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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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%)
TOTAL 1,477 1,422 97.0 95.4-98.1 23 1.2 0.5- 2.7 4 0.3 0.1- 0.8 16 0.6 0.3- 1.5 12 0.9 0.4- 1.8
GENDER
Male 492 467 96.6 93.1-98.3 9 1.5 0.4- 5.8 3 0.5 0.2- 1.7 8 0.7 0.2- 2.5 5 0.7 0.2- 2.1
Female 985 955 97.4 95.7-98.4 14 0.9 0.5- 1.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 8 0.5 0.2- 1.7 7 1.1 0.4- 2.7
AGE
18-24 139 135 96.7 84.8-99.3 2 2.8 0.4-16.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 284 276 96.8 92.8-98.6 3 0.8 0.2- 2.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 3 2.2 0.7- 6.6
35-44 365 356 97.9 95.0-99.1 5 0.9 0.3- 2.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4
45-54 410 391 97.3 95.3-98.5 11 1.2 0.6- 2.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8 4 1.0 0.3- 3.1
55-64 279 264 95.8 90.8-98.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 0 0.0 . - . 10 2.8 0.9- 8.1 3 1.0 0.3- 3.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 234 222 98.2 96.6-99.0 6 1.0 0.4- 2.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 548 531 98.3 97.0-99.0 8 0.9 0.4- 2.0 3 0.5 0.1- 1.4 3 0.2 0.1- 0.5 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7
Some Post-H.S. 397 382 94.9 89.0-97.7 5 2.0 0.4- 9.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 4 0.9 0.2- 4.2 5 1.8 0.7- 5.0
College Graduate 297 287 96.9 93.1-98.7 4 0.8 0.2- 2.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.9 0.2- 5.1 3 1.3 0.4- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 225 221 99.5 98.5-99.8 2 0.2 0.0- 0.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8
$15,000- 24,999 361 352 98.6 97.0-99.4 6 1.0 0.4- 2.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 2 0.2 0.0- 0.6 0 0.0 . - .
$25,000- 34,999 208 200 98.0 95.6-99.1 5 1.2 0.5- 3.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.8 0.2- 3.1
$35,000- 49,999 188 178 94.7 88.3-97.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 2 1.1 0.2- 4.6 4 1.6 0.3- 7.7 3 2.4 0.7- 8.5
$50,000-74,999 113 112 98.9 92.4-99.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6
$75,000+ 91 87 95.3 86.2-98.5 1 1.1 0.2- 7.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 2 3.5 0.9-13.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 23 23 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Guilford 96 92 95.6 87.3-98.6 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.1 0.3-13.5 2 1.5 0.4- 6.5
Mecklenburg 102 98 96.8 90.5-99.0 2 1.1 0.2- 4.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.1 0.4- 9.2
Orange 41 40 97.4 83.6-99.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.6 0.4-16.4 0 0.0 . - .
Wake 73 71 98.5 93.6-99.7 2 1.5 0.3- 6.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Chatham/Lee 56 53 89.3 68.8-96.9 2 4.4 1.1-16.3 1 6.3 0.9-32.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Nash/Wilson 108 104 97.7 93.6-99.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 2 1.0 0.2- 4.3
Craven/Pamlico 65 62 97.6 91.9-99.3 2 1.9 0.4- 7.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 11 11 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Appalachian/Wilkes 7 7 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance 131 123 92.7 78.2-97.8 3 1.2 0.3- 4.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.3 0.4- 4.1 2 4.9 0.9-23.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 9 9 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 120 114 95.3 89.0-98.1 2 2.1 0.5- 8.1 1 1.4 0.2- 9.0 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 93 90 96.6 89.2-99.0 1 1.6 0.2-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.8 0.4- 7.5 0 0.0 . - .
Northeast NC I 178 169 96.4 92.9-98.2 5 2.3 0.9- 5.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.4 0.5- 3.8 0 0.0 . - .
Northeast NC II 114 111 98.2 93.8-99.5 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 0 0.0 . - .
Northeastern Partnership 292 280 97.3 95.0-98.6 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 5 0.8 0.3- 1.9 0 0.0 . - .
Mountain AHEC 39 39 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 772 742 96.5 92.8-98.3 13 1.9 0.6- 6.2 3 0.5 0.2- 1.8 10 0.9 0.3- 2.7 4 0.1 0.0- 0.4
Piedmont 648 623 97.3 95.4-98.4 10 0.7 0.3- 1.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 6 0.4 0.1- 1.7 8 1.5 0.7- 3.2
Western NC 57 57 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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