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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Mecklenburg County

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  Total
Respond.^		 Very important Somewhat important Not at all important Don't know/Not sure Depends on risk
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,067 6,485 92.1 91.0-93.0 236 3.5 2.8- 4.3 21 0.4 0.2- 0.7 77 1.0 0.7- 1.4 248 3.1 2.6- 3.7
-Mecklenburg County 361 334 93.0 89.2-95.5 11 1.8 0.9- 3.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 2 0.8 0.2- 4.0 13 4.2 2.3- 7.6
GENDER
Male 137 126 93.4 87.1-96.7 4 1.4 0.5- 3.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 2 1.6 0.3- 7.6 4 3.4 1.2- 9.3
Female 224 208 92.5 87.5-95.6 7 2.3 0.9- 5.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 9 5.2 2.6-10.0
RACE
White 227 205 90.8 85.4-94.3 9 2.6 1.2- 5.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 11 6.1 3.2-11.3
Other 131 126 96.2 89.4-98.7 2 0.7 0.2- 3.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.1 2 1.4 0.3- 6.1
AGE
18-44 200 189 94.4 89.3-97.1 4 0.9 0.3- 2.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 6 3.7 1.6- 8.2
45+ 161 145 90.3 83.6-94.4 7 3.5 1.5- 8.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 7 5.3 2.3-11.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 87 83 97.0 88.6-99.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.5 0.5-12.0 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 273 250 91.0 86.1-94.3 9 2.5 1.2- 5.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 0 0.0 . - . 13 6.2 3.5-11.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 135 92.2 85.1-96.0 7 2.3 1.0- 5.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.0 0.4- 9.6 4 3.5 1.2-10.1
$50,000+ 144 133 91.8 84.9-95.7 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 6.8 3.2-13.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 313 285 91.0 86.2-94.3 7 3.3 1.2- 8.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 19 5.4 3.3- 8.7
Guilford 341 311 91.8 87.7-94.6 11 2.6 1.4- 4.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 4 1.3 0.4- 4.0 14 4.1 2.2- 7.8
Mecklenburg 361 334 93.0 89.2-95.5 11 1.8 0.9- 3.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 2 0.8 0.2- 4.0 13 4.2 2.3- 7.6
Orange 373 328 88.7 82.8-92.7 18 5.3 2.4-11.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.5 0.5- 4.3 22 4.5 2.7- 7.6
Wake 383 344 91.0 87.3-93.6 20 5.1 3.1- 8.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 4 1.2 0.4- 4.0 14 2.4 1.4- 4.3
Chatham/Lee 288 260 90.2 85.2-93.6 10 2.7 1.3- 5.3 1 1.2 0.2- 7.7 4 2.0 0.7- 5.9 13 4.0 2.2- 7.0
Nash/Wilson 287 263 91.0 86.1-94.3 9 3.5 1.7- 7.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.1 0.6- 7.0 12 3.4 1.8- 6.4
Craven/Pamlico 313 291 93.7 90.0-96.1 5 1.2 0.5- 3.1 3 1.2 0.4- 3.8 0 0.0 . - . 14 3.9 2.1- 7.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 321 292 91.9 88.2-94.6 14 3.7 2.1- 6.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.2 0.4- 3.7 11 3.2 1.7- 5.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 337 296 89.5 85.4-92.6 20 5.5 3.4- 8.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 18 4.2 2.5- 7.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 371 348 93.8 88.9-96.6 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 5 1.2 0.4- 3.5 9 3.3 1.2- 8.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 311 286 84.3 61.7-94.7 10 2.7 1.2- 6.1 2 9.6 1.5-42.1 4 0.8 0.3- 2.4 9 2.6 1.2- 5.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 375 354 94.8 91.5-96.9 8 2.1 1.0- 4.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 7 1.9 0.7- 5.0 5 0.8 0.3- 2.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 309 291 94.1 90.5-96.4 9 3.4 1.7- 6.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8 6 1.7 0.7- 3.8
Northeast NC I 332 310 94.8 92.0-96.7 12 3.1 1.7- 5.6 0 0.0 . - . 6 1.1 0.5- 2.5 4 1.0 0.3- 2.8
Northeast NC II 369 342 93.6 90.5-95.7 12 2.7 1.4- 4.9 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 6 1.3 0.5- 3.4 7 2.0 0.9- 4.1
Northeastern Partnership 701 652 94.0 91.9-95.6 24 2.8 1.8- 4.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 12 1.3 0.6- 2.5 11 1.6 0.9- 3.0
Mountain AHEC 913 838 91.8 88.4-94.2 24 2.3 1.4- 4.0 4 1.3 0.3- 6.3 7 0.5 0.2- 1.5 40 4.1 2.8- 6.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,463 2,294 92.9 90.8-94.6 69 3.6 2.3- 5.6 7 0.2 0.1- 0.5 30 1.1 0.7- 1.9 63 2.2 1.5- 3.1
Piedmont 3,119 2,835 91.6 90.1-92.9 120 3.7 2.8- 4.9 8 0.2 0.1- 0.6 35 1.0 0.6- 1.6 121 3.5 2.8- 4.5
Western NC 1,485 1,356 92.6 90.4-94.3 47 2.4 1.6- 3.4 6 1.1 0.3- 3.8 12 0.6 0.3- 1.3 64 3.3 2.4- 4.5

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65.

^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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