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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

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	Total Respond.^	Past month	Past year	Past 2 years	2+ years ago	Never
North Carolina	938	211	21.7	17.9-26.1	499	53.8	49.0-58.6	109	10.1	7.8-13.0	96	11.1	8.3-14.8	23	3.3	2.0- 5.4
-Eastern NC	418	95	21.3	16.2-27.4	220	52.9	45.8-59.9	51	11.5	7.9-16.5	45	12.4	8.3-18.0	7	1.9	0.9- 3.9
GENDER
Male	156	38	26.0	17.3-37.2	76	48.1	37.0-59.4	16	6.9	3.7-12.2	21	16.2	9.5-26.2	5	2.9	1.1- 7.1
Female	262	57	17.5	12.4-24.1	144	56.8	47.8-65.4	35	15.3	9.7-23.3	24	9.3	5.1-16.4	2	1.0	0.3- 4.1
RACE
White	223	50	21.6	15.1-30.1	112	49.9	40.3-59.6	33	11.9	7.4-18.7	27	16.0	9.9-25.0	1	0.5	0.1- 3.2
African American	166	40	22.8	14.6-34.0	93	58.0	46.6-68.7	12	8.5	3.9-17.5	15	6.0	3.3-10.6	6	4.7	2.0-10.4
Other Minorities	27	5	13.2	4.4-33.1	14	51.0	27.2-74.4	5	21.7	7.2-49.8	3	14.1	3.7-41.3	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-24	3	0	0.0	. - .	1	25.4	3.0-79.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	74.6	20.9-97.0
25-34	12	2	12.4	2.8-40.6	6	53.3	24.3-80.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	15.5	2.8-54.1	2	18.9	4.6-52.7
35-44	32	5	18.5	6.6-42.0	14	30.1	14.9-51.3	8	31.8	14.3-56.6	4	16.3	4.1-47.0	1	3.3	0.5-20.5
45-54	69	11	10.2	4.9-19.9	38	62.9	45.6-77.5	11	13.3	5.6-28.4	8	12.7	5.3-27.7	1	0.9	0.1- 6.4
55-64	114	35	24.4	15.4-36.4	50	49.0	35.6-62.6	16	12.3	6.5-22.1	12	13.4	6.3-26.3	1	0.8	0.1- 5.7
65-74	112	24	22.1	12.4-36.3	67	55.4	41.3-68.7	10	9.1	3.5-21.5	11	13.4	6.1-26.8	0	0.0	. - .
75+	74	18	30.9	17.1-49.2	42	57.9	41.0-73.1	6	4.4	1.7-10.9	8	6.8	2.9-14.9	0	0.0	. - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	143	31	18.2	11.1-28.6	75	53.5	41.2-65.3	19	13.2	6.9-24.0	18	15.0	8.2-25.8	0	0.0	. - .
H.S. or G.E.D.	133	23	16.9	10.0-27.1	71	46.3	34.2-59.0	20	18.6	10.8-30.0	14	13.6	6.5-26.4	5	4.6	1.9-10.9
Some Post-H.S.	86	21	19.5	10.4-33.7	47	63.0	47.9-76.0	6	3.4	1.4- 8.2	11	12.8	5.7-26.4	1	1.2	0.2- 8.2
College Graduate	55	19	42.3	24.7-62.0	27	49.0	30.6-67.6	6	5.7	2.2-13.7	2	1.9	0.4- 9.3	1	1.2	0.2- 8.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	120	25	24.0	14.0-38.0	69	49.4	36.4-62.5	14	10.6	4.8-21.5	11	14.9	7.1-28.4	1	1.2	0.2- 7.9
$15,000- 24,999	72	12	9.5	4.9-17.9	36	57.3	40.1-72.8	11	16.1	7.5-31.0	10	13.1	5.4-28.4	3	4.1	1.3-12.4
$25,000- 34,999	43	11	26.7	12.9-47.2	21	50.7	31.1-70.0	7	12.0	4.6-28.0	4	10.6	2.9-32.4	0	0.0	. - .
