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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 9,144 3,318 34.9 33.4-36.5 3,328 38.4 36.8-40.0 1,217 13.5 12.4-14.6 205 2.4 1.9- 3.0 1,076 10.8 9.9-11.8
GENDER
Male 3,362 1,201 33.6 31.2-36.2 1,341 42.3 39.6-45.0 448 13.3 11.6-15.2 66 2.0 1.3- 3.0 306 8.8 7.5-10.3
Female 5,782 2,117 36.2 34.3-38.1 1,987 34.7 32.8-36.6 769 13.6 12.3-15.1 139 2.8 2.1- 3.6 770 12.7 11.5-14.1
RACE
White 6,695 2,389 34.1 32.4-36.0 2,389 37.1 35.2-39.0 918 14.6 13.3-16.1 171 2.6 2.0- 3.3 828 11.6 10.5-12.8
African American 1,818 718 40.1 36.6-43.7 661 36.7 33.3-40.3 243 12.1 9.9-14.6 26 2.5 1.3- 4.5 170 8.7 6.9-10.8
Asian 49 20 44.1 24.3-65.9 15 36.3 18.8-58.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 14 19.7 9.2-37.2
Native American 222 76 38.0 26.3-51.4 85 36.3 25.6-48.5 29 11.9 7.0-19.5 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7 28 13.2 7.3-22.7
Other Minorities 324 93 25.6 19.2-33.4 172 60.1 51.8-67.8 24 7.1 3.7-13.0 3 0.7 0.2- 3.0 32 6.5 4.0-10.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 330 98 23.6 17.4-31.2 181 62.3 53.9-70.0 24 9.0 5.1-15.4 2 0.6 0.1- 3.6 25 4.5 2.4- 8.1
-English Speaking 130 53 34.9 22.8-49.3 51 38.3 24.6-54.2 15 20.4 10.6-35.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 10 6.2 1.9-18.2
-Spanish Speaking 200 45 20.1 13.2-29.3 130 69.8 59.9-78.2 9 5.4 2.1-13.4 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 15 3.9 2.0- 7.8
Non-Hispanic 8,804 3,217 35.7 34.1-37.3 3,144 36.8 35.2-38.4 1,192 13.8 12.7-15.0 203 2.5 2.0- 3.2 1,048 11.2 10.2-12.2
AGE
18-24 572 234 40.7 34.6-47.0 220 37.9 31.8-44.3 78 13.1 9.5-17.8 7 2.4 0.9- 6.3 33 5.9 3.5- 9.9
25-34 1,385 446 32.7 29.0-36.6 595 43.6 39.6-47.7 201 14.0 11.4-17.1 21 2.0 1.1- 3.9 122 7.7 6.0- 9.9
35-44 1,755 499 27.0 24.1-30.1 733 44.9 41.4-48.4 290 14.5 12.4-17.0 52 3.0 2.0- 4.6 181 10.5 8.7-12.8
45-54 1,793 525 28.4 25.3-31.8 701 39.7 36.2-43.3 269 14.9 12.4-17.7 45 2.5 1.7- 3.8 253 14.5 12.2-17.2
55-64 1,477 553 37.9 34.3-41.6 480 32.0 28.6-35.6 200 14.8 12.2-17.9 42 2.8 1.8- 4.2 202 12.5 10.2-15.2
65-74 1,213 533 43.2 39.1-47.3 381 31.3 27.6-35.3 114 10.8 8.5-13.8 27 1.9 0.9- 4.1 158 12.8 10.3-15.8
75+ 881 501 52.5 47.6-57.3 199 25.7 21.7-30.2 51 6.9 4.6-10.1 10 1.3 0.6- 3.0 120 13.6 10.6-17.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,510 545 29.3 25.9-33.1 495 41.3 37.0-45.8 195 13.5 10.9-16.7 31 2.3 1.3- 4.1 244 13.4 11.2-16.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,732 936 33.0 30.3-36.0 1,006 37.2 34.3-40.3 391 15.5 13.3-18.0 58 2.4 1.6- 3.6 341 11.8 10.1-13.7
Some Post-H.S. 2,280 828 36.5 33.2-39.8 853 37.2 34.0-40.5 311 13.1 11.0-15.5 62 3.0 1.9- 4.6 226 10.2 8.3-12.5
College Graduate 2,596 998 38.6 35.9-41.5 966 39.1 36.3-41.9 319 11.7 10.1-13.5 54 1.9 1.2- 2.9 259 8.7 7.3-10.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,051 418 33.4 29.1-38.0 315 34.8 29.8-40.1 137 13.5 10.4-17.4 30 4.8 2.3- 9.6 151 13.5 10.6-16.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,667 578 32.5 28.9-36.3 617 40.0 36.0-44.2 234 14.7 12.0-17.9 30 1.9 1.0- 3.6 208 10.9 8.8-13.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,006 335 37.2 32.3-42.3 395 38.0 33.3-43.0 140 12.4 9.6-15.9 23 2.5 1.4- 4.7 113 9.8 7.3-13.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,214 415 37.0 33.0-41.3 468 36.4 32.5-40.6 175 14.0 11.3-17.2 28 2.1 1.2- 3.5 128 10.5 8.2-13.3
