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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
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
GENDER
Male 266 9 3.2 1.6- 6.4 127 50.4 43.4-57.4 76 25.1 19.9-31.2 10 4.5 1.9-10.3 44 16.7 12.1-22.5
Female 362 36 10.6 7.4-15.0 175 48.0 42.2-53.9 83 23.8 18.9-29.4 7 2.2 1.0- 4.5 61 15.4 11.7-20.0
RACE
White 582 40 6.2 4.4- 8.7 285 50.0 45.2-54.9 145 24.2 20.4-28.4 15 3.1 1.5- 6.1 97 16.5 13.2-20.3
Other 44 5 12.9 5.0-29.1 17 44.4 28.0-62.1 14 29.9 16.7-47.6 1 2.3 0.3-15.0 7 10.4 4.4-22.9
AGE
18-44 235 15 6.1 3.5-10.5 103 46.4 38.8-54.1 65 24.8 19.0-31.7 8 5.0 2.0-11.7 44 17.8 12.7-24.2
45+ 387 29 7.0 4.8-10.3 197 51.8 46.2-57.4 93 24.3 19.8-29.3 9 2.2 1.1- 4.3 59 14.7 11.1-19.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 351 17 4.3 2.4- 7.3 163 49.2 43.1-55.4 87 22.9 18.3-28.3 11 4.0 1.7- 9.1 73 19.6 15.1-24.9
Some College + 276 28 9.9 6.6-14.5 138 49.3 42.3-56.3 72 26.6 21.0-33.1 6 2.7 1.0- 6.6 32 11.6 8.0-16.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 380 19 4.6 2.8- 7.3 181 47.6 41.6-53.6 100 26.1 21.2-31.7 13 4.3 2.0- 9.0 67 17.5 13.3-22.5
$50,000+ 104 8 7.0 3.4-14.0 57 55.6 44.9-65.8 28 25.5 17.5-35.5 2 1.9 0.5- 7.6 9 10.0 5.0-19.0
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
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
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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