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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,729 5,767 83.3 81.7-84.8 962 16.7 15.2-18.3
Piedmont NC 886 764 83.7 80.1-86.7 122 16.3 13.3-19.9
GENDER
Male 323 269 81.7 75.6-86.5 54 18.3 13.5-24.4
Female 563 495 85.3 80.8-89.0 68 14.7 11.0-19.2
RACE
White 721 646 87.9 84.3-90.8 75 12.1 9.2-15.7
Other 159 114 67.7 57.4-76.6 45 32.3 23.4-42.6
AGE
18-44 374 307 79.0 72.8-84.1 67 21.0 15.9-27.2
45+ 501 447 88.0 84.0-91.2 54 12.0 8.8-16.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 478 387 77.2 71.7-81.9 91 22.8 18.1-28.3
Some College + 404 375 93.5 90.2-95.7 29 6.5 4.3- 9.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 459 380 81.2 75.9-85.6 79 18.8 14.4-24.1
$50,000+ 218 211 96.1 91.0-98.4 7 3.9 1.6- 9.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 411 347 80.4 75.0-84.9 64 19.6 15.1-25.0
Forsyth 465 412 86.6 82.2-90.1 53 13.4 9.9-17.8
Guilford 423 374 83.6 77.2-88.4 49 16.4 11.6-22.8
Henderson/Transylvania 475 398 79.5 73.9-84.1 77 20.5 15.9-26.1
Mecklenburg 447 397 84.3 78.3-88.9 50 15.7 11.1-21.7
Orange 440 395 89.6 85.5-92.7 45 10.4 7.3-14.5
Pitt 418 360 83.3 78.0-87.6 58 16.7 12.4-22.0
Randolph 431 380 85.4 80.2-89.4 51 14.6 10.6-19.8
Robeson 443 327 70.1 64.2-75.4 116 29.9 24.6-35.8
Wake 432 382 86.2 81.2-90.1 50 13.8 9.9-18.8
Western NC 658 553 80.9 76.5-84.6 105 19.1 15.4-23.5
Eastern NC 800 678 83.1 79.4-86.3 122 16.9 13.7-20.6

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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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