$35,000- 49,999	31	3	19.3	4.3-55.8	16	58.8	32.7-80.7	7	11.9	4.7-27.1	4	8.0	2.3-24.7	1	2.0	0.3-13.7
$50,000-74,999	29	8	24.7	10.7-47.2	16	59.5	37.1-78.6	4	12.7	4.5-30.9	1	3.0	0.4-19.2	0	0.0	. - .
$75,000+	15	3	13.1	3.5-38.1	8	68.3	41.1-86.9	2	7.8	1.7-29.3	2	10.8	2.5-36.8	0	0.0	. - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	41	10	22.8	11.8-39.5	19	43.4	27.8-60.5	5	13.2	4.9-30.9	5	13.8	5.3-31.5	2	6.8	1.5-26.3
Guilford	35	5	13.5	5.3-30.3	20	55.2	36.8-72.3	6	19.7	8.4-39.7	3	5.5	1.7-16.8	1	6.0	0.9-32.1
Mecklenburg	39	9	19.3	9.8-34.6	21	54.4	36.9-70.8	2	4.9	1.0-20.5	4	12.8	4.1-33.4	3	8.5	2.5-25.1
Orange	25	4	11.3	3.9-28.5	11	46.5	26.2-68.0	4	13.2	4.6-32.4	6	29.1	13.1-52.6	0	0.0	. - .
Wake	30	5	14.6	5.6-33.1	20	61.5	40.0-79.3	2	7.2	1.7-26.6	2	11.3	2.3-40.5	1	5.4	0.8-29.7
Chatham/Lee	32	3	10.7	3.1-31.0	23	76.0	57.1-88.2	4	9.5	3.4-23.7	1	2.4	0.3-15.4	1	1.4	0.2- 9.7
Nash/Wilson	43	11	25.1	13.2-42.5	20	43.9	28.3-60.8	8	19.8	9.9-35.7	3	9.1	2.4-28.8	1	2.1	0.3-13.4
Craven/Pamlico	54	14	24.7	14.5-38.9	29	51.6	36.9-66.1	7	17.3	7.4-35.1	4	6.4	2.3-16.7	0	0.0	. - .
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	45	9	17.4	8.0-33.7	24	56.9	39.0-73.1	7	16.0	7.2-32.1	4	7.7	2.4-21.9	1	2.0	0.3-13.2
Appalachian/Wilkes	29	12	37.2	20.4-57.9	14	51.0	31.5-70.2	1	5.4	0.8-29.6	2	6.4	1.6-23.0	0	0.0	. - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance	32	7	15.5	7.0-30.9	17	59.4	40.7-75.7	2	5.8	1.3-22.0	4	12.7	4.5-31.1	2	6.6	1.6-23.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson	46	13	27.4	15.9-43.1	21	47.6	32.4-63.2	5	10.1	3.7-24.8	7	14.9	6.6-30.1	0	0.0	. - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	80	13	16.6	9.4-27.7	47	61.9	49.7-72.8	13	13.9	7.7-23.8	6	5.8	2.4-13.3	1	1.8	0.3-12.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	55	11	19.0	10.2-32.8	27	44.7	30.6-59.6	7	15.8	6.5-33.7	9	16.3	8.3-29.7	1	4.2	0.6-24.1
Northeast NC I	70	18	22.3	13.8-34.0	37	56.4	43.4-68.7	7	6.7	3.1-13.8	6	8.8	3.8-19.1	2	5.8	1.5-20.2
Northeast NC II	62	15	21.5	12.4-34.5	30	47.3	33.6-61.5	7	10.6	4.7-22.2	9	18.6	9.5-33.3	1	2.0	0.3-12.6
Northeastern Partnership	132	33	21.8	15.0-30.6	67	50.9	41.0-60.9	14	9.1	4.9-16.1	15	14.7	8.5-24.3	3	3.5	1.1-10.2
Mountain AHEC	129	38	30.4	20.7-42.1	62	48.6	37.5-60.0	14	11.7	6.0-21.5	13	7.3	3.5-14.4	2	2.1	0.4- 9.2
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont	328	61	21.3	15.4-28.7	183	54.6	47.0-62.0	37	8.4	5.3-13.0	33	11.0	6.8-17.4	14	4.8	2.5- 8.8
Western NC	192	55	24.3	17.2-33.2	96	53.1	43.3-62.6	21	12.8	7.6-20.8	18	8.4	4.4-15.5	2	1.3	0.3- 6.1

