.0 25.3-28.8 175 2.8 2.3- 3.5 1,199 19.3 17.8-21.0
Piedmont NC 856 50 4.0 2.9- 5.6 384 44.2 40.0-48.5 223 26.9 23.4-30.7 22 2.4 1.5- 3.8 177 22.5 18.8-26.7
GENDER
Male 312 10 2.4 1.1- 5.3 139 43.7 36.9-50.8 84 27.2 21.5-33.7 11 2.6 1.3- 5.3 68 24.0 18.1-31.3
Female 544 40 5.4 3.8- 7.7 245 44.6 39.6-49.8 139 26.7 22.5-31.3 11 2.2 1.1- 4.1 109 21.2 16.8-26.2
RACE
White 697 39 3.9 2.7- 5.6 329 46.6 41.9-51.4 185 28.1 24.1-32.5 17 2.3 1.3- 3.8 127 19.1 15.3-23.6
Other 153 10 4.4 1.9- 9.7 52 34.7 26.2-44.4 36 21.2 14.8-29.6 5 2.9 1.0- 8.0 50 36.7 27.1-47.5
AGE
18-44 366 14 2.1 1.1- 4.0 160 43.1 36.7-49.6 105 28.0 22.8-33.8 9 2.1 1.0- 4.5 78 24.7 18.6-31.9
45+ 479 34 5.8 3.8- 8.7 220 45.5 40.1-51.1 113 25.1 20.6-30.4 13 2.7 1.5- 4.9 99 20.8 16.8-25.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 463 25 3.8 2.4- 6.1 184 40.7 35.2-46.4 113 24.7 20.1-29.8 12 2.3 1.3- 4.3 129 28.5 23.5-34.1
Some College + 389 25 4.4 2.6- 7.1 197 49.2 42.8-55.7 110 30.5 25.1-36.5 10 2.4 1.2- 5.1 47 13.4 8.5-20.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 442 27 4.6 2.9- 7.0 185 42.9 37.2-48.7 116 24.9 20.2-30.3 14 2.8 1.5- 5.1 100 24.9 19.8-30.8
$50,000+ 213 11 3.0 1.4- 6.4 117 47.5 38.9-56.2 59 32.9 25.5-41.3 5 2.9 1.2- 7.0 21 13.7 7.0-25.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 399 39 8.2 5.8-11.3 201 51.8 46.0-57.5 89 23.5 18.7-29.0 10 2.2 1.1- 4.5 60 14.4 11.0-18.6
Forsyth 446 32 7.0 4.8-10.2 214 46.9 41.4-52.4 112 22.2 18.2-26.7 10 2.5 1.2- 5.0 78 21.4 17.0-26.6
Guilford 404 28 6.1 4.0- 9.2 181 45.5 39.6-51.5 105 25.6 20.8-31.2 15 4.4 2.5- 7.6 75 18.5 13.8-24.3
Henderson/Transylvania 461 59 12.6 9.1-17.2 234 48.3 42.4-54.3 110 24.4 19.8-29.6 7 2.0 0.9- 4.7 51 12.7 8.0-19.4
Mecklenburg 433 31 9.2 5.4-15.3 210 47.7 41.5-54.0 115 24.8 20.1-30.2 10 2.4 1.1- 5.1 67 15.9 12.3-20.3
Orange 432 37 7.4 5.0-10.8 234 51.6 44.2-58.8 104 29.5 21.8-38.6 8 1.5 0.6- 3.4 49 10.0 7.2-13.7
Pitt 400 30 6.8 4.4-10.4 180 47.1 40.6-53.8 97 21.6 17.4-26.5 10 2.7 1.3- 5.2 83 21.7 16.7-27.7
Randolph 411 24 9.2 5.3-15.4 190 43.6 37.8-49.6 109 27.1 21.9-32.9 12 3.4 1.8- 6.4 76 16.7 13.0-21.2
Robeson 419 26 5.0 3.3- 7.7 132 31.4 26.0-37.3 97 21.7 17.5-26.7 20 5.1 2.7- 9.3 144 36.8 30.7-43.3
Wake 415 34 7.4 4.8-11.1 210 49.8 44.0-55.6 95 24.7 19.7-30.5 6 1.5 0.6- 3.6 70 16.6 12.9-21.2
Western NC 628 45 6.7 4.8- 9.2 302 49.3 44.7-53.9 159 24.5 20.8-28.6 17 3.4 1.8- 6.4 105 16.1 13.0-19.7
Eastern NC 770 54 7.1 5.2- 9.7 302 38.5 34.4-42.8 222 31.4 27.5-35.7 28 3.5 2.2- 5.3 164 19.4 16.4-22.8

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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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