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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-5 years	5 or more years	Never
TOTAL	9,155	5,888	59.1	57.4-60.7	924	10.1	9.2-11.1	520	5.6	4.9- 6.3	268	2.9	2.4- 3.4	1,555	22.4	20.8-24.0
GENDER
Male	3,366	2,061	54.7	52.0-57.4	318	9.6	8.1-11.3	208	5.6	4.6- 6.8	102	2.8	2.2- 3.7	677	27.2	24.7-30.0
Female	5,789	3,827	63.1	61.1-65.0	606	10.6	9.4-11.9	312	5.6	4.8- 6.5	166	2.9	2.3- 3.7	878	17.8	16.2-19.6
RACE
White	6,722	4,386	60.8	58.8-62.7	725	11.3	10.1-12.6	427	6.6	5.7- 7.6	224	3.3	2.7- 3.9	960	18.1	16.5-19.9
African American	1,813	1,209	64.8	61.1-68.3	156	7.6	6.0- 9.6	73	3.2	2.3- 4.3	38	1.9	1.3- 2.9	337	22.6	19.4-26.2
Asian	50	25	34.8	19.1-54.8	5	8.8	3.0-23.2	4	3.3	1.0-10.3	2	8.0	1.3-37.4	14	45.1	24.9-67.0
Native American	223	144	62.4	49.8-73.5	21	9.6	4.2-20.2	6	3.3	0.8-12.6	1	1.5	0.2- 9.9	51	23.3	14.4-35.4
Other Minorities	314	106	26.6	19.9-34.6	14	4.9	2.5- 9.2	9	2.0	0.8- 4.8	3	1.0	0.2- 5.5	182	65.6	57.3-73.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic	326	120	24.9	18.4-32.8	13	3.4	1.5- 7.6	8	2.4	1.0- 5.6	1	0.1	0.0- 0.8	184	69.2	61.1-76.3
-English Speaking	131	80	38.4	26.4-52.0	10	7.4	2.7-18.6	6	6.2	2.4-15.4	1	0.5	0.1- 3.2	34	47.5	33.2-62.3
-Spanish Speaking	195	40	20.2	12.8-30.4	3	2.0	0.5- 7.6	2	1.1	0.2- 6.0	0	0.0	. - .	150	76.7	66.4-84.6
Non-Hispanic	8,819	5,765	61.4	59.7-63.0	907	10.5	9.5-11.6	512	5.8	5.1- 6.6	267	3.1	2.6- 3.7	1,368	19.2	17.8-20.8
AGE
18-24	538	184	31.7	26.2-37.8	39	9.6	6.0-14.8	22	3.1	1.5- 6.3	10	1.9	0.8- 4.3	283	53.7	47.2-60.2
25-34	1,353	540	38.4	34.5-42.3	149	10.1	8.1-12.7	120	8.7	6.8-11.0	58	4.2	2.9- 6.0	486	38.6	34.6-42.8
35-44	1,748	915	52.0	48.5-55.5	257	14.4	12.2-16.9	138	7.4	5.9- 9.1	79	4.4	3.2- 5.9	359	21.8	18.8-25.2
45-54	1,813	1,232	69.2	65.7-72.4	208	10.2	8.4-12.4	117	6.2	4.8- 8.1	60	2.6	1.7- 3.8	196	11.8	9.4-14.7
55-64	1,508	1,177	79.1	75.9-82.0	139	8.6	6.7-10.9	70	4.5	3.3- 6.2	29	1.8	1.1- 3.0	93	6.0	4.4- 8.2
65-74	1,243	1,056	85.9	82.7-88.5	77	7.4	5.4-10.1	33	2.1	1.2- 3.4	22	1.3	0.7- 2.3	55	3.4	2.2- 5.2
75+	885	739	83.3	79.4-86.6	45	4.2	2.7- 6.4	19	2.0	1.1- 3.7	9	1.7	0.7- 4.0	73	8.8	6.4-12.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	1,515	990	53.9	49.5-58.3	90	5.8	4.2- 7.9	37	2.4	1.5- 3.8	35	1.8	1.1- 2.8	363	36.1	31.7-40.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	2,743	1,753	59.3	56.2-62.3	238	7.9	6.6- 9.5	127	3.7	2.9- 4.8	72	2.7	1.9- 3.8	553	26.4	23.5-29.5
Some Post-H.S.	2,288	1,468	58.3	54.8-61.7	254	11.4	9.3-13.9	147	6.7	5.2- 8.5	59	2.5	1.8- 3.7	360	21.1	18.0-24.5
College Graduate	2,583	1,659	62.7	59.9-65.5	339	13.8	11.9-16.0	209	8.5	7.1-10.2	102	4.0	3.0- 5.4	274	10.9	9.2-13.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	1,052	703	59.2	53.7-64.5	64	6.0	3.6- 9.7	48	3.9	2.5- 6.0	29	2.2	1.4- 3.7	208	28.6	23.6-34.3
$15,000- 24,999	1,673	985	52.0	47.9-56.1	132	6.1	4.7- 8.0	81	4.3	2.8- 6.4	45	2.4	1.5- 3.8	430	35.1	31.1-39.4
