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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
True False Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,480 1,254 87.2 84.6-89.5 69 3.6 2.4- 5.2 157 9.2 7.3-11.5
GENDER
Male 493 416 86.3 81.6-90.0 22 3.8 1.9- 7.3 55 9.9 6.9-13.9
Female 987 838 87.9 84.9-90.5 47 3.4 2.2- 5.0 102 8.7 6.5-11.5
AGE
18-24 140 116 87.2 78.1-92.9 12 7.3 3.0-16.4 12 5.5 2.7-11.1
25-34 284 248 90.5 85.0-94.2 13 3.9 1.9- 7.6 23 5.6 2.9-10.7
35-44 366 318 86.9 81.0-91.2 16 2.4 1.3- 4.5 32 10.6 6.6-16.6
45-54 410 344 88.0 83.3-91.5 19 2.2 1.3- 3.7 47 9.8 6.6-14.4
55-64 280 228 80.7 72.6-86.8 9 2.5 0.9- 6.9 43 16.8 11.0-24.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 236 165 73.8 64.0-81.7 27 6.8 4.0-11.3 44 19.4 12.2-29.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 548 457 86.0 81.7-89.4 20 3.2 1.8- 5.8 71 10.8 7.9-14.7
Some Post-H.S. 397 351 88.1 82.1-92.2 14 4.2 1.7- 9.8 32 7.8 4.8-12.3
College Graduate 298 281 97.4 94.8-98.7 8 1.2 0.5- 3.1 9 1.4 0.5- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 225 175 77.4 68.6-84.3 23 8.5 4.9-14.2 27 14.1 8.6-22.4
$15,000- 24,999 361 305 86.3 80.1-90.8 13 2.9 1.4- 6.1 43 10.8 6.8-16.7
$25,000- 34,999 208 178 84.3 74.8-90.7 5 0.6 0.2- 1.8 25 15.1 8.8-24.6
$35,000- 49,999 188 165 89.8 82.8-94.2 9 2.1 0.9- 4.7 14 8.1 4.2-15.3
$50,000-74,999 113 109 97.4 90.1-99.4 3 2.3 0.5-10.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
$75,000+ 91 87 98.5 94.9-99.5 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 23 21 87.7 56.5-97.5 2 12.3 2.5-43.5 0 0.0 . - .
Guilford 96 87 92.7 84.2-96.8 3 3.0 0.6-13.2 6 4.3 1.8-10.3
Mecklenburg 102 92 90.4 82.3-95.0 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 9 8.3 4.1-16.1
Orange 41 37 89.0 73.0-96.1 2 4.0 1.0-15.0 2 6.9 1.7-24.6
Wake 73 68 91.8 79.9-96.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 8.2 3.1-20.1
Chatham/Lee 56 47 86.4 69.1-94.8 2 0.9 0.2- 4.0 7 12.6 4.5-30.5
Nash/Wilson 108 86 78.0 66.8-86.2 10 10.6 5.4-20.0 12 11.4 5.6-21.7
Craven/Pamlico 65 52 83.8 72.0-91.2 7 10.3 4.6-21.6 6 5.9 2.4-13.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 11 8 80.8 50.6-94.5 1 8.5 1.1-42.9 2 10.7 2.4-36.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 7 7 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance 132 107 84.4 73.8-91.2 7 3.8 1.5- 9.1 18 11.8 6.3-21.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 9 9 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 120 107 90.7 83.2-95.0 2 1.9 0.4- 9.4 11 7.4 3.8-14.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 93 71 81.7 71.1-89.0 5 5.6 2.0-14.4 17 12.7 7.2-21.6
Northeast NC I 179 149 82.6 75.4-88.0 14 7.2 4.1-12.4 16 10.2 6.1-16.7
Northeast NC II 114 94 82.9 72.3-90.1 5 7.1 2.4-19.2 15 9.9 5.5-17.1
Northeastern Partnership 293 243 82.8 76.6-87.6 19 7.2 3.9-12.9 31 10.1 6.8-14.6
Mountain AHEC 39 34 75.2 48.7-90.6 2 7.8 1.5-31.4 3 17.0 4.6-46.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 773 639 83.6 78.9-87.4 45 5.7 3.4- 9.3 89 10.7 7.8-14.6
Piedmont 650 564 89.9 86.6-92.5 22 2.0 1.1- 3.6 64 8.1 5.8-11.2
Western NC 57 51 85.7 65.1-95.1 2 4.4 0.8-19.9 4 9.9 2.6-31.3

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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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