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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 9,263 1,489 14.8 13.7-15.9 6,089 66.9 65.3-68.4 1,111 12.2 11.1-13.4 73 0.8 0.5- 1.1 501 5.3 4.7- 6.1
GENDER
Male 3,405 429 12.4 10.7-14.3 2,267 67.1 64.5-69.6 463 13.7 11.9-15.7 37 1.1 0.6- 1.8 209 5.8 4.7- 7.1
Female 5,858 1,060 17.0 15.6-18.5 3,822 66.7 64.8-68.5 648 10.8 9.6-12.2 36 0.5 0.3- 0.8 292 5.0 4.1- 5.9
RACE
White 6,811 1,163 15.4 14.1-16.8 4,623 69.4 67.6-71.2 676 10.4 9.2-11.7 39 0.6 0.4- 0.9 310 4.2 3.5- 5.0
African American 1,820 234 12.6 10.4-15.1 1,063 57.6 53.9-61.2 354 20.5 17.5-23.9 29 1.8 0.9- 3.4 140 7.5 5.9- 9.4
Asian 50 12 41.9 22.2-64.7 28 44.0 25.1-64.8 7 6.8 2.4-17.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.3 1.9-24.5
Native American 225 33 12.8 7.5-20.8 131 65.1 54.7-74.3 44 16.3 10.9-23.6 4 2.3 0.6- 7.8 13 3.6 1.7- 7.3
Other Minorities 320 42 10.0 6.6-14.9 220 68.5 60.3-75.7 27 9.4 5.3-16.0 0 0.0 . - . 31 12.1 7.5-19.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 333 39 7.0 4.3-11.2 237 70.4 62.0-77.5 28 11.5 6.9-18.5 0 0.0 . - . 29 11.1 6.6-18.3
-English Speaking 132 26 18.7 10.0-32.2 86 59.8 44.8-73.3 13 18.9 9.3-34.6 0 0.0 . - . 7 2.6 1.0- 6.8
-Spanish Speaking 201 13 3.3 1.7- 6.2 151 73.8 63.7-81.8 15 9.1 4.5-17.5 0 0.0 . - . 22 13.9 8.0-23.1
Non-Hispanic 8,920 1,449 15.3 14.1-16.5 5,845 66.7 65.1-68.2 1,082 12.2 11.1-13.4 72 0.8 0.6- 1.2 472 5.0 4.3- 5.7
AGE
18-24 577 67 9.2 6.5-12.8 363 65.8 59.6-71.6 93 16.9 12.4-22.8 6 0.3 0.1- 0.7 48 7.8 5.1-11.6
25-34 1,405 183 14.2 11.3-17.8 951 66.7 62.7-70.5 200 12.9 10.6-15.7 7 0.9 0.3- 2.7 64 5.3 3.7- 7.5
35-44 1,775 268 13.8 11.6-16.4 1,197 68.9 65.5-72.0 234 12.7 10.5-15.3 11 0.7 0.3- 1.7 65 3.9 2.7- 5.5
45-54 1,825 309 17.0 14.5-19.9 1,247 67.5 64.0-70.8 184 10.4 8.2-13.0 21 1.2 0.7- 2.1 64 3.9 2.8- 5.5
55-64 1,510 267 15.4 12.9-18.2 1,002 68.9 65.3-72.3 158 10.6 8.3-13.5 14 1.0 0.4- 2.0 69 4.1 2.9- 5.7
65-74 1,235 212 17.4 14.5-20.7 816 67.6 63.7-71.3 122 8.9 6.9-11.5 8 0.2 0.1- 0.4 77 5.9 4.3- 8.2
75+ 868 177 20.4 16.8-24.6 463 56.3 51.4-61.0 112 12.0 9.1-15.6 6 1.0 0.4- 2.4 110 10.3 7.7-13.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,514 160 9.9 7.4-13.1 856 59.1 54.8-63.2 282 17.6 14.6-21.0 29 1.8 1.1- 3.0 187 11.6 9.3-14.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,776 339 10.6 9.0-12.5 1,804 65.8 62.8-68.7 437 16.8 14.4-19.4 24 0.7 0.3- 1.6 172 6.1 4.9- 7.7
Some Post-H.S. 2,330 391 15.0 13.0-17.3 1,628 69.9 66.7-72.9 222 10.7 8.6-13.3 13 0.7 0.3- 1.5 76 3.6 2.5- 5.2
College Graduate 2,619 599 22.0 19.6-24.5 1,786 69.8 67.1-72.4 165 5.7 4.6- 7.0 7 0.3 0.1- 0.9 62 2.2 1.5- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,066 124 9.8 7.7-12.4 612 58.7 53.7-63.6 200 16.4 13.1-20.2 23 2.8 1.3- 5.9 107 12.3 9.2-16.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,691 217 11.3 9.2-13.9 1,072 61.7 57.6-65.6 282 19.7 16.4-23.5 20 0.9 0.5- 1.8 100 6.4 4.6- 8.7
$25,000- 34,999 1,029 165 14.4 11.4-18.1 684 67.9 63.2-72.2 129 12.4 9.6-15.9 6 0.4 0.1- 1.2 45 4.9 3.1- 7.6
$35,000- 49,999 1,230 195 14.1 11.4-17.2 851 70.6 66.6-74.2 139 11.3 8.8-14.2 9 0.8 0.3- 1.9 36 3.3 2.1- 5.0