$25,000- 34,999	1,006	631	57.7	52.6-62.7	111	9.4	7.3-12.1	58	5.5	3.7- 8.2	41	3.7	2.4- 5.7	165	23.6	19.1-28.8
$35,000- 49,999	1,226	794	62.8	58.5-66.8	142	10.3	8.2-12.9	70	4.4	3.2- 6.1	44	4.0	2.6- 6.2	176	18.5	15.1-22.5
$50,000-74,999	990	621	58.8	54.1-63.4	121	14.4	10.9-18.6	96	10.5	8.1-13.4	28	3.4	2.0- 5.7	124	12.9	10.0-16.6
$75,000+	1,142	790	67.5	63.4-71.3	144	12.1	9.7-14.8	89	9.0	6.9-11.6	37	2.9	1.9- 4.4	82	8.6	6.2-11.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	440	295	60.5	54.6-66.0	47	10.4	7.7-13.9	23	6.6	4.2-10.4	11	2.0	1.0- 4.0	64	20.5	15.6-26.3
Guilford	433	279	63.3	57.6-68.6	52	11.6	8.4-15.7	28	5.8	3.9- 8.6	13	2.6	1.4- 4.8	61	16.7	12.6-21.8
Mecklenburg	431	286	56.0	49.6-62.2	35	9.9	6.6-14.4	28	6.0	4.1- 8.9	11	2.4	1.3- 4.4	71	25.7	19.8-32.7
Orange	430	244	47.9	40.4-55.5	58	14.7	9.6-21.9	27	7.1	3.9-12.5	17	4.7	2.1-10.5	84	25.6	19.4-32.9
Wake	443	278	58.9	53.0-64.4	55	11.0	8.3-14.4	27	5.8	3.7- 8.9	14	2.6	1.4- 4.7	69	21.7	16.7-27.7
Chatham/Lee	389	256	59.8	53.2-66.0	36	7.2	5.0-10.4	24	6.3	4.0- 9.7	7	1.9	0.9- 4.2	66	24.8	19.1-31.4
Nash/Wilson	372	254	62.5	56.3-68.2	29	8.2	5.6-12.0	16	4.2	2.5- 7.1	12	4.8	2.5- 9.1	61	20.3	15.5-26.0
Craven/Pamlico	443	299	62.9	57.2-68.3	41	8.2	5.9-11.3	19	4.2	2.5- 6.9	8	2.3	1.1- 4.9	76	22.3	17.5-28.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	426	273	60.3	54.3-65.9	45	10.3	7.5-14.0	20	4.9	3.0- 7.8	18	3.7	2.2- 6.0	70	20.9	16.2-26.4
Appalachian/Wilkes	441	284	54.2	47.1-61.1	37	8.7	6.0-12.5	35	6.9	4.8- 9.9	11	2.6	1.3- 5.0	74	27.6	20.4-36.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance	469	299	54.3	45.6-62.7	47	10.0	6.7-14.6	22	4.5	2.7- 7.4	14	2.9	1.6- 5.3	87	28.4	19.5-39.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson	410	236	46.7	36.2-57.4	54	12.1	8.3-17.3	26	4.8	3.0- 7.5	16	2.8	1.6- 5.0	78	33.7	21.2-48.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	463	291	59.0	53.5-64.3	48	10.1	7.3-13.8	23	6.4	3.8-10.6	8	1.2	0.6- 2.4	93	23.3	18.9-28.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	406	271	60.4	54.1-66.5	35	8.9	6.1-12.7	18	4.2	2.5- 6.7	13	2.7	1.5- 4.9	69	23.8	18.4-30.2
Northeast NC I	449	291	61.1	54.1-67.6	38	7.1	4.9-10.1	25	4.8	3.1- 7.4	11	2.8	1.3- 5.8	84	24.3	17.9-32.1
Northeast NC II	494	320	59.3	53.7-64.7	44	8.9	6.2-12.5	36	7.1	5.0- 9.9	16	2.6	1.5- 4.5	78	22.1	17.3-27.8
Northeastern Partnership	943	611	59.9	55.6-64.1	82	8.2	6.3-10.7	61	6.3	4.7- 8.3	27	2.7	1.7- 4.1	162	22.9	18.9-27.4
Mountain AHEC	1,264	803	59.1	54.4-63.6	135	8.7	6.9-10.9	72	6.6	4.8- 9.1	42	3.1	2.1- 4.7	212	22.5	18.0-27.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	3,217	2,108	59.5	56.4-62.5	293	8.9	7.3-10.8	172	5.8	4.6- 7.2	86	2.7	2.0- 3.7	558	23.1	20.3-26.1
Piedmont	3,929	2,512	59.4	57.1-61.7	423	10.9	9.6-12.4	225	5.4	4.5- 6.5	118	2.9	2.3- 3.8	651	21.3	19.2-23.5
Western NC	2,009	1,268	56.6	52.9-60.3	208	9.3	7.6-11.4	123	5.8	4.5- 7.5	64	3.0	2.1- 4.3	346	25.2	21.5-29.3

