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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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Respond.#
Within the past year Within past 2 years Within past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,438 4,923 74.1 72.3-75.8 729 11.9 10.7-13.3 384 7.0 6.0- 8.2 360 6.0 5.2- 7.1 42 0.9 0.5- 1.6
Western NC 634 467 71.1 66.5-75.3 69 12.0 9.1-15.7 45 8.7 6.2-12.2 49 7.4 5.4-10.2 4 0.7 0.3- 1.9
GENDER
Male 272 178 62.2 55.1-68.9 36 15.1 10.5-21.4 26 11.5 7.4-17.4 28 9.8 6.5-14.6 4 1.3 0.5- 3.5
Female 362 289 81.5 76.8-85.5 33 8.4 5.8-12.0 19 5.5 3.3- 8.9 21 4.6 2.9- 7.1 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 588 438 73.1 68.4-77.3 60 10.8 8.0-14.5 39 7.9 5.5-11.4 47 7.4 5.3-10.1 4 0.8 0.3- 2.1
Other 44 28 50.0 33.1-66.8 8 21.9 10.4-40.4 6 19.4 8.1-39.9 2 8.6 1.9-31.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 233 152 61.6 53.6-69.1 34 15.7 10.5-22.8 24 12.5 7.8-19.4 22 9.7 6.0-15.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
45+ 397 311 78.5 73.7-82.7 35 9.2 6.4-13.0 21 5.8 3.7- 9.1 27 5.6 3.7- 8.3 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 362 265 69.9 63.7-75.5 43 13.5 9.4-18.9 26 8.7 5.8-13.0 24 6.6 4.0-10.7 4 1.2 0.5- 3.3
Some College + 271 201 72.6 65.6-78.7 26 10.1 6.5-15.3 19 8.8 4.8-15.4 25 8.5 5.6-12.6 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 389 285 71.0 65.0-76.3 40 11.9 8.1-17.1 31 9.4 6.4-13.7 31 7.0 4.7-10.5 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5
$50,000+ 104 78 73.9 63.6-82.1 11 11.2 6.1-19.8 6 6.8 3.0-15.0 9 8.1 4.0-15.6 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 397 309 73.0 67.2-78.2 40 12.0 8.2-17.1 22 7.1 4.6-10.9 26 7.9 5.2-11.8 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 452 345 72.7 67.2-77.6 56 14.6 10.6-19.8 23 6.0 3.8- 9.2 23 5.5 3.5- 8.6 5 1.2 0.5- 2.9
Guilford 401 302 72.4 66.5-77.6 41 11.7 8.2-16.4 26 6.1 3.9- 9.4 28 8.2 5.3-12.4 4 1.6 0.4- 5.6
Henderson/Transylvania 455 350 73.2 67.7-78.2 61 15.1 11.4-19.8 23 6.3 4.0- 9.9 19 4.7 2.7- 8.0 2 0.6 0.1- 3.0
Mecklenburg 429 334 71.2 64.7-76.9 46 13.9 9.5-19.8 26 7.6 5.0-11.4 22 7.1 4.4-11.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
Orange 420 327 77.9 72.4-82.5 50 11.1 8.0-15.2 21 5.5 3.4- 8.7 18 4.5 2.6- 7.5 4 1.1 0.3- 3.3
Pitt 408 312 72.4 67.0-77.2 53 15.0 11.6-19.2 23 6.9 4.4-10.7 20 5.7 3.5- 9.1 0 0.0 . - .
Randolph 413 298 67.8 61.1-73.9 49 13.4 9.9-17.8 33 8.7 6.0-12.4 30 9.4 5.6-15.4 3 0.7 0.2- 2.6
Robeson 415 310 68.5 61.8-74.5 42 12.0 7.8-18.1 26 8.4 5.4-12.9 30 9.2 5.8-14.4 7 1.9 0.8- 4.0
Wake 414 299 71.0 65.6-75.9 64 16.5 12.6-21.2 29 6.8 4.6-10.0 20 4.9 2.9- 8.0 2 0.8 0.1- 4.4
Piedmont NC 841 665 75.3 71.2-79.0 89 12.2 9.5-15.4 41 6.0 4.1- 8.7 39 5.5 3.7- 8.1 7 0.9 0.4- 2.1
Eastern NC 759 605 77.3 72.9-81.0 69 8.7 6.5-11.5 46 7.6 5.3-10.8 36 5.4 3.6- 8.1 3 1.0 0.2- 5.2

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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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