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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,229 3,656 36.9 35.4-38.5 4,265 47.8 46.2-49.5 953 11.5 10.5-12.7 74 0.6 0.4- 0.8 281 3.1 2.6- 3.7
GENDER
Male 3,385 1,089 31.1 28.7-33.7 1,717 52.0 49.3-54.7 442 13.5 11.8-15.5 35 0.7 0.4- 1.1 102 2.7 2.0- 3.6
Female 5,844 2,567 42.4 40.5-44.3 2,548 43.9 42.0-45.9 511 9.7 8.5-11.0 39 0.6 0.4- 0.9 179 3.4 2.7- 4.3
RACE
White 6,780 2,817 38.5 36.7-40.4 3,068 46.8 44.9-48.7 646 11.2 10.0-12.5 46 0.4 0.3- 0.6 203 3.1 2.5- 3.7
African American 1,815 635 33.1 29.8-36.5 842 47.0 43.4-50.7 250 15.0 12.5-17.8 21 1.0 0.6- 1.7 67 4.0 2.7- 5.8
Asian 51 31 68.5 47.9-83.7 18 30.3 15.4-50.9 1 1.1 0.1- 7.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
Native American 224 67 28.6 19.7-39.5 116 59.3 47.7-69.9 31 9.8 5.9-15.8 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4 6 1.1 0.5- 2.8
Other Minorities 322 88 26.6 19.9-34.6 209 63.5 55.0-71.2 21 7.4 3.8-13.8 2 1.3 0.3- 5.4 2 1.2 0.2- 7.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 336 101 24.4 18.0-32.3 208 64.7 56.2-72.4 22 8.6 4.6-15.3 2 0.9 0.2- 5.3 3 1.3 0.2- 7.3
-English Speaking 135 62 49.4 35.2-63.7 60 36.5 24.6-50.2 11 13.5 5.8-28.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6
-Spanish Speaking 201 39 16.1 10.1-24.8 148 74.1 64.0-82.1 11 6.9 2.9-15.5 2 1.3 0.2- 7.0 1 1.6 0.2-10.3
Non-Hispanic 8,883 3,552 37.8 36.2-39.4 4,052 46.7 45.1-48.4 929 11.7 10.7-12.9 72 0.6 0.4- 0.8 278 3.2 2.7- 3.8
AGE
18-24 570 199 33.4 27.6-39.6 277 50.5 44.1-56.9 71 12.4 8.8-17.1 5 0.2 0.1- 0.5 18 3.6 1.9- 6.6
25-34 1,392 470 34.8 31.0-38.9 684 47.6 43.6-51.6 188 13.8 11.2-17.1 13 0.7 0.3- 1.3 37 3.1 2.1- 4.6
35-44 1,754 572 30.7 27.7-34.0 889 51.4 47.9-54.9 233 14.1 11.8-16.8 16 0.8 0.4- 1.7 44 2.9 2.0- 4.4
45-54 1,819 680 34.6 31.4-37.9 840 48.9 45.3-52.5 211 12.6 10.4-15.2 20 0.7 0.4- 1.2 68 3.2 2.1- 4.8
55-64 1,504 629 40.5 36.9-44.2 685 46.9 43.2-50.7 136 9.6 7.6-12.0 11 0.8 0.4- 1.9 43 2.2 1.5- 3.4
65-74 1,231 598 48.2 44.1-52.3 521 41.9 37.9-46.0 73 6.8 4.9- 9.4 5 0.4 0.1- 1.3 34 2.8 1.7- 4.5
75+ 891 480 52.0 47.2-56.7 335 39.7 35.2-44.5 38 4.3 2.7- 6.8 3 0.3 0.1- 1.3 35 3.6 2.2- 5.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,522 511 28.9 25.2-32.9 732 52.4 48.1-56.6 184 13.2 10.7-16.2 22 1.3 0.7- 2.4 73 4.2 3.1- 5.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,764 965 31.7 29.1-34.5 1,321 49.5 46.5-52.6 361 14.8 12.6-17.2 22 0.6 0.4- 1.0 95 3.3 2.4- 4.6
Some Post-H.S. 2,302 907 37.9 34.7-41.2 1,088 47.5 44.1-50.9 223 11.0 9.0-13.4 19 0.4 0.2- 0.8 65 3.2 2.2- 4.6
College Graduate 2,614 1,262 46.4 43.6-49.2 1,113 43.6 40.8-46.4 182 7.7 6.3- 9.3 11 0.4 0.2- 0.9 46 2.0 1.3- 3.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,056 424 35.9 31.3-40.9 461 47.7 42.5-52.9 107 10.5 7.7-14.1 13 1.2 0.6- 2.4 51 4.7 3.1- 7.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,689 547 26.7 23.5-30.1 829 52.6 48.5-56.6 233 15.9 13.0-19.3 19 1.0 0.5- 2.0 61 3.9 2.7- 5.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,028 377 38.4 33.6-43.4 484 44.8 39.9-49.8 124 13.2 10.2-16.9 8 0.7 0.3- 1.6 35 2.9 1.6- 5.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,228 468 35.3 31.4-39.5 589 48.6 44.5-52.8 134 12.9 10.2-16.1 6 0.2 0.1- 0.6 31 2.9 1.7- 4.8
