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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 4,098 3,782 91.9 90.4-93.2 316 8.1 6.8- 9.6
Piedmont NC 559 514 91.6 88.2-94.1 45 8.4 5.9-11.8
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 559 514 91.6 88.2-94.1 45 8.4 5.9-11.8
RACE
White 461 426 92.6 89.1-95.0 35 7.4 5.0-10.9
Other 95 85 87.3 75.5-93.9 10 12.7 6.1-24.5
AGE
18-44 229 212 90.1 83.5-94.2 17 9.9 5.8-16.5
45+ 323 296 92.9 89.3-95.3 27 7.1 4.7-10.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 296 263 89.3 84.0-93.0 33 10.7 7.0-16.0
Some College + 262 250 95.0 90.9-97.3 12 5.0 2.7- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 288 268 93.5 89.3-96.2 20 6.5 3.8-10.7
$50,000+ 131 128 96.5 88.7-98.9 3 3.5 1.1-11.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 254 238 94.1 89.9-96.6 16 5.9 3.4-10.1
Forsyth 284 262 91.2 85.4-94.8 22 8.8 5.2-14.6
Guilford 268 253 93.3 87.3-96.6 15 6.7 3.4-12.7
Henderson/Transylvania 284 259 91.7 87.0-94.7 25 8.3 5.3-13.0
Mecklenburg 286 273 95.3 91.2-97.6 13 4.7 2.4- 8.8
Orange 257 241 88.4 78.8-94.0 16 11.6 6.0-21.2
Pitt 258 242 95.2 91.8-97.2 16 4.8 2.8- 8.2
Randolph 252 231 92.5 87.8-95.4 21 7.5 4.6-12.2
Robeson 265 229 84.1 77.1-89.3 36 15.9 10.7-22.9
Wake 246 226 90.6 84.5-94.5 20 9.4 5.5-15.5
Western NC 374 343 91.4 87.3-94.3 31 8.6 5.7-12.7
Eastern NC 511 471 91.8 87.9-94.5 40 8.2 5.5-12.1

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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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