Total
Respond.^

1-12 months

1-2 years

2-5 years

5 or more years

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

9,155

5,888

59.1

57.4-60.7

924

10.1

9.2-11.1

520

5.6

4.9- 6.3

268

2.9

2.4- 3.4

1,555

22.4

20.8-24.0

GENDER

Male

3,366

2,061

54.7

52.0-57.4

318

9.6

8.1-11.3

208

5.6

4.6- 6.8

102

2.8

2.2- 3.7

677

27.2

24.7-30.0

Female

5,789

3,827

63.1

61.1-65.0

606

10.6

9.4-11.9

312

5.6

4.8- 6.5

166

2.9

2.3- 3.7

878

17.8

16.2-19.6

RACE

White

6,722

4,386

60.8

58.8-62.7

725

11.3

10.1-12.6

427

6.6

5.7- 7.6

224

3.3

2.7- 3.9

960

18.1

16.5-19.9

African American

1,813

1,209

64.8

61.1-68.3

156

7.6

6.0- 9.6

3.2

2.3- 4.3

1.9

1.3- 2.9

337

22.6

19.4-26.2

Asian

34.8

19.1-54.8

8.8

3.0-23.2

3.3

1.0-10.3

8.0

1.3-37.4

45.1

24.9-67.0

Native American

223

144

62.4

49.8-73.5

9.6

4.2-20.2

3.3

0.8-12.6

1.5

0.2- 9.9

23.3

14.4-35.4

Other Minorities

314

106

26.6

19.9-34.6

4.9

2.5- 9.2

2.0

0.8- 4.8

1.0

0.2- 5.5

182

65.6

57.3-73.0

HISPANIC

Hispanic

326

120

24.9

18.4-32.8

3.4

1.5- 7.6

2.4

1.0- 5.6

0.1

0.0- 0.8

184

69.2

61.1-76.3

-English Speaking

131

38.4

26.4-52.0

7.4

2.7-18.6

6.2

2.4-15.4

0.5

0.1- 3.2

47.5

33.2-62.3

-Spanish Speaking

195

20.2

12.8-30.4

2.0

0.5- 7.6

1.1

0.2- 6.0

0.0

. - .

