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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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Respond.#		 Extremely safe Quite safe Slightly safe Not at all safe
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,418 1,754 26.8 25.2-28.6 3,824 58.7 56.8-60.6 701 12.7 11.3-14.2 139 1.8 1.4- 2.3
Western NC 627 201 31.9 27.7-36.4 366 57.4 52.8-62.0 55 9.9 7.3-13.2 5 0.8 0.3- 2.1
GENDER
Male 269 90 31.9 25.8-38.7 156 58.1 51.1-64.8 22 9.4 6.0-14.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0
Female 358 111 31.9 26.7-37.7 210 56.6 50.6-62.4 33 10.5 6.9-15.5 4 1.0 0.3- 3.0
RACE
White 582 193 33.0 28.6-37.6 338 57.7 52.9-62.4 47 8.6 6.2-11.9 4 0.7 0.2- 2.2
Other 43 7 15.3 6.8-30.9 27 56.3 38.3-72.8 8 26.4 12.7-46.9 1 2.0 0.3-13.0
AGE
18-44 234 77 34.9 27.9-42.7 131 52.0 44.2-59.7 22 11.6 7.2-18.1 4 1.6 0.5- 4.6
45+ 390 122 29.3 24.7-34.4 234 62.0 56.6-67.2 33 8.5 5.9-12.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 356 101 28.1 23.1-33.8 219 60.6 54.4-66.4 32 10.2 6.8-15.2 4 1.1 0.3- 3.5
Some College + 270 100 37.1 30.5-44.3 146 53.1 46.0-60.1 23 9.4 6.1-14.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 382 108 27.9 22.8-33.7 236 60.1 54.0-65.9 35 11.0 7.5-15.9 3 0.9 0.3- 3.4
$50,000+ 104 42 39.6 29.8-50.3 53 52.3 41.6-62.7 9 8.1 4.1-15.7 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 137 34.0 28.7-39.7 218 54.0 48.2-59.8 38 10.3 7.3-14.2 5 1.7 0.6- 5.0
Forsyth 444 123 26.1 21.8-31.0 257 61.3 56.0-66.3 56 11.1 8.3-14.7 8 1.5 0.7- 3.4
Guilford 402 99 22.2 17.8-27.2 240 59.1 53.0-64.9 47 14.2 10.2-19.2 16 4.6 2.4- 8.6
Henderson/Transylvania 456 187 40.1 34.5-46.0 240 52.5 46.5-58.5 23 4.9 2.9- 8.0 6 2.5 1.0- 6.0
Mecklenburg 431 92 21.3 16.9-26.6 268 57.7 51.6-63.6 61 18.9 13.9-25.3 10 2.0 1.0- 3.9
Orange 422 133 29.7 24.2-35.9 253 61.4 54.6-67.8 32 7.9 5.2-12.0 4 0.9 0.3- 2.9
Pitt 404 76 19.8 14.5-26.3 269 64.3 57.9-70.3 49 12.5 9.2-16.9 10 3.4 1.7- 6.6
Randolph 409 98 23.1 16.9-30.7 265 65.4 58.0-72.1 41 10.2 7.1-14.4 5 1.3 0.5- 3.6
Robeson 414 57 12.2 9.1-16.1 246 58.8 52.6-64.8 82 21.9 17.1-27.8 29 7.0 4.3-11.2
Wake 409 122 29.2 24.0-35.1 244 58.9 52.9-64.6 39 10.9 7.7-15.2 4 1.0 0.4- 2.7
Piedmont NC 845 237 25.9 22.5-29.6 514 60.6 56.2-64.8 78 11.9 8.8-16.0 16 1.6 0.9- 2.7
Eastern NC 757 192 27.5 23.8-31.7 444 56.9 52.5-61.2 100 13.6 10.8-17.0 21 1.9 1.1- 3.2

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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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