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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Bladen/Columbus/Sampson Counties

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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 9,263 1,489 14.8 13.7-15.9 6,089 66.9 65.3-68.4 1,111 12.2 11.1-13.4 73 0.8 0.5- 1.1 501 5.3 4.7- 6.1
-Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 405 41 7.8 5.5-10.7 261 65.0 59.0-70.6 58 14.7 11.0-19.3 7 2.3 0.9- 5.7 38 10.2 7.0-14.7
GENDER
Male 122 6 3.1 1.3- 7.1 72 62.9 52.0-72.7 25 16.9 11.1-25.0 5 4.5 1.5-12.3 14 12.6 6.9-21.8
Female 283 35 11.4 8.1-15.9 189 66.6 60.1-72.7 33 12.9 8.7-18.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8 24 8.4 5.4-12.7
RACE
White 253 25 7.4 4.8-11.1 172 66.6 59.4-73.1 29 13.3 9.0-19.2 4 3.0 1.0- 9.0 23 9.7 6.1-15.2
Other 152 16 8.3 4.9-13.9 89 62.6 51.9-72.2 29 16.8 10.9-25.0 3 1.2 0.4- 4.2 15 11.0 5.9-19.6
AGE
18-44 148 18 7.6 4.5-12.3 88 61.6 51.9-70.4 30 19.9 13.5-28.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 11 10.4 5.4-19.2
45+ 256 23 8.0 5.1-12.2 172 67.6 60.1-74.3 28 10.6 7.0-15.6 6 3.7 1.4- 9.9 27 10.2 6.7-15.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 251 21 6.3 3.9- 9.8 150 60.5 53.0-67.6 44 17.3 12.6-23.2 6 3.4 1.2- 8.9 30 12.6 8.2-18.8
Some College + 154 20 10.1 6.2-16.2 111 72.2 62.4-80.3 14 10.5 5.6-19.0 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 8 6.5 3.0-13.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 270 28 7.7 5.1-11.5 176 67.6 60.2-74.1 42 14.3 10.2-19.6 4 1.5 0.5- 4.3 20 8.9 5.2-14.9
$50,000+ 60 6 9.1 4.0-19.6 44 68.6 54.0-80.3 4 11.4 4.2-27.6 0 0.0 . - . 6 10.8 4.8-22.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 446 91 19.6 15.6-24.4 285 64.6 59.2-69.8 49 10.5 7.6-14.3 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 18 4.4 2.5- 7.6
Guilford 439 79 17.6 13.6-22.3 299 68.0 62.5-73.1 43 9.1 6.4-12.8 5 1.9 0.7- 5.2 13 3.5 1.8- 6.5
Mecklenburg 446 78 14.6 11.4-18.5 309 71.4 65.9-76.4 41 10.3 6.7-15.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 17 3.5 2.1- 5.9
Orange 449 111 20.4 15.8-26.0 291 67.1 59.5-73.9 33 6.6 4.4- 9.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 13 5.7 1.7-17.0
Wake 450 92 16.7 13.4-20.6 295 67.5 62.1-72.4 37 9.1 6.3-13.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 25 6.5 3.9-10.6
Chatham/Lee 394 61 12.8 9.7-16.8 269 66.8 60.1-72.9 40 12.4 7.6-19.5 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9 22 7.7 4.8-12.3
Nash/Wilson 368 45 9.3 6.7-12.8 256 70.9 65.1-76.0 45 12.3 9.0-16.6 5 1.7 0.5- 6.0 17 5.9 3.5- 9.7
Craven/Pamlico 450 83 17.5 13.6-22.2 287 64.8 59.3-69.9 55 12.4 9.2-16.5 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 21 4.4 2.7- 7.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 51 13.5 8.8-20.1 286 66.3 60.1-72.0 65 14.4 11.0-18.5 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 22 5.0 3.1- 8.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 446 55 11.4 8.2-15.6 323 69.5 61.7-76.4 44 12.3 7.2-20.1 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 22 6.5 2.7-14.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 67 11.6 8.5-15.7 294 64.1 56.8-70.8 74 16.4 12.0-22.1 8 1.1 0.5- 2.8 28 6.7 4.0-11.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 419 77 13.9 10.2-18.8 273 71.2 63.4-77.9 40 8.1 5.4-11.8 4 1.3 0.4- 4.1 25 5.5 3.2- 9.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 466 72 16.5 12.7-21.1 264 55.4 50.0-60.6 92 19.8 15.9-24.4 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 35 7.8 5.3-11.2
Northeast NC I 446 59 12.8 9.4-17.3 254 57.2 51.0-63.2 84 19.7 15.4-24.8 6 1.9 0.8- 4.3 43 8.5 6.1-11.7
Northeast NC II 503 93 17.4 13.9-21.5 316 60.0 54.6-65.3 67 16.6 12.5-21.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 26 5.8 3.4- 9.7
Northeastern Partnership 949 152 15.8 13.2-18.8 570 59.1 54.9-63.1 151 17.6 14.5-21.2 7 0.8 0.4- 1.7 69 6.7 4.9- 9.3
Mountain AHEC 1,284 244 19.0 15.0-23.6 835 66.1 61.6-70.3 130 9.2 7.4-11.5 8 0.5 0.2- 1.1 67 5.2 3.7- 7.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,233 477 13.9 12.0-16.0 2,049 64.3 61.4-67.1 463 15.1 12.9-17.5 31 0.8 0.5- 1.3 213 6.0 4.8- 7.4
Piedmont 3,987 674 14.8 13.3-16.4 2,672 68.1 65.9-70.2 429 11.1 9.7-12.8 31 0.9 0.5- 1.5 181 5.1 4.1- 6.2
Western NC 2,043 338 16.4 13.6-19.8 1,368 67.5 63.8-70.9 219 10.5 8.6-12.9 11 0.4 0.2- 0.7 107 5.2 3.8- 7.0

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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