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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^		 0-3 months 4-11 months 1 year 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,324 983 20.4 18.6-22.3 893 18.1 16.4-19.9 1,010 18.3 16.7-19.9 1,715 30.7 28.8-32.6 723 12.6 11.3-14.0
-Eastern NC 1,843 321 20.5 17.2-24.1 309 16.9 14.2-20.0 339 17.0 14.4-19.9 619 32.0 28.7-35.5 255 13.7 11.1-16.7
GENDER
Male 530 100 20.7 15.2-27.4 72 12.8 9.1-17.6 82 15.5 11.3-20.9 183 33.5 27.5-40.0 93 17.6 12.5-24.1
Female 1,313 221 20.4 16.5-24.8 237 19.4 15.8-23.5 257 17.9 14.8-21.4 436 31.1 27.3-35.1 162 11.3 8.9-14.3
RACE
White 1,238 217 19.8 16.2-24.0 199 15.8 12.9-19.3 211 16.8 13.7-20.5 431 33.0 29.0-37.2 180 14.6 11.4-18.4
African American 477 75 17.6 12.4-24.3 89 21.3 14.9-29.6 101 17.8 13.2-23.5 153 31.7 25.3-39.0 59 11.6 7.6-17.4
Other Minorities 121 27 36.4 18.6-58.9 21 14.2 7.3-26.1 26 17.3 8.5-32.1 33 23.9 13.7-38.3 14 8.2 3.2-19.3
AGE
18-24 90 24 34.0 20.0-51.4 19 20.6 10.0-37.6 24 22.1 12.3-36.5 21 20.5 11.1-34.7 2 2.8 0.6-12.1
25-34 303 72 24.9 17.9-33.5 68 18.9 13.5-25.8 54 15.3 10.1-22.4 88 27.8 20.8-36.1 21 13.1 7.3-22.3
35-44 370 66 21.7 14.8-30.7 63 19.8 13.9-27.4 75 16.8 11.8-23.3 118 30.8 24.0-38.7 48 10.9 6.9-16.8
45-54 405 72 16.7 11.6-23.4 62 12.7 8.2-19.2 77 19.9 14.1-27.4 132 33.0 26.0-40.8 62 17.7 11.4-26.5
55-64 321 42 15.6 9.5-24.7 47 15.2 9.9-22.7 56 14.0 9.7-19.7 122 36.8 29.1-45.3 54 18.4 12.1-27.0
65-74 239 31 14.9 9.1-23.5 34 14.6 9.1-22.6 38 16.7 10.6-25.1 99 39.1 30.5-48.5 37 14.7 9.0-23.1
75+ 106 13 10.3 5.0-20.1 16 19.9 9.5-37.3 13 10.8 5.3-20.7 34 38.1 25.4-52.6 30 20.9 12.5-32.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 271 51 26.9 16.7-40.3 35 10.6 6.5-17.0 57 20.6 13.8-29.6 94 31.6 23.5-40.9 34 10.4 6.1-17.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 583 91 17.0 12.0-23.5 111 20.4 15.0-27.2 102 15.8 11.8-20.9 199 30.9 25.2-37.2 80 15.9 11.4-21.9
Some Post-H.S. 524 92 20.8 14.8-28.4 85 16.7 12.2-22.3 107 19.0 14.1-25.0 178 35.2 28.9-42.1 62 8.3 5.5-12.4
College Graduate 465 87 21.4 16.1-27.7 78 15.8 11.3-21.7 73 14.8 10.3-20.9 148 30.3 24.3-37.0 79 17.8 12.1-25.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 225 37 26.5 14.5-43.3 38 16.7 9.8-27.0 46 15.3 10.0-22.6 67 29.1 20.0-40.1 37 12.5 7.2-21.1
$15,000- 24,999 351 61 17.6 11.8-25.4 55 14.3 9.8-20.5 61 19.1 12.8-27.4 129 36.6 28.8-45.2 45 12.4 7.7-19.4
$25,000- 34,999 237 46 19.2 12.7-27.9 48 20.6 13.3-30.6 45 15.5 9.1-25.2 70 31.8 22.7-42.4 28 12.8 7.0-22.3
$35,000- 49,999 263 47 15.2 9.8-22.7 35 12.5 7.6-19.9 50 19.9 13.3-28.8 90 40.1 31.6-49.2 41 12.3 8.0-18.5
$50,000-74,999 225 38 16.4 10.7-24.2 52 20.7 13.5-30.3 43 21.5 14.5-30.7 65 24.2 16.8-33.5 27 17.2 10.0-28.1
