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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,439 1,478 14.9 13.8-16.1 7,961 85.1 83.9-86.2
-Eastern NC 3,318 564 15.0 13.1-17.1 2,754 85.0 82.9-86.9
GENDER
Male 1,167 166 12.3 9.6-15.7 1,001 87.7 84.3-90.4
Female 2,151 398 17.5 15.0-20.3 1,753 82.5 79.7-85.0
RACE
White 2,070 276 13.5 11.1-16.2 1,794 86.5 83.8-88.9
African American 982 236 18.2 15.2-21.7 746 81.8 78.3-84.8
Other Minorities 248 49 17.3 9.9-28.3 199 82.7 71.7-90.1
AGE
18-24 202 39 11.8 7.6-17.9 163 88.2 82.1-92.4
25-34 494 97 17.7 13.2-23.2 397 82.3 76.8-86.8
35-44 596 118 16.6 11.7-23.0 478 83.4 77.0-88.3
45-54 646 148 21.7 16.7-27.9 498 78.3 72.1-83.3
55-64 568 85 10.2 7.8-13.1 483 89.8 86.9-92.2
65-74 462 48 11.4 7.5-16.9 414 88.6 83.1-92.5
75+ 329 24 7.5 4.1-13.4 305 92.5 86.6-95.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 661 157 22.6 17.4-28.8 504 77.4 71.2-82.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,111 209 16.8 13.6-20.6 902 83.2 79.4-86.4
Some Post-H.S. 850 134 11.8 9.1-15.1 716 88.2 84.9-90.9
College Graduate 690 62 10.0 6.3-15.4 628 90.0 84.6-93.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 472 149 27.0 21.4-33.4 323 73.0 66.6-78.6
$15,000- 24,999 658 176 22.1 17.8-27.0 482 77.9 73.0-82.2
$25,000- 34,999 380 63 15.0 10.6-20.9 317 85.0 79.1-89.4
$35,000- 49,999 425 37 10.5 6.3-16.9 388 89.5 83.1-93.7
$50,000-74,999 333 21 7.0 3.5-13.4 312 93.0 86.6-96.5
$75,000+ 291 7 5.1 1.2-18.6 284 94.9 81.4-98.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 69 16.2 12.5-20.7 385 83.8 79.3-87.5
Guilford 443 59 15.2 11.4-20.0 384 84.8 80.0-88.6
Mecklenburg 448 57 13.8 10.4-18.3 391 86.2 81.7-89.6
Orange 452 52 15.1 9.7-22.6 400 84.9 77.4-90.3
Wake 453 63 17.0 12.7-22.5 390 83.0 77.5-87.3
Chatham/Lee 400 58 12.4 9.3-16.3 342 87.6 83.7-90.7
Nash/Wilson 379 65 19.7 15.4-24.9 314 80.3 75.1-84.6
Craven/Pamlico 456 63 14.0 10.5-18.5 393 86.0 81.5-89.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 73 15.0 11.5-19.2 364 85.0 80.8-88.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 455 75 20.2 13.6-28.7 380 79.8 71.3-86.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 479 95 18.2 14.0-23.3 384 81.8 76.7-86.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 425 72 18.9 10.6-31.4 353 81.1 68.6-89.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 476 109 23.7 19.5-28.6 367 76.3 71.4-80.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 420 89 21.0 16.7-26.0 331 79.0 74.0-83.3
Northeast NC I 459 77 16.7 13.0-21.1 382 83.3 78.9-87.0
Northeast NC II 514 88 17.6 13.9-22.0 426 82.4 78.0-86.1
Northeastern Partnership 973 165 17.3 14.5-20.5 808 82.7 79.5-85.5
Mountain AHEC 1,305 196 16.2 12.3-21.0 1,109 83.8 79.0-87.7
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 4,047 583 14.1 12.6-15.8 3,464 85.9 84.2-87.4
Western NC 2,074 331 18.0 14.9-21.6 1,743 82.0 78.4-85.1

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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included

^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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