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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Mountain Area Health Education Center**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,300 1,637 19.8 18.4-21.2 7,663 80.2 78.8-81.6
-Mountain AHEC 1,292 272 27.3 22.9-32.2 1,020 72.7 67.8-77.1
GENDER
Male 488 211 48.1 40.8-55.5 277 51.9 44.5-59.2
Female 804 61 7.0 4.8-10.1 743 93.0 89.9-95.2
RACE
White 1,155 249 28.3 23.6-33.4 906 71.7 66.6-76.4
Other 133 22 18.5 7.8-38.1 111 81.5 61.9-92.2
AGE
18-44 436 111 34.0 25.7-43.3 325 66.0 56.7-74.3
45+ 848 160 22.5 18.6-26.9 688 77.5 73.1-81.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 578 150 34.1 26.7-42.3 428 65.9 57.7-73.3
Some College + 711 120 21.1 16.9-26.0 591 78.9 74.0-83.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 747 170 30.0 25.0-35.6 577 70.0 64.4-75.0
$50,000+ 262 47 19.1 13.5-26.5 215 80.9 73.5-86.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 83 22.5 18.0-27.7 365 77.5 72.3-82.0
Guilford 443 59 13.8 10.4-18.1 384 86.2 81.9-89.6
Mecklenburg 443 48 13.3 9.3-18.7 395 86.7 81.3-90.7
Orange 450 56 12.7 9.4-17.0 394 87.3 83.0-90.6
Wake 446 50 12.0 8.8-16.3 396 88.0 83.7-91.2
Chatham/Lee 392 60 18.7 13.3-25.8 332 81.3 74.2-86.7
Nash/Wilson 369 52 15.3 10.9-21.1 317 84.7 78.9-89.1
Craven/Pamlico 448 65 15.0 11.4-19.4 383 85.0 80.6-88.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 100 25.9 21.1-31.3 327 74.1 68.7-78.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 452 97 24.6 18.8-31.4 355 75.4 68.6-81.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 67 17.2 12.6-23.1 404 82.8 76.9-87.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 423 98 32.2 21.4-45.4 325 67.8 54.6-78.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 468 118 25.0 20.6-30.0 350 75.0 70.0-79.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 98 24.0 19.5-29.2 313 76.0 70.8-80.5
Northeast NC I 451 74 16.7 13.0-21.2 377 83.3 78.8-87.0
Northeast NC II 504 77 16.4 12.7-20.9 427 83.6 79.1-87.3
Northeastern Partnership 955 151 16.5 13.7-19.7 804 83.5 80.3-86.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,255 579 18.2 16.0-20.7 2,676 81.8 79.3-84.0
Piedmont 3,991 617 19.0 17.1-20.9 3,374 81.0 79.1-82.9
Western NC 2,054 441 26.1 22.7-29.8 1,613 73.9 70.2-77.3

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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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