$75,000+ 205 46 29.6 20.5-40.8 27 15.9 9.7-25.0 34 13.6 8.3-21.4 68 26.6 18.9-36.0 30 14.3 6.7-27.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 266 55 23.2 17.5-30.0 31 11.6 7.6-17.2 53 20.3 15.3-26.6 94 33.9 27.5-41.0 33 10.9 7.5-15.7
Guilford 285 54 20.1 15.0-26.4 43 16.5 11.9-22.4 60 21.1 16.2-27.0 88 30.1 24.3-36.6 40 12.2 8.5-17.0
Mecklenburg 285 51 17.4 13.0-22.9 48 20.1 14.1-27.7 59 21.5 16.4-27.7 92 30.5 24.8-36.9 35 10.5 7.4-14.8
Orange 264 52 24.1 14.7-36.9 51 16.8 11.8-23.3 45 23.6 14.2-36.6 81 26.7 19.7-35.1 35 8.8 5.8-13.0
Wake 269 63 23.9 18.5-30.3 44 17.3 12.6-23.4 46 17.9 12.6-24.7 86 30.5 24.5-37.1 30 10.5 7.1-15.1
Chatham/Lee 189 20 14.9 7.3-27.8 33 15.6 10.6-22.4 47 22.4 15.9-30.5 59 32.2 24.0-41.7 30 14.9 9.8-22.0
Nash/Wilson 220 25 12.0 7.8-17.9 36 15.6 9.8-24.0 48 23.1 17.0-30.6 76 34.1 27.1-41.9 35 15.1 10.6-21.2
Craven/Pamlico 275 50 20.7 15.0-28.0 49 17.0 12.0-23.5 47 15.9 11.7-21.3 85 32.1 25.8-39.0 44 14.3 10.3-19.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 239 47 23.2 16.8-31.2 36 15.2 10.7-21.1 47 17.5 12.8-23.6 81 33.6 25.5-42.8 28 10.4 7.0-15.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 251 43 15.5 11.1-21.4 59 29.8 20.6-41.0 45 14.9 10.7-20.4 72 27.5 20.8-35.3 32 12.3 8.3-17.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 250 49 18.4 11.7-27.7 36 23.5 10.3-45.2 48 16.8 11.2-24.5 88 32.1 23.0-42.8 29 9.2 5.4-15.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 251 52 20.2 13.4-29.2 46 29.1 14.0-50.8 43 12.0 8.0-17.8 70 24.6 16.9-34.3 40 14.1 9.1-21.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 243 41 16.2 11.7-21.9 35 15.4 10.9-21.3 53 19.9 14.8-26.2 77 34.4 27.7-41.8 37 14.2 10.1-19.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 232 46 18.7 13.5-25.2 45 18.6 13.4-25.3 36 16.2 11.2-22.8 71 32.6 24.2-42.2 34 14.0 9.7-19.7
Northeast NC I 231 45 21.9 15.9-29.5 43 19.8 14.5-26.5 39 17.3 12.1-24.0 78 31.8 25.5-38.8 26 9.2 6.1-13.6
Northeast NC II 277 46 19.3 14.0-25.9 41 14.1 10.0-19.5 52 19.0 14.3-24.7 104 37.0 30.7-43.9 34 10.6 7.3-15.1
Northeastern Partnership 508 91 20.2 16.0-25.1 84 16.0 12.6-20.1 91 18.4 14.7-22.7 182 35.3 30.5-40.4 60 10.1 7.6-13.4
Mountain AHEC 753 142 17.4 14.1-21.2 113 15.1 11.4-19.7 148 20.8 17.1-25.1 237 32.3 27.8-37.1 113 14.4 11.4-18.1
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 2,299 442 20.9 18.4-23.5 384 18.7 16.2-21.4 437 18.8 16.6-21.2 736 29.9 27.3-32.5 300 11.8 10.2-13.7
Western NC 1,182 220 18.3 15.2-22.0 200 18.1 14.6-22.2 234 18.9 15.9-22.3 360 31.2 27.3-35.4 168 13.4 11.0-16.3

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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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