$50,000-74,999 1,008 181 15.8 12.7-19.5 742 77.2 73.2-80.8 64 5.7 4.1- 8.0 3 0.3 0.1- 1.2 18 1.0 0.5- 1.9
$75,000+ 1,157 255 19.7 16.5-23.3 831 72.3 68.2-76.1 54 5.7 3.7- 8.6 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 14 1.6 0.6- 4.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 446 91 19.6 15.6-24.4 285 64.6 59.2-69.8 49 10.5 7.6-14.3 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 18 4.4 2.5- 7.6
Guilford 439 79 17.6 13.6-22.3 299 68.0 62.5-73.1 43 9.1 6.4-12.8 5 1.9 0.7- 5.2 13 3.5 1.8- 6.5
Mecklenburg 446 78 14.6 11.4-18.5 309 71.4 65.9-76.4 41 10.3 6.7-15.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 17 3.5 2.1- 5.9
Orange 449 111 20.4 15.8-26.0 291 67.1 59.5-73.9 33 6.6 4.4- 9.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 13 5.7 1.7-17.0
Wake 450 92 16.7 13.4-20.6 295 67.5 62.1-72.4 37 9.1 6.3-13.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 25 6.5 3.9-10.6
Chatham/Lee 394 61 12.8 9.7-16.8 269 66.8 60.1-72.9 40 12.4 7.6-19.5 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9 22 7.7 4.8-12.3
Nash/Wilson 368 45 9.3 6.7-12.8 256 70.9 65.1-76.0 45 12.3 9.0-16.6 5 1.7 0.5- 6.0 17 5.9 3.5- 9.7
Craven/Pamlico 450 83 17.5 13.6-22.2 287 64.8 59.3-69.9 55 12.4 9.2-16.5 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 21 4.4 2.7- 7.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 51 13.5 8.8-20.1 286 66.3 60.1-72.0 65 14.4 11.0-18.5 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 22 5.0 3.1- 8.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 446 55 11.4 8.2-15.6 323 69.5 61.7-76.4 44 12.3 7.2-20.1 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 22 6.5 2.7-14.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 67 11.6 8.5-15.7 294 64.1 56.8-70.8 74 16.4 12.0-22.1 8 1.1 0.5- 2.8 28 6.7 4.0-11.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 419 77 13.9 10.2-18.8 273 71.2 63.4-77.9 40 8.1 5.4-11.8 4 1.3 0.4- 4.1 25 5.5 3.2- 9.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 466 72 16.5 12.7-21.1 264 55.4 50.0-60.6 92 19.8 15.9-24.4 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 35 7.8 5.3-11.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 405 41 7.8 5.5-10.7 261 65.0 59.0-70.6 58 14.7 11.0-19.3 7 2.3 0.9- 5.7 38 10.2 7.0-14.7
Northeast NC I 446 59 12.8 9.4-17.3 254 57.2 51.0-63.2 84 19.7 15.4-24.8 6 1.9 0.8- 4.3 43 8.5 6.1-11.7
Northeast NC II 503 93 17.4 13.9-21.5 316 60.0 54.6-65.3 67 16.6 12.5-21.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 26 5.8 3.4- 9.7
Northeastern Partnership 949 152 15.8 13.2-18.8 570 59.1 54.9-63.1 151 17.6 14.5-21.2 7 0.8 0.4- 1.7 69 6.7 4.9- 9.3
Mountain AHEC 1,284 244 19.0 15.0-23.6 835 66.1 61.6-70.3 130 9.2 7.4-11.5 8 0.5 0.2- 1.1 67 5.2 3.7- 7.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,233 477 13.9 12.0-16.0 2,049 64.3 61.4-67.1 463 15.1 12.9-17.5 31 0.8 0.5- 1.3 213 6.0 4.8- 7.4
Piedmont 3,987 674 14.8 13.3-16.4 2,672 68.1 65.9-70.2 429 11.1 9.7-12.8 31 0.9 0.5- 1.5 181 5.1 4.1- 6.2
Western NC 2,043 338 16.4 13.6-19.8 1,368 67.5 63.8-70.9 219 10.5 8.6-12.9 11 0.4 0.2- 0.7 107 5.2 3.8- 7.0

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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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