$50,000-74,999 991 338 32.5 28.2-37.2 399 42.6 38.0-47.4 134 13.2 10.6-16.4 33 2.8 1.6- 4.7 87 8.8 6.5-11.8
$75,000+ 1,133 380 32.2 28.4-36.4 458 41.5 37.4-45.7 149 14.4 11.2-18.3 33 2.9 1.8- 4.6 113 9.0 7.0-11.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 441 170 37.0 31.8-42.5 138 34.7 29.3-40.5 59 14.2 10.7-18.6 9 1.3 0.6- 2.6 65 12.9 9.9-16.6
Guilford 437 164 39.3 33.8-45.1 165 36.5 31.4-42.0 48 11.0 8.0-14.9 10 2.8 1.4- 5.5 50 10.4 7.6-14.1
Mecklenburg 441 151 35.4 29.8-41.5 160 34.9 29.6-40.6 65 16.2 11.9-21.7 10 1.8 0.8- 3.8 55 11.6 8.3-16.1
Orange 446 170 35.1 28.3-42.6 180 45.7 38.3-53.3 45 10.5 6.8-16.0 6 0.8 0.3- 2.0 45 7.9 5.5-11.2
Wake 438 154 34.8 29.5-40.5 176 42.3 36.7-48.1 52 12.3 9.1-16.3 8 1.2 0.6- 2.4 48 9.5 7.1-12.7
Chatham/Lee 385 146 36.7 30.5-43.4 139 38.8 32.8-45.3 46 13.0 9.1-18.3 9 1.8 0.9- 3.7 45 9.6 6.8-13.4
Nash/Wilson 369 123 30.6 25.5-36.2 130 38.0 32.0-44.3 53 15.6 11.7-20.5 8 2.0 1.0- 4.3 55 13.8 10.1-18.5
Craven/Pamlico 444 173 40.0 34.6-45.7 156 36.9 31.5-42.6 54 11.4 8.2-15.7 13 2.6 1.4- 4.8 48 9.0 6.6-12.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 425 162 37.5 31.6-43.7 138 31.4 26.5-36.8 69 16.7 12.7-21.6 8 1.8 0.8- 4.0 48 12.6 9.1-17.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 451 158 37.6 31.0-44.6 169 36.8 31.0-43.0 60 12.7 9.5-16.8 13 2.0 1.1- 3.6 51 11.0 6.5-17.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 461 166 32.1 25.9-39.0 167 42.3 33.6-51.6 63 12.7 9.0-17.7 10 2.3 1.1- 4.6 55 10.5 7.3-15.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 412 143 28.0 21.4-35.7 159 51.7 41.0-62.3 46 9.3 6.4-13.4 9 1.3 0.6- 2.6 55 9.6 6.7-13.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 456 148 32.8 27.9-38.1 168 38.8 33.6-44.2 76 15.3 12.0-19.4 6 0.8 0.4- 1.9 58 12.2 9.2-16.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 401 140 32.9 27.4-39.1 139 39.4 33.1-46.0 65 15.3 11.7-19.7 8 2.3 1.1- 5.0 49 10.0 7.3-13.6
Northeast NC I 445 186 38.9 33.2-44.9 155 39.0 32.4-46.0 63 13.9 10.5-18.3 9 1.6 0.7- 3.7 32 6.5 4.4- 9.6
Northeast NC II 490 189 36.0 31.1-41.1 184 40.1 34.8-45.6 56 12.1 9.0-16.1 11 1.7 0.9- 3.5 50 10.1 7.3-13.8
Northeastern Partnership 935 375 37.0 33.2-40.9 339 39.7 35.5-44.0 119 12.8 10.4-15.6 20 1.7 1.0- 2.9 82 8.8 6.8-11.4
Mountain AHEC 1,261 474 36.9 33.0-40.9 440 38.3 33.9-43.0 153 11.8 9.5-14.6 26 2.2 1.2- 3.9 168 10.8 8.8-13.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,200 1,154 34.1 31.4-37.0 1,158 39.5 36.5-42.5 455 14.8 12.8-17.2 71 2.0 1.4- 2.8 362 9.6 8.2-11.2
Piedmont 3,926 1,420 35.0 32.8-37.3 1,452 38.0 35.7-40.3 506 13.0 11.5-14.6 86 2.7 1.9- 3.7 462 11.4 10.0-12.9
Western NC 2,018 744 36.3 32.9-39.7 718 37.9 34.3-41.6 256 12.6 10.5-15.1 48 2.2 1.5- 3.4 252 11.1 9.2-13.2

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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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