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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Chatham/Lee Counties

Healthy Days

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  Total
Respond.^		 None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,264 6,973 74.8 73.3-76.3 560 6.9 6.0- 7.9 628 6.8 5.9- 7.7 541 5.6 4.9- 6.4 562 5.9 5.2- 6.7
-Chatham/Lee 394 311 80.4 75.4-84.5 23 6.1 3.9- 9.3 23 5.4 3.3- 8.8 21 4.4 2.8- 7.0 16 3.7 2.0- 6.7
GENDER
Male 151 125 84.6 77.0-90.0 11 6.4 3.4-11.8 4 3.2 1.1- 8.9 5 2.2 0.8- 5.8 6 3.5 1.3- 9.0
Female 243 186 76.3 69.4-82.0 12 5.8 3.1-10.4 19 7.5 4.3-12.9 16 6.6 3.9-10.9 10 3.9 1.8- 7.9
RACE
White 287 227 79.8 73.8-84.6 15 5.6 3.2- 9.4 17 5.8 3.2-10.4 16 5.0 3.0- 8.3 12 3.8 2.0- 7.4
Other 103 80 80.7 70.5-87.9 8 7.4 3.5-15.1 6 4.8 1.9-11.9 5 3.5 1.3- 9.0 4 3.6 1.0-11.7
AGE
18-44 146 102 74.0 65.2-81.2 15 9.4 5.5-15.7 12 6.9 3.5-13.1 10 4.5 2.3- 8.8 7 5.1 2.2-11.6
45+ 244 206 86.2 80.6-90.3 8 3.2 1.5- 6.5 11 4.2 2.0- 8.7 10 4.0 2.1- 7.7 9 2.4 1.2- 4.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 185 147 81.0 73.4-86.9 6 3.5 1.4- 8.2 10 4.9 2.4-10.0 11 5.1 2.7- 9.6 11 5.5 2.6-11.2
Some College + 208 163 79.6 72.6-85.1 17 8.8 5.3-14.1 13 5.9 3.0-11.5 10 3.8 2.0- 7.2 5 1.9 0.7- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 197 154 79.2 71.7-85.2 10 5.3 2.7-10.2 14 6.0 3.2-10.8 9 3.9 1.9- 7.8 10 5.5 2.6-11.4
$50,000+ 98 78 79.6 68.6-87.5 9 9.0 4.5-17.2 4 5.6 1.7-17.1 5 4.0 1.6- 9.7 2 1.8 0.4- 7.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 341 76.5 71.4-81.0 33 6.7 4.6- 9.7 32 8.8 5.6-13.6 26 4.5 3.0- 6.7 16 3.5 2.0- 5.9
Guilford 443 328 72.0 66.4-76.9 37 9.2 6.4-13.0 30 9.3 6.0-14.2 20 4.1 2.4- 6.9 28 5.4 3.5- 8.1
Mecklenburg 443 326 73.0 67.0-78.3 29 7.2 4.2-12.1 40 9.3 6.5-13.3 25 6.6 3.8-11.4 23 3.9 2.4- 6.1
Orange 446 325 69.7 61.5-76.9 43 10.1 7.1-14.2 37 6.9 4.7- 9.9 31 9.5 4.6-18.7 10 3.7 0.9-13.8
Wake 451 340 75.6 70.7-80.0 33 7.4 5.0-10.9 39 8.7 6.2-12.2 25 5.8 3.7- 9.0 14 2.4 1.3- 4.3
Nash/Wilson 372 287 78.7 73.7-82.9 17 4.8 2.9- 7.9 25 6.4 4.2- 9.6 23 5.5 3.4- 8.6 20 4.7 2.9- 7.4
Craven/Pamlico 443 338 78.4 73.8-82.4 23 4.4 2.8- 6.9 29 6.1 4.0- 9.2 26 5.1 3.4- 7.7 27 5.9 3.9- 8.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 426 305 73.1 68.0-77.7 22 5.3 3.3- 8.4 33 7.6 5.2-11.0 37 7.7 5.4-10.8 29 6.3 4.2- 9.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 443 322 75.3 70.1-79.9 22 5.1 3.1- 8.4 43 9.2 6.5-12.8 21 4.8 2.9- 7.8 35 5.6 3.9- 8.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 465 341 72.7 65.7-78.7 27 7.0 4.1-11.9 37 7.5 4.8-11.6 25 4.7 2.9- 7.7 35 8.0 4.8-13.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 316 72.2 58.4-82.8 22 3.6 2.2- 5.9 36 15.0 5.7-33.9 22 4.4 2.7- 7.2 25 4.7 2.9- 7.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 459 362 79.6 74.9-83.6 17 4.5 2.7- 7.6 24 3.9 2.5- 6.1 27 6.9 4.4-10.6 29 5.1 3.4- 7.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 410 302 74.9 69.5-79.6 23 6.2 3.9- 9.9 27 6.2 4.0- 9.4 33 7.4 4.9-11.0 25 5.3 3.4- 8.2
Northeast NC I 453 354 78.3 73.1-82.7 28 7.6 4.9-11.7 25 4.7 3.1- 7.2 19 3.1 1.9- 5.1 27 6.2 3.9- 9.8
Northeast NC II 503 396 79.4 74.9-83.2 18 3.8 2.3- 6.3 23 4.3 2.7- 6.7 29 5.8 3.8- 8.9 37 6.8 4.7- 9.7
Northeastern Partnership 956 750 79.0 75.6-82.0 46 5.2 3.7- 7.2 48 4.4 3.2- 6.1 48 4.9 3.4- 6.9 64 6.6 4.9- 8.7
Mountain AHEC 1,284 969 73.6 68.8-77.9 71 4.4 3.3- 6.0 91 9.4 5.8-15.0 72 5.5 4.0- 7.6 81 7.0 5.2- 9.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,243 2,491 74.7 71.8-77.4 174 8.2 6.3-10.7 188 6.0 4.6- 7.8 193 5.7 4.5- 7.1 197 5.4 4.3- 6.7
Piedmont 3,987 2,974 75.0 73.0-77.0 279 6.9 5.8- 8.1 288 6.9 5.8- 8.0 223 5.4 4.5- 6.6 223 5.8 4.8- 7.0
Western NC 2,034 1,508 74.3 70.7-77.6 107 4.2 3.3- 5.4 152 8.0 5.5-11.3 125 6.2 4.7- 8.2 142 7.3 5.6- 9.5

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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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