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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 9,259 6,012 61.9 60.2-63.5 3,247 38.1 36.5-39.8
GENDER
Male 3,391 1,769 50.3 47.6-53.0 1,622 49.7 47.0-52.4
Female 5,868 4,243 72.7 70.9-74.4 1,625 27.3 25.6-29.1
RACE
White 6,817 4,583 65.0 63.1-66.9 2,234 35.0 33.1-36.9
African American 1,818 1,092 57.7 54.0-61.3 726 42.3 38.7-46.0
Asian 46 23 46.6 25.9-68.5 23 53.4 31.5-74.1
Native American 224 143 58.3 45.9-69.8 81 41.7 30.2-54.1
Other Minorities 320 152 41.9 33.9-50.3 168 58.1 49.7-66.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 332 160 39.1 31.3-47.6 172 60.9 52.4-68.7
-English Speaking 134 85 57.6 43.0-71.0 49 42.4 29.0-57.0
-Spanish Speaking 198 75 32.8 24.1-42.9 123 67.2 57.1-75.9
Non-Hispanic 8,917 5,844 63.4 61.7-65.0 3,073 36.6 35.0-38.3
AGE
18-24 568 299 49.0 42.6-55.4 269 51.0 44.6-57.4
25-34 1,392 920 59.9 55.8-64.0 472 40.1 36.0-44.2
35-44 1,752 1,226 66.5 62.9-69.8 526 33.5 30.2-37.1
45-54 1,822 1,312 68.4 64.7-71.8 510 31.6 28.2-35.3
55-64 1,507 1,058 72.0 68.6-75.3 449 28.0 24.7-31.4
65-74 1,243 765 62.2 58.1-66.1 478 37.8 33.9-41.9
75+ 916 394 44.0 39.4-48.7 522 56.0 51.3-60.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,560 785 43.6 39.5-47.8 775 56.4 52.2-60.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,765 1,708 59.3 56.2-62.3 1,057 40.7 37.7-43.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,314 1,604 65.7 62.3-69.0 710 34.3 31.0-37.7
College Graduate 2,598 1,906 72.6 70.0-75.1 692 27.4 24.9-30.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,083 643 53.7 48.6-58.8 440 46.3 41.2-51.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,708 1,021 54.6 50.5-58.6 687 45.4 41.4-49.5
$25,000- 34,999 1,017 684 65.6 60.7-70.3 333 34.4 29.7-39.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,225 862 63.6 59.3-67.8 363 36.4 32.2-40.7
$50,000-74,999 999 752 74.9 70.6-78.9 247 25.1 21.1-29.4
$75,000+ 1,142 859 73.2 69.0-77.1 283 26.8 22.9-31.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 446 296 62.6 56.9-68.0 150 37.4 32.0-43.1
Guilford 443 315 66.7 61.0-72.0 128 33.3 28.0-39.0
Mecklenburg 440 309 61.5 55.1-67.6 131 38.5 32.4-44.9
Orange 450 289 63.2 56.3-69.6 161 36.8 30.4-43.7
Wake 445 303 63.6 57.7-69.2 142 36.4 30.8-42.3
Chatham/Lee 392 227 58.0 51.7-64.1 165 42.0 35.9-48.3
Nash/Wilson 368 250 66.6 60.6-72.1 118 33.4 27.9-39.4
Craven/Pamlico 445 311 65.8 60.0-71.1 134 34.2 28.9-40.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 424 263 60.9 55.0-66.5 161 39.1 33.5-45.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 449 287 61.2 54.3-67.7 162 38.8 32.3-45.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 467 292 61.2 53.6-68.2 175 38.8 31.8-46.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 422 274 64.2 53.2-73.9 148 35.8 26.1-46.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 463 284 56.4 50.9-61.7 179 43.6 38.3-49.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 410 267 60.9 54.5-66.9 143 39.1 33.1-45.5
Northeast NC I 449 276 56.7 49.9-63.2 173 43.3 36.8-50.1
Northeast NC II 502 319 59.4 53.9-64.7 183 40.6 35.3-46.1
Northeastern Partnership 951 595 58.4 54.1-62.6 356 41.6 37.4-45.9
Mountain AHEC 1,288 836 60.4 55.9-64.9 452 39.6 35.1-44.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,238 2,106 61.8 58.8-64.7 1,132 38.2 35.3-41.2
Piedmont 3,974 2,588 62.4 60.1-64.7 1,386 37.6 35.3-39.9
Western NC 2,047 1,318 60.1 56.4-63.7 729 39.9 36.3-43.6

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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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