Total
Respond.^

Past month

Past year

Past 2 years

2+ years ago

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

938

211

21.7

17.9-26.1

499

53.8

49.0-58.6

109

10.1

7.8-13.0

11.1

8.3-14.8

3.3

2.0- 5.4

-Eastern NC

418

21.3

16.2-27.4

220

52.9

45.8-59.9

11.5

7.9-16.5

12.4

8.3-18.0

1.9

0.9- 3.9

GENDER

Male

156

26.0

17.3-37.2

48.1

37.0-59.4

6.9

3.7-12.2

16.2

9.5-26.2

2.9

1.1- 7.1

Female

262

17.5

12.4-24.1

144

56.8

47.8-65.4

15.3

9.7-23.3

9.3

5.1-16.4

1.0

0.3- 4.1

RACE

White

223

21.6

15.1-30.1

112

49.9

40.3-59.6

11.9

7.4-18.7

16.0

9.9-25.0

0.5

0.1- 3.2

African American

166

22.8

14.6-34.0

58.0

46.6-68.7

8.5

3.9-17.5

6.0

3.3-10.6

4.7

2.0-10.4

Other Minorities

13.2

4.4-33.1

51.0

27.2-74.4

21.7

7.2-49.8

14.1

3.7-41.3

0.0

. - .

AGE

18-24

0.0

. - .

25.4

3.0-79.1

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

74.6

20.9-97.0

25-34

12.4

2.8-40.6

53.3

24.3-80.1

0.0

. - .

15.5

2.8-54.1

18.9

4.6-52.7

35-44

18.5

6.6-42.0

30.1

14.9-51.3

31.8

14.3-56.6

16.3

4.1-47.0

3.3

0.5-20.5

45-54

10.2

4.9-19.9

62.9

45.6-77.5

13.3

5.6-28.4

12.7

5.3-27.7

0.9

0.1- 6.4

55-64

114

24.4

15.4-36.4

49.0

35.6-62.6

12.3

6.5-22.1

13.4

6.3-26.3

0.8

0.1- 5.7

65-74

112

22.1

12.4-36.3

55.4

41.3-68.7

9.1

3.5-21.5

13.4

6.1-26.8

0.0

. - .

75+

30.9

17.1-49.2

57.9

41.0-73.1

4.4

1.7-10.9

6.8

2.9-14.9

0.0

. - .

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

143

18.2

11.1-28.6

53.5

41.2-65.3

13.2

6.9-24.0

15.0

8.2-25.8

0.0

. - .

H.S. or G.E.D.

133

16.9

10.0-27.1

46.3

34.2-59.0

18.6

10.8-30.0

13.6

6.5-26.4

4.6

1.9-10.9

Some Post-H.S.

19.5

10.4-33.7

63.0

47.9-76.0

3.4

1.4- 8.2

12.8

5.7-26.4

1.2

0.2- 8.2

College Graduate

42.3

24.7-62.0

49.0

30.6-67.6

5.7

2.2-13.7

1.9

0.4- 9.3

1.2

0.2- 8.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

120

24.0

14.0-38.0

49.4

36.4-62.5

10.6

4.8-21.5

14.9

7.1-28.4

1.2

0.2- 7.9

$15,000- 24,999

9.5

4.9-17.9

57.3

40.1-72.8

16.1

7.5-31.0

13.1

5.4-28.4

4.1

1.3-12.4

$25,000- 34,999

26.7

12.9-47.2

50.7

31.1-70.0

12.0

4.6-28.0

10.6

2.9-32.4

0.0

. - .