150

76.7

66.4-84.6

Non-Hispanic

8,819

5,765

61.4

59.7-63.0

907

10.5

9.5-11.6

512

5.8

5.1- 6.6

267

3.1

2.6- 3.7

1,368

19.2

17.8-20.8

AGE

18-24

538

184

31.7

26.2-37.8

9.6

6.0-14.8

3.1

1.5- 6.3

1.9

0.8- 4.3

283

53.7

47.2-60.2

25-34

1,353

540

38.4

34.5-42.3

149

10.1

8.1-12.7

120

8.7

6.8-11.0

4.2

2.9- 6.0

486

38.6

34.6-42.8

35-44

1,748

915

52.0

48.5-55.5

257

14.4

12.2-16.9

138

7.4

5.9- 9.1

4.4

3.2- 5.9

359

21.8

18.8-25.2

45-54

1,813

1,232

69.2

65.7-72.4

208

10.2

8.4-12.4

117

6.2

4.8- 8.1

2.6

1.7- 3.8

196

11.8

9.4-14.7

55-64

1,508

1,177

79.1

75.9-82.0

139

8.6

6.7-10.9

4.5

3.3- 6.2

1.8

1.1- 3.0

6.0

4.4- 8.2

65-74

1,243

1,056

85.9

82.7-88.5

7.4

5.4-10.1

2.1

1.2- 3.4

1.3

0.7- 2.3

3.4

2.2- 5.2

75+

885

739

83.3

79.4-86.6

4.2

2.7- 6.4

2.0

1.1- 3.7

1.7

0.7- 4.0

8.8

6.4-12.0

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

1,515

990

53.9

49.5-58.3

5.8

4.2- 7.9

2.4

1.5- 3.8

1.8

1.1- 2.8

363

36.1

31.7-40.7

H.S. or G.E.D.

2,743

1,753

59.3

56.2-62.3

238

7.9

6.6- 9.5

127

3.7

2.9- 4.8

2.7

1.9- 3.8

553

26.4

23.5-29.5

Some Post-H.S.

