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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,282 1,504 17.2 16.0-18.5 7,778 82.8 81.5-84.0
GENDER
Male 3,396 1,250 32.0 29.7-34.4 2,146 68.0 65.6-70.3
Female 5,886 254 3.4 2.8- 4.1 5,632 96.6 95.9-97.2
RACE
White 6,827 1,233 19.6 18.1-21.1 5,594 80.4 78.9-81.9
African American 1,827 209 13.5 11.0-16.5 1,618 86.5 83.5-89.0
Asian 46 0 0.0 . - . 46 100 . - .
Native American 226 41 18.3 11.0-28.9 185 81.7 71.1-89.0
Other Minorities 322 18 3.7 2.0- 7.0 304 96.3 93.0-98.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 334 16 2.7 1.3- 5.8 318 97.3 94.2-98.7
-English Speaking 134 15 7.8 3.6-15.9 119 92.2 84.1-96.4
-Spanish Speaking 200 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 199 99.0 93.2-99.9
Non-Hispanic 8,938 1,488 18.2 17.0-19.6 7,450 81.8 80.4-83.0
AGE
18-24 570 39 8.4 5.5-12.7 531 91.6 87.3-94.5
25-34 1,395 102 7.7 5.6-10.5 1,293 92.3 89.5-94.4
35-44 1,761 205 12.2 10.1-14.8 1,556 87.8 85.2-89.9
45-54 1,823 347 22.1 19.2-25.4 1,476 77.9 74.6-80.8
55-64 1,508 380 32.6 29.0-36.4 1,128 67.4 63.6-71.0
65-74 1,246 256 25.0 21.3-28.9 990 75.0 71.1-78.7
75+ 920 168 23.4 19.4-27.9 752 76.6 72.1-80.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,566 259 18.4 15.5-21.7 1,307 81.6 78.3-84.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,775 413 17.2 14.9-19.7 2,362 82.8 80.3-85.1
Some Post-H.S. 2,317 375 15.1 13.0-17.6 1,942 84.9 82.4-87.0
College Graduate 2,599 453 18.5 16.4-20.8 2,146 81.5 79.2-83.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,088 177 19.1 15.3-23.7 911 80.9 76.3-84.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,708 244 17.3 14.3-20.6 1,464 82.7 79.4-85.7
$25,000- 34,999 1,024 165 15.5 12.4-19.3 859 84.5 80.7-87.6
$35,000- 49,999 1,225 230 19.8 16.7-23.4 995 80.2 76.6-83.3
$50,000-74,999 1,001 210 20.6 17.1-24.6 791 79.4 75.4-82.9
$75,000+ 1,145 189 17.1 14.0-20.8 956 82.9 79.2-86.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 99 21.9 17.8-26.6 349 78.1 73.4-82.2
Guilford 442 71 19.5 15.1-24.9 371 80.5 75.1-84.9
Mecklenburg 441 59 12.2 9.2-15.9 382 87.8 84.1-90.8
Orange 449 76 16.4 12.5-21.3 373 83.6 78.7-87.5
Wake 445 53 11.8 8.8-15.6 392 88.2 84.4-91.2
Chatham/Lee 392 60 18.4 13.1-25.2 332 81.6 74.8-86.9
Nash/Wilson 369 52 16.1 12.1-21.1 317 83.9 78.9-87.9
Craven/Pamlico 447 88 19.5 15.5-24.3 359 80.5 75.7-84.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 73 19.0 15.0-23.8 354 81.0 76.2-85.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 451 92 23.4 17.7-30.2 359 76.6 69.8-82.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 470 55 11.5 8.1-16.1 415 88.5 83.9-91.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 76 15.8 11.6-21.2 345 84.2 78.8-88.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 467 77 18.9 14.9-23.6 390 81.1 76.4-85.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 410 66 21.6 15.9-28.5 344 78.4 71.5-84.1
Northeast NC I 449 58 12.3 9.3-16.2 391 87.7 83.8-90.7
Northeast NC II 503 72 15.8 12.1-20.2 431 84.2 79.8-87.9
Northeastern Partnership 952 130 14.6 11.9-17.7 822 85.4 82.3-88.1
Mountain AHEC 1,289 252 20.1 17.1-23.4 1,037 79.9 76.6-82.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,249 499 16.5 14.4-18.7 2,750 83.5 81.3-85.6
Piedmont 3,982 616 16.8 15.2-18.6 3,366 83.2 81.4-84.8
Western NC 2,051 389 20.4 17.7-23.5 1,662 79.6 76.5-82.3

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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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