$35,000- 49,999

19.3

4.3-55.8

58.8

32.7-80.7

11.9

4.7-27.1

8.0

2.3-24.7

2.0

0.3-13.7

$50,000-74,999

24.7

10.7-47.2

59.5

37.1-78.6

12.7

4.5-30.9

3.0

0.4-19.2

0.0

. - .

$75,000+

13.1

3.5-38.1

68.3

41.1-86.9

7.8

1.7-29.3

10.8

2.5-36.8

0.0

. - .

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

22.8

11.8-39.5

43.4

27.8-60.5

13.2

4.9-30.9

13.8

5.3-31.5

6.8

1.5-26.3

Guilford

13.5

5.3-30.3

55.2

36.8-72.3

19.7

8.4-39.7

5.5

1.7-16.8

6.0

0.9-32.1

Mecklenburg

19.3

9.8-34.6

54.4

36.9-70.8

4.9

1.0-20.5

12.8

4.1-33.4

8.5

2.5-25.1

Orange

11.3

3.9-28.5

46.5

26.2-68.0

13.2

4.6-32.4

29.1

13.1-52.6

0.0

. - .

Wake

14.6

5.6-33.1

61.5

40.0-79.3

7.2

1.7-26.6

11.3

2.3-40.5

5.4

0.8-29.7

Chatham/Lee

10.7

3.1-31.0

76.0

57.1-88.2

9.5

3.4-23.7

2.4

0.3-15.4

1.4

0.2- 9.7

Nash/Wilson

25.1

13.2-42.5

43.9

28.3-60.8

19.8

9.9-35.7

9.1

2.4-28.8

2.1

0.3-13.4

Craven/Pamlico

24.7

14.5-38.9

51.6

36.9-66.1

17.3

7.4-35.1

6.4

2.3-16.7

0.0

. - .

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

17.4

8.0-33.7

56.9

39.0-73.1

16.0

7.2-32.1

7.7

2.4-21.9

2.0

0.3-13.2

Appalachian/Wilkes

37.2

20.4-57.9

51.0

31.5-70.2

5.4

0.8-29.6

6.4

1.6-23.0

0.0

. - .

Franklin/Gran./Vance

15.5

7.0-30.9

59.4

40.7-75.7

5.8

1.3-22.0

12.7

4.5-31.1

6.6

1.6-23.1

Graham/Swain/Jackson

27.4

15.9-43.1

47.6

32.4-63.2

10.1

3.7-24.8

14.9

6.6-30.1

0.0

. - .

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

16.6

9.4-27.7

61.9

49.7-72.8

13.9

7.7-23.8

5.8

2.4-13.3

1.8

0.3-12.0

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

19.0

10.2-32.8

44.7

30.6-59.6

15.8

6.5-33.7

16.3

8.3-29.7

4.2

0.6-24.1

Northeast NC I

22.3

13.8-34.0

56.4

43.4-68.7

6.7

3.1-13.8

8.8

3.8-19.1

5.8

1.5-20.2

Northeast NC II

21.5

12.4-34.5

47.3

33.6-61.5

10.6

4.7-22.2

18.6

9.5-33.3

2.0

0.3-12.6

Northeastern Partnership

132

21.8

15.0-30.6

50.9

41.0-60.9

9.1

4.9-16.1

14.7

8.5-24.3

3.5

1.1-10.2

Mountain AHEC

129

30.4

20.7-42.1

48.6

37.5-60.0

11.7

6.0-21.5

7.3

3.5-14.4

2.1

0.4- 9.2

NC REGIONS***

Piedmont

328

21.3

15.4-28.7

183

54.6

47.0-62.0

8.4

5.3-13.0

11.0

6.8-17.4

4.8

2.5- 8.8

Western NC

192

24.3

17.2-33.2

53.1

43.3-62.6

12.8

7.6-20.8

8.4

4.4-15.5

1.3

0.3- 6.1

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Eastern North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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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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