2,288

1,468

58.3

54.8-61.7

254

11.4

9.3-13.9

147

6.7

5.2- 8.5

2.5

1.8- 3.7

360

21.1

18.0-24.5

College Graduate

2,583

1,659

62.7

59.9-65.5

339

13.8

11.9-16.0

209

8.5

7.1-10.2

102

4.0

3.0- 5.4

274

10.9

9.2-13.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

1,052

703

59.2

53.7-64.5

6.0

3.6- 9.7

3.9

2.5- 6.0

2.2

1.4- 3.7

208

28.6

23.6-34.3

$15,000- 24,999

1,673

985

52.0

47.9-56.1

132

6.1

4.7- 8.0

4.3

2.8- 6.4

2.4

1.5- 3.8

430

35.1

31.1-39.4

$25,000- 34,999

1,006

631

57.7

52.6-62.7

111

9.4

7.3-12.1

5.5

3.7- 8.2

3.7

2.4- 5.7

165

23.6

19.1-28.8

$35,000- 49,999

1,226

794

62.8

58.5-66.8

142

10.3

8.2-12.9

4.4

3.2- 6.1

4.0

2.6- 6.2

176

18.5

15.1-22.5

$50,000-74,999

990

621

58.8

54.1-63.4

121

14.4

10.9-18.6

10.5

8.1-13.4

3.4

2.0- 5.7

124

12.9

10.0-16.6

$75,000+

1,142

790

67.5

63.4-71.3

144

12.1

9.7-14.8

9.0

6.9-11.6

2.9

1.9- 4.4

8.6

6.2-11.9

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

440

295

60.5

54.6-66.0

10.4

7.7-13.9

6.6

4.2-10.4

2.0

1.0- 4.0

20.5

15.6-26.3

Guilford

433

279

63.3

57.6-68.6

11.6

8.4-15.7

5.8

3.9- 8.6

2.6

1.4- 4.8

16.7

12.6-21.8

Mecklenburg

431

286

56.0

49.6-62.2

9.9

6.6-14.4

6.0

4.1- 8.9

2.4

1.3- 4.4

25.7

19.8-32.7

Orange

430

244

47.9

40.4-55.5

14.7

9.6-21.9

7.1

3.9-12.5

4.7

2.1-10.5

25.6

19.4-32.9

Wake

443

278

58.9

53.0-64.4

11.0

8.3-14.4

5.8

3.7- 8.9

2.6

1.4- 4.7

21.7

16.7-27.7

Chatham/Lee

389

256

59.8

53.2-66.0

7.2

5.0-10.4

6.3

4.0- 9.7

1.9

0.9- 4.2

24.8

19.1-31.4

Nash/Wilson

372

254

62.5

56.3-68.2

8.2

5.6-12.0

4.2

2.5- 7.1

4.8

2.5- 9.1

20.3

15.5-26.0

Craven/Pamlico

443

299

62.9

57.2-68.3

8.2

5.9-11.3

4.2

2.5- 6.9

2.3

1.1- 4.9

22.3

17.5-28.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

426

273

60.3

54.3-65.9

10.3

7.5-14.0

4.9

3.0- 7.8

3.7

2.2- 6.0

20.9

16.2-26.4

Appalachian/Wilkes

441

284

54.2

47.1-61.1

8.7

6.0-12.5

6.9

4.8- 9.9

2.6

1.3- 5.0

27.6

20.4-36.1

Franklin/Gran./Vance

469

299

54.3

45.6-62.7

10.0

6.7-14.6

4.5

2.7- 7.4

2.9

1.6- 5.3

28.4

19.5-39.3

Graham/Swain/Jackson

410

236

46.7

36.2-57.4

12.1

8.3-17.3

4.8

3.0- 7.5

2.8

1.6- 5.0

33.7

21.2-48.9

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

463

291

59.0

53.5-64.3

10.1

7.3-13.8

6.4

3.8-10.6

1.2

0.6- 2.4

23.3

18.9-28.4

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

406

271

60.4

54.1-66.5

8.9

6.1-12.7

4.2

2.5- 6.7

2.7

1.5- 4.9

23.8

18.4-30.2

Northeast NC I

449

291

61.1

54.1-67.6

7.1

4.9-10.1

4.8

3.1- 7.4

2.8

1.3- 5.8

24.3

17.9-32.1

Northeast NC II

494

320

59.3

53.7-64.7

8.9

6.2-12.5

7.1

5.0- 9.9

2.6

1.5- 4.5

22.1

17.3-27.8

Northeastern Partnership

943

611

59.9

55.6-64.1

8.2

6.3-10.7

6.3

4.7- 8.3

2.7

1.7- 4.1

162

22.9

18.9-27.4

Mountain AHEC

1,264

803

59.1

54.4-63.6

135

8.7

6.9-10.9

6.6

4.8- 9.1

3.1

2.1- 4.7

212

22.5

18.0-27.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

3,217

2,108

59.5

56.4-62.5

293

8.9

7.3-10.8

172

5.8

4.6- 7.2

2.7

2.0- 3.7

558

23.1

20.3-26.1

Piedmont

3,929

2,512

59.4

57.1-61.7

423

10.9

9.6-12.4

225

5.4

4.5- 6.5

118

2.9

2.3- 3.8

651

21.3

19.2-23.5

Western NC

2,009

1,268

56.6

52.9-60.3

208

9.3

7.6-11.4

123

5.8

4.5- 7.5

3.0

2.1- 4.3

346

25.2

21.5-29.3

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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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