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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 6,592 388 5.7 5.0- 6.6 4,738 72.3 70.6-74.0 1,160 17.0 15.7-18.5 68 1.0 0.7- 1.4 238 3.9 3.1- 4.9
Piedmont NC 871 51 5.2 3.8- 7.0 641 75.3 71.5-78.7 137 14.5 11.9-17.6 12 1.2 0.6- 2.4 30 3.8 2.3- 6.3
GENDER
Male 317 19 4.7 2.8- 7.7 242 77.3 71.2-82.5 37 12.0 8.3-17.1 6 1.5 0.6- 3.9 13 4.5 2.2- 9.0
Female 554 32 5.6 3.9- 8.0 399 73.6 68.8-77.8 100 16.7 13.3-20.7 6 1.0 0.4- 2.5 17 3.2 1.5- 6.7
RACE
White 710 46 5.8 4.2- 7.9 533 77.3 73.4-80.9 105 14.0 11.1-17.5 5 0.6 0.2- 1.5 21 2.4 1.4- 4.0
Other 155 5 3.0 1.1- 7.7 103 67.2 57.1-76.0 31 16.4 10.9-23.9 7 3.8 1.5- 9.2 9 9.6 4.1-20.7
AGE
18-44 373 17 3.7 2.2- 6.2 272 72.8 66.6-78.2 65 17.1 12.8-22.4 5 1.2 0.4- 3.6 14 5.2 2.6-10.1
45+ 487 34 6.8 4.7- 9.7 361 78.0 73.6-81.9 70 11.8 9.0-15.3 6 1.0 0.4- 2.3 16 2.5 1.3- 4.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 472 31 5.0 3.4- 7.3 345 74.5 69.3-79.0 75 15.2 11.7-19.5 6 1.1 0.4- 3.0 15 4.2 2.1- 8.2
Some College + 395 20 5.4 3.3- 8.8 294 76.7 71.1-81.5 61 13.5 9.8-18.2 5 1.2 0.5- 3.2 15 3.2 1.6- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 452 23 4.7 3.0- 7.4 328 73.8 68.2-78.6 75 14.8 11.2-19.3 8 1.6 0.7- 3.7 18 5.1 2.6- 9.6
$50,000+ 213 12 5.2 2.8- 9.5 164 77.4 70.0-83.4 29 13.9 9.2-20.4 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 6 2.9 1.1- 7.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 403 38 11.4 7.9-16.1 283 70.9 65.3-75.9 65 13.9 10.5-18.1 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4 14 3.1 1.8- 5.4
Forsyth 457 20 4.9 2.5- 9.3 350 77.1 72.1-81.5 65 13.0 10.0-16.8 4 1.1 0.4- 3.4 18 3.9 2.3- 6.4
Guilford 411 24 4.8 3.0- 7.5 284 71.8 66.5-76.6 90 21.5 17.2-26.5 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0 10 1.6 0.8- 3.0
Henderson/Transylvania 468 37 9.4 6.5-13.6 350 71.8 65.3-77.6 56 13.5 8.7-20.4 4 0.9 0.3- 2.4 21 4.3 2.7- 6.8
Mecklenburg 436 20 6.0 3.5-10.0 298 66.2 59.9-72.0 96 19.6 15.5-24.5 7 1.6 0.7- 3.5 15 6.6 2.9-14.4
Orange 435 13 6.9 1.7-23.6 289 63.4 55.1-70.9 108 24.8 19.9-30.4 7 1.7 0.7- 4.2 18 3.3 1.9- 5.5
Pitt 406 21 4.9 2.9- 8.1 273 68.1 62.0-73.5 86 21.0 16.4-26.4 5 1.2 0.4- 3.2 21 4.9 3.0- 7.9
Randolph 422 29 6.2 4.1- 9.5 325 76.6 69.1-82.7 51 13.4 8.1-21.3 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 13 2.9 1.5- 5.7
Robeson 434 17 4.7 2.8- 7.7 310 71.2 65.2-76.6 90 19.2 15.3-23.9 3 0.4 0.1- 1.5 14 4.4 1.6-11.4
Wake 425 14 2.7 1.5- 4.8 286 69.0 63.6-73.9 97 21.2 17.2-26.0 6 1.5 0.6- 3.7 22 5.6 3.3- 9.3
Western NC 647 65 11.4 8.6-14.8 475 71.4 67.0-75.5 85 14.1 11.0-17.8 4 0.7 0.2- 2.5 18 2.5 1.4- 4.2
Eastern NC 777 39 4.6 3.2- 6.6 574 72.7 68.6-76.5 134 18.4 15.2-22.2 6 0.7 0.3- 1.8 24 3.5 2.1- 5.6

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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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