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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 True False Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 7,079 3,854 53.5 51.6-55.3 1,317 19.2 17.7-20.8 1,908 27.3 25.7-29.1
GENDER
Male 2,667 1,335 48.9 46.0-51.9 609 23.1 20.6-25.8 723 27.9 25.3-30.7
Female 4,412 2,519 58.0 55.7-60.2 708 15.3 13.7-16.9 1,185 26.7 24.8-28.8
RACE
White 5,046 2,739 52.5 50.3-54.7 937 20.2 18.4-22.1 1,370 27.2 25.3-29.3
African American 1,479 842 58.2 54.2-62.2 284 17.8 14.9-21.2 353 23.9 20.6-27.7
Asian 45 28 55.2 32.8-75.7 7 19.8 5.9-49.3 10 25.0 11.1-47.2
Native American 188 90 56.4 43.6-68.4 46 22.2 14.2-33.0 52 21.4 14.0-31.4
Other Minorities 297 143 49.4 40.7-58.1 40 12.6 7.7-19.9 114 38.0 30.1-46.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 308 151 49.4 40.8-58.1 47 13.0 8.1-20.2 110 37.6 29.7-46.2
-English Speaking 112 71 54.6 38.8-69.6 15 15.3 5.7-34.9 26 30.1 17.7-46.3
-Spanish Speaking 196 80 47.7 37.6-58.1 32 12.2 7.1-20.2 84 40.0 30.6-50.3
Non-Hispanic 6,768 3,701 53.8 51.9-55.7 1,270 19.7 18.2-21.3 1,797 26.5 24.8-28.2
AGE
18-24 577 326 50.8 44.5-57.2 115 22.7 17.5-28.8 136 26.5 21.1-32.7
25-34 1,405 825 57.0 53.0-61.0 256 18.7 15.7-22.1 324 24.3 20.8-28.1
35-44 1,769 975 55.2 51.7-58.6 361 20.2 17.6-23.0 433 24.7 21.8-27.8
45-54 1,825 950 50.6 47.0-54.2 363 19.5 16.7-22.6 512 30.0 26.7-33.5
55-64 1,503 778 52.2 48.4-55.9 222 14.6 12.1-17.5 503 33.3 29.8-36.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 870 387 44.0 38.5-49.6 161 16.9 13.4-21.2 322 39.1 33.6-44.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,146 1,042 49.4 45.9-52.8 457 21.2 18.5-24.2 647 29.4 26.4-32.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,886 1,043 52.9 49.1-56.6 368 21.2 18.1-24.6 475 26.0 22.8-29.4
College Graduate 2,169 1,379 62.8 59.8-65.8 328 16.1 13.8-18.7 462 21.1 18.7-23.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 692 369 49.4 43.1-55.8 136 22.3 16.7-29.0 187 28.3 22.9-34.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,268 670 51.5 46.9-56.2 257 21.1 17.5-25.2 341 27.4 23.3-31.8
$25,000- 34,999 836 439 55.7 50.2-61.1 173 18.3 14.6-22.7 224 26.0 21.5-31.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,050 567 49.8 45.2-54.4 210 23.5 19.7-27.8 273 26.7 22.8-31.0
$50,000-74,999 898 511 54.9 49.8-60.0 174 22.1 17.5-27.4 213 23.0 19.2-27.3
$75,000+ 1,049 656 61.2 56.8-65.4 149 14.9 11.9-18.5 244 23.9 20.5-27.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 314 185 55.8 48.9-62.4 46 17.2 12.4-23.3 83 27.0 21.3-33.7
Guilford 341 197 56.7 50.2-62.9 61 20.4 15.3-26.6 83 22.9 18.2-28.4
Mecklenburg 360 198 52.9 46.2-59.5 59 18.2 13.3-24.3 103 28.9 23.5-35.0
Orange 373 245 61.5 53.2-69.1 49 13.2 9.3-18.4 79 25.4 18.4-33.8
Wake 384 233 61.0 55.0-66.8 49 11.8 8.4-16.2 102 27.2 22.1-32.9
Chatham/Lee 288 158 53.7 46.6-60.7 48 13.9 10.1-18.8 82 32.4 25.8-39.7
Nash/Wilson 287 156 49.6 42.8-56.4 50 21.9 16.1-29.2 81 28.5 22.7-35.0
Craven/Pamlico 313 164 51.9 45.1-58.6 67 22.2 16.8-28.7 82 26.0 20.3-32.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 321 150 44.2 37.7-50.8 74 25.0 19.6-31.3 97 30.8 24.3-38.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 337 173 50.3 42.4-58.1 58 16.2 12.0-21.5 106 33.5 26.3-41.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 372 204 50.4 41.2-59.7 80 26.8 17.0-39.5 88 22.8 17.0-29.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 311 151 40.2 29.9-51.4 72 20.9 14.7-28.7 88 38.9 25.4-54.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 375 201 51.3 45.4-57.2 68 19.6 15.2-24.8 106 29.1 24.1-34.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 308 158 54.6 47.5-61.6 64 20.8 15.9-26.8 86 24.5 19.4-30.6
Northeast NC I 333 154 43.1 36.2-50.2 85 27.3 21.6-33.9 94 29.6 22.2-38.4
Northeast NC II 371 213 61.1 54.9-66.9 67 16.0 12.3-20.6 91 22.9 18.0-28.7
Northeastern Partnership 704 367 54.8 49.9-59.5 152 20.0 16.7-23.6 185 25.3 21.0-30.1
Mountain AHEC 915 502 53.2 47.9-58.6 169 17.7 14.4-21.5 244 29.1 23.7-35.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,467 1,309 53.3 49.9-56.6 489 20.2 17.5-23.1 669 26.6 23.6-29.8
Piedmont 3,124 1,753 54.1 51.5-56.7 549 18.7 16.6-20.9 822 27.2 24.9-29.5
Western NC 1,488 792 51.1 46.8-55.3 279 19.2 16.2-22.7 417 29.7 25.6-34.2

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65.

^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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