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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,071 3,193 77.5 75.3-79.5 878 22.5 20.5-24.7
GENDER
Male 1,336 969 72.2 68.4-75.8 367 27.8 24.2-31.6
Female 2,735 2,224 81.9 79.5-84.0 511 18.1 16.0-20.5
RACE
White 2,968 2,359 79.0 76.5-81.2 609 21.0 18.8-23.5
African American 826 636 75.6 70.7-79.9 190 24.4 20.1-29.3
Asian 28 24 92.7 75.9-98.1 4 7.3 1.9-24.1
Native American 84 61 76.8 53.7-90.4 23 23.2 9.6-46.3
Other Minorities 149 102 66.3 53.6-77.1 47 33.7 22.9-46.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 159 110 64.9 52.1-75.8 49 35.1 24.2-47.9
-English Speaking 59 47 83.0 64.0-93.1 12 17.0 6.9-36.0
-Spanish Speaking 100 63 60.5 45.8-73.4 37 39.5 26.6-54.2
Non-Hispanic 3,907 3,079 78.4 76.3-80.4 828 21.6 19.6-23.7
AGE
18-24 235 168 73.6 64.4-81.1 67 26.4 18.9-35.6
25-34 872 654 74.0 69.0-78.4 218 26.0 21.6-31.0
35-44 1,103 869 80.5 76.8-83.6 234 19.5 16.4-23.2
45-54 1,077 869 78.9 74.5-82.8 208 21.1 17.2-25.5
55-64 586 467 76.1 69.9-81.4 119 23.9 18.6-30.1
65-74 147 126 84.7 73.8-91.6 21 15.3 8.4-26.2
75+ 20 14 75.5 46.8-91.5 6 24.5 8.5-53.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 314 204 64.3 54.7-72.9 110 35.7 27.1-45.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,120 788 70.2 65.7-74.3 332 29.8 25.7-34.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,114 861 76.5 72.2-80.4 253 23.5 19.6-27.8
College Graduate 1,523 1,340 87.0 84.1-89.4 183 13.0 10.6-15.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 208 151 69.1 54.5-80.6 57 30.9 19.4-45.5
$15,000- 24,999 656 439 65.2 58.8-71.1 217 34.8 28.9-41.2
$25,000- 34,999 531 421 75.9 69.2-81.6 110 24.1 18.4-30.8
$35,000- 49,999 670 517 79.1 74.2-83.3 153 20.9 16.7-25.8
$50,000-74,999 608 503 82.3 77.3-86.4 105 17.7 13.6-22.7
$75,000+ 777 663 84.7 80.5-88.2 114 15.3 11.8-19.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 192 164 83.4 75.4-89.1 28 16.6 10.9-24.6
Guilford 232 185 78.6 71.6-84.3 47 21.4 15.7-28.4
Mecklenburg 223 186 84.2 77.3-89.2 37 15.8 10.8-22.7
Orange 226 207 91.3 85.6-94.9 19 8.7 5.1-14.4
Wake 244 217 88.3 82.4-92.3 27 11.7 7.7-17.6
Chatham/Lee 173 147 83.0 74.3-89.2 26 17.0 10.8-25.7
Nash/Wilson 165 122 68.5 59.1-76.6 43 31.5 23.4-40.9
Craven/Pamlico 170 135 78.4 69.7-85.2 35 21.6 14.8-30.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 174 111 62.7 54.4-70.4 63 37.3 29.6-45.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 187 136 71.0 62.2-78.4 51 29.0 21.6-37.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 199 143 64.1 54.4-72.8 56 35.9 27.2-45.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 175 141 80.9 69.1-88.9 34 19.1 11.1-30.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 185 137 70.0 61.3-77.5 48 30.0 22.5-38.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 170 113 61.6 52.5-70.0 57 38.4 30.0-47.5
Northeast NC I 185 135 73.0 65.1-79.7 50 27.0 20.3-34.9
Northeast NC II 207 172 85.4 79.4-89.9 35 14.6 10.1-20.6
Northeastern Partnership 392 307 81.3 76.6-85.2 85 18.7 14.8-23.4
Mountain AHEC 533 432 79.7 74.6-84.0 101 20.3 16.0-25.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,350 1,029 75.3 70.9-79.3 321 24.7 20.7-29.1
Piedmont 1,872 1,505 78.3 75.4-81.0 367 21.7 19.0-24.6
Western NC 849 659 78.3 74.1-81.9 190 21.7 18.1-25.9

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*Data in this table were derived from the two worksite questions from Tobacco Indicator Module.

^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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