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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 6,592 388 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
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
GENDER
Male 275 29 11.9 8.0-17.6 200 69.7 62.7-75.9 36 14.7 10.1-20.9 3 1.1 0.3- 4.6 7 2.5 1.1- 5.7
Female 372 36 10.7 7.6-14.8 275 73.4 68.1-78.2 49 13.3 9.9-17.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 11 2.4 1.3- 4.4
RACE
White 604 64 12.2 9.3-15.9 444 71.6 66.9-75.8 77 13.6 10.4-17.4 3 0.3 0.1- 0.8 16 2.4 1.3- 4.2
Other 41 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2 30 73.3 54.5-86.3 8 21.9 10.1-41.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.7 0.8-15.8
AGE
18-44 243 27 11.7 7.5-17.8 168 66.9 59.1-73.8 37 16.7 11.4-23.7 2 1.1 0.2- 5.7 9 3.6 1.7- 7.4
45+ 398 38 11.2 8.0-15.4 302 75.1 70.0-79.6 48 12.0 8.9-16.0 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 8 1.4 0.7- 2.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 371 45 12.8 9.4-17.1 266 70.0 64.0-75.3 46 14.0 9.9-19.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 13 3.2 1.6- 6.0
Some College + 275 20 9.4 5.4-15.8 208 73.4 66.4-79.4 39 14.2 10.1-19.8 3 1.4 0.3- 5.9 5 1.5 0.6- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 394 42 12.9 9.1-17.9 277 65.4 59.2-71.1 59 17.9 13.4-23.5 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 13 3.4 1.8- 6.3
$50,000+ 105 9 9.8 5.0-18.3 81 78.5 69.1-85.7 14 11.0 6.4-18.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3
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
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
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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