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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 1,819 1,395 76.0 72.7-79.1 424 24.0 20.9-27.3
GENDER
Male 580 412 74.1 68.3-79.2 168 25.9 20.8-31.7
Female 1,239 983 77.5 73.4-81.2 256 22.5 18.8-26.6
AGE
18-24 138 88 65.3 52.4-76.3 50 34.7 23.7-47.6
25-34 280 207 74.1 65.6-81.1 73 25.9 18.9-34.4
35-44 363 278 79.7 73.0-85.1 85 20.3 14.9-27.0
45-54 407 317 78.0 71.1-83.7 90 22.0 16.3-28.9
55-64 283 239 86.7 80.0-91.4 44 13.3 8.6-20.0
65-74 203 158 80.0 71.5-86.5 45 20.0 13.5-28.5
75+ 133 100 69.7 56.9-80.0 33 30.3 20.0-43.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 430 316 65.8 58.0-72.9 114 34.2 27.1-42.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 632 468 76.4 70.1-81.7 164 23.6 18.3-29.9
Some Post-H.S. 425 339 79.1 72.4-84.5 86 20.9 15.5-27.6
College Graduate 328 270 81.8 75.3-86.8 58 18.2 13.2-24.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 341 266 74.4 65.1-81.9 75 25.6 18.1-34.9
$15,000- 24,999 425 319 74.7 67.0-81.2 106 25.3 18.8-33.0
$25,000- 34,999 223 179 80.9 72.4-87.3 44 19.1 12.7-27.6
$35,000- 49,999 196 161 79.7 69.8-86.9 35 20.3 13.1-30.2
$50,000-74,999 117 94 78.3 65.7-87.2 23 21.7 12.8-34.3
$75,000+ 93 78 80.5 68.0-89.0 15 19.5 11.0-32.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 25 80.8 55.0-93.5 4 19.2 6.5-45.0
Guilford 114 81 67.8 56.1-77.7 33 32.2 22.3-43.9
Mecklenburg 118 99 85.4 76.7-91.2 19 14.6 8.8-23.3
Orange 48 36 77.6 63.1-87.6 12 22.4 12.4-36.9
Wake 83 67 80.6 68.9-88.6 16 19.4 11.4-31.1
Chatham/Lee 70 63 77.3 49.8-92.1 7 22.7 7.9-50.2
Nash/Wilson 120 83 67.1 56.6-76.2 37 32.9 23.8-43.4
Craven/Pamlico 90 63 69.0 56.2-79.4 27 31.0 20.6-43.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 12 85.3 61.4-95.5 4 14.7 4.5-38.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 8 84.0 39.1-97.7 1 16.0 2.3-60.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 159 116 61.5 38.8-80.0 43 38.5 20.0-61.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 7 71.7 38.6-91.1 3 28.3 8.9-61.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 141 106 75.2 66.0-82.6 35 24.8 17.4-34.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 125 101 78.8 67.8-86.8 24 21.2 13.2-32.2
Northeast NC I 233 177 73.9 66.1-80.4 56 26.1 19.6-33.9
Northeast NC II 143 110 77.1 67.8-84.3 33 22.9 15.7-32.2
Northeastern Partnership 376 287 75.5 69.6-80.6 89 24.5 19.4-30.4
Mountain AHEC 49 41 82.8 63.6-93.0 8 17.2 7.0-36.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 954 714 73.2 68.0-77.8 240 26.8 22.2-32.0
Piedmont 794 620 77.5 72.8-81.6 174 22.5 18.4-27.2
Western NC 71 61 88.7 75.0-95.4 10 11.3 4.6-25.0

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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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