$50,000-74,999 998 400 42.2 37.6-47.0 476 45.7 41.0-50.4 93 8.9 6.7-11.8 10 0.6 0.2- 1.5 19 2.6 1.4- 4.8
$75,000+ 1,146 521 40.1 36.1-44.3 513 46.1 41.9-50.4 89 11.8 8.8-15.6 2 0.2 0.0- 1.0 21 1.8 1.0- 3.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 446 211 43.9 38.5-49.4 180 42.9 37.4-48.6 40 10.2 7.1-14.3 4 0.8 0.3- 2.1 11 2.3 1.2- 4.3
Guilford 442 180 38.1 32.9-43.6 202 47.3 41.8-52.9 42 10.6 7.6-14.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 17 3.9 2.2- 6.7
Mecklenburg 441 189 39.4 33.9-45.3 198 47.3 41.3-53.4 37 9.4 6.0-14.3 5 1.0 0.4- 2.4 12 3.0 1.6- 5.5
Orange 445 233 48.6 41.3-56.0 184 41.9 35.1-49.0 22 4.8 2.9- 7.9 4 4.2 0.8-18.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1
Wake 448 174 37.8 32.5-43.4 212 48.7 43.0-54.3 42 10.2 7.4-14.0 2 0.2 0.0- 1.0 18 3.1 1.9- 5.2
Chatham/Lee 395 157 35.2 29.7-41.1 190 50.9 44.6-57.3 33 8.1 5.5-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 15 5.8 2.9-11.1
Nash/Wilson 370 141 33.5 28.2-39.2 161 46.7 40.7-52.9 53 15.7 11.8-20.7 6 1.7 0.7- 4.0 9 2.3 1.1- 4.9
Craven/Pamlico 445 176 35.8 30.9-41.1 209 51.4 45.8-57.1 43 9.4 6.8-12.8 5 1.0 0.3- 2.8 12 2.4 1.3- 4.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 431 161 36.9 31.1-43.1 199 45.2 39.5-51.1 57 14.9 11.1-19.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 13 2.8 1.5- 5.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 446 185 39.9 33.3-46.8 218 50.9 44.1-57.6 33 7.6 5.2-11.0 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 8 1.3 0.6- 2.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 468 165 31.5 25.4-38.4 212 48.2 39.9-56.7 61 14.2 9.9-19.9 8 2.0 0.9- 4.4 22 4.0 2.2- 7.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 415 176 34.2 26.4-43.0 193 55.7 45.5-65.4 28 5.6 3.6- 8.7 4 1.5 0.4- 4.9 14 3.0 1.6- 5.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 457 161 36.2 31.1-41.7 209 45.3 40.0-50.7 67 13.7 10.6-17.6 7 2.3 0.9- 5.7 13 2.4 1.2- 4.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 407 128 31.2 25.2-37.9 215 53.9 47.5-60.2 43 10.4 7.5-14.3 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5 17 2.9 1.7- 5.0
Northeast NC I 447 155 32.5 27.2-38.2 211 48.3 41.8-54.7 58 15.3 11.4-20.2 8 1.6 0.8- 3.4 15 2.4 1.3- 4.2
Northeast NC II 493 168 30.2 25.8-35.0 257 53.5 48.1-58.7 51 12.2 8.9-16.6 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6 14 3.3 1.8- 6.2
Northeastern Partnership 940 323 31.0 27.6-34.7 468 51.6 47.5-55.7 109 13.3 10.7-16.5 11 1.1 0.5- 2.1 29 3.0 1.8- 4.8
Mountain AHEC 1,279 574 45.2 40.8-49.6 561 44.2 40.0-48.4 101 8.0 6.2-10.3 9 0.6 0.2- 1.3 34 2.1 1.3- 3.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,216 1,182 36.4 33.6-39.3 1,520 47.8 44.9-50.8 382 12.3 10.5-14.3 34 0.8 0.5- 1.3 98 2.7 2.0- 3.7
Piedmont 3,981 1,589 35.8 33.7-38.0 1,834 48.6 46.3-50.9 401 11.8 10.3-13.5 28 0.5 0.3- 0.9 129 3.3 2.6- 4.2
Western NC 2,032 885 42.7 39.1-46.3 911 44.9 41.4-48.4 170 9.1 7.3-11.3 12 0.5 0.3- 1.1 54 2.8 1.8- 4.2

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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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