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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Graham/Swain/Jackson Counties

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,444 6,439 64.9 63.3-66.4 1,587 15.8 14.7-17.0 1,418 19.4 18.0-20.8
-Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 290 56.9 44.6-68.4 64 13.1 9.2-18.3 70 30.0 17.8-45.8
GENDER
Male 160 100 44.7 28.6-62.0 26 13.1 7.3-22.3 34 42.1 23.1-63.8
Female 264 190 71.8 65.3-77.5 38 13.1 9.3-18.1 36 15.1 10.7-20.7
RACE
White 365 266 71.4 65.5-76.7 51 14.2 10.3-19.4 48 14.3 10.6-19.2
Other 58 24 17.6 6.9-38.1 13 10.2 3.7-25.0 21 72.1 45.6-88.9
AGE
18-44 159 101 46.4 29.8-63.9 21 10.9 5.8-19.4 37 42.7 23.9-63.8
45+ 264 189 70.6 63.9-76.4 43 16.0 11.7-21.5 32 13.4 9.3-19.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 198 133 45.4 28.8-63.1 29 11.8 6.5-20.6 36 42.8 23.5-64.6
Some College + 224 156 70.4 63.1-76.7 34 14.2 9.9-20.1 34 15.4 10.8-21.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 264 174 49.1 34.1-64.2 41 13.0 8.0-20.4 49 37.9 21.5-57.7
$50,000+ 79 62 82.2 72.2-89.2 8 8.3 4.0-16.3 9 9.5 4.8-18.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 313 67.7 62.3-72.7 78 15.8 12.2-20.2 63 16.5 12.7-21.2
Guilford 444 292 66.7 61.3-71.8 86 17.7 13.9-22.3 66 15.6 11.9-20.1
Mecklenburg 448 308 64.0 57.7-69.9 81 17.1 12.8-22.5 59 18.9 14.1-24.8
Orange 452 266 55.8 48.6-62.8 80 15.4 11.2-20.8 106 28.8 23.0-35.3
Wake 452 298 61.5 55.7-67.1 76 13.8 10.7-17.6 78 24.6 19.4-30.7
Chatham/Lee 400 266 62.2 55.8-68.3 72 16.3 12.5-21.1 62 21.5 16.2-27.8
Nash/Wilson 380 284 72.5 66.8-77.6 50 11.7 8.6-15.7 46 15.8 11.6-21.1
Craven/Pamlico 456 321 65.7 59.8-71.1 80 17.6 13.7-22.3 55 16.7 12.3-22.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 332 75.5 70.5-79.9 61 13.4 10.2-17.5 44 11.1 8.1-15.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 456 311 63.6 56.1-70.5 82 20.9 14.3-29.5 63 15.5 11.7-20.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 479 329 64.6 57.2-71.4 72 15.2 10.8-20.8 78 20.2 15.2-26.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 475 317 62.0 56.6-67.1 87 18.0 14.4-22.3 71 20.0 15.6-25.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 419 297 68.6 62.4-74.1 68 13.0 9.9-16.9 54 18.5 13.6-24.6
Northeast NC I 461 327 66.5 59.2-73.0 73 14.8 11.1-19.4 61 18.7 12.6-26.9
Northeast NC II 513 350 63.6 58.2-68.8 75 14.1 10.8-18.2 88 22.3 17.7-27.6
Northeastern Partnership 974 677 64.6 60.3-68.7 148 14.3 11.8-17.4 149 21.0 17.3-25.3
Mountain AHEC 1,306 888 64.8 60.6-68.8 226 17.1 14.4-20.2 192 18.1 14.8-21.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,318 2,274 61.2 58.2-64.1 546 16.5 14.5-18.8 498 22.3 19.6-25.2
Piedmont 4,049 2,729 66.4 64.2-68.6 690 15.2 13.7-16.9 630 18.4 16.6-20.4
Western NC 2,077 1,436 66.3 62.8-69.7 351 16.5 14.1-19.3 290 17.1 14.4-20.3

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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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