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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,818 1,092 57.7 54.0-61.3 726 42.3 38.7-46.0
GENDER
Male 583 252 43.8 37.7-50.1 331 56.2 49.9-62.3
Female 1,235 840 68.3 64.2-72.1 395 31.7 27.9-35.8
AGE
18-24 138 65 44.4 32.3-57.3 73 55.6 42.7-67.7
25-34 279 177 57.2 48.4-65.6 102 42.8 34.4-51.6
35-44 360 238 62.0 54.1-69.3 122 38.0 30.7-45.9
45-54 406 257 67.3 60.1-73.8 149 32.7 26.2-39.9
55-64 282 185 66.8 58.4-74.3 97 33.2 25.7-41.6
65-74 202 111 54.7 44.0-65.0 91 45.3 35.0-56.0
75+ 139 50 30.7 21.1-42.4 89 69.3 57.6-78.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 434 214 38.6 32.0-45.7 220 61.4 54.3-68.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 632 364 55.8 49.4-62.0 268 44.2 38.0-50.6
Some Post-H.S. 423 291 66.8 59.1-73.8 132 33.2 26.2-40.9
College Graduate 325 222 68.9 61.7-75.3 103 31.1 24.7-38.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 344 208 53.8 45.2-62.2 136 46.2 37.8-54.8
$15,000- 24,999 426 244 53.3 45.2-61.2 182 46.7 38.8-54.8
$25,000- 34,999 219 147 70.3 60.9-78.2 72 29.7 21.8-39.1
$35,000- 49,999 195 126 60.1 49.8-69.7 69 39.9 30.3-50.2
$50,000-74,999 116 89 78.9 67.5-87.0 27 21.1 13.0-32.5
$75,000+ 92 63 69.4 56.4-79.9 29 30.6 20.1-43.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 18 57.6 36.6-76.1 11 42.4 23.9-63.4
Guilford 115 65 48.8 37.8-59.9 50 51.2 40.1-62.2
Mecklenburg 117 76 63.0 52.5-72.3 41 37.0 27.7-47.5
Orange 48 35 73.1 57.5-84.6 13 26.9 15.4-42.5
Wake 84 54 57.0 43.8-69.2 30 43.0 30.8-56.2
Chatham/Lee 70 44 67.1 51.9-79.4 26 32.9 20.6-48.1
Nash/Wilson 119 82 64.7 54.0-74.1 37 35.3 25.9-46.0
Craven/Pamlico 88 49 50.8 37.8-63.8 39 49.2 36.2-62.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 9 70.0 39.5-89.3 7 30.0 10.7-60.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 3 24.4 7.1-57.5 6 75.6 42.5-92.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 159 91 59.4 42.9-74.0 68 40.6 26.0-57.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 6 60.4 28.4-85.4 4 39.6 14.6-71.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 141 76 49.9 40.3-59.6 65 50.1 40.4-59.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 126 76 63.4 51.4-74.0 50 36.6 26.0-48.6
Northeast NC I 233 133 53.1 45.4-60.7 100 46.9 39.3-54.6
Northeast NC II 143 83 49.8 39.6-59.9 60 50.2 40.1-60.4
Northeastern Partnership 376 216 51.4 44.9-57.9 160 48.6 42.1-55.1
Mountain AHEC 49 30 59.0 40.9-75.0 19 41.0 25.0-59.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 953 570 58.6 53.2-63.8 383 41.4 36.2-46.8
Piedmont 794 480 56.4 51.3-61.4 314 43.6 38.6-48.7
Western NC 71 42 70.2 53.3-82.9 29 29.8 17.1-46.7

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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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