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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 5,868 4,243 72.7 70.9-74.4 1,625 27.3 25.6-29.1
RACE
White 4,289 3,183 75.0 73.0-76.9 1,106 25.0 23.1-27.0
African American 1,235 840 68.3 64.2-72.1 395 31.7 27.9-35.8
Asian 23 15 61.4 32.9-83.8 8 38.6 16.2-67.1
Native American 145 96 62.6 49.0-74.5 49 37.4 25.5-51.0
Other Minorities 159 99 62.9 50.8-73.6 60 37.1 26.4-49.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 164 101 58.0 45.4-69.6 63 42.0 30.4-54.6
-English Speaking 81 56 63.6 45.3-78.6 25 36.4 21.4-54.7
-Spanish Speaking 83 45 55.5 39.4-70.5 38 44.5 29.5-60.6
Non-Hispanic 5,697 4,137 73.4 71.6-75.1 1,560 26.6 24.9-28.4
AGE
18-24 356 230 65.4 57.7-72.3 126 34.6 27.7-42.3
25-34 871 671 75.6 71.2-79.5 200 24.4 20.5-28.8
35-44 1,078 843 78.1 74.3-81.6 235 21.9 18.4-25.7
45-54 1,145 934 80.3 76.3-83.7 211 19.7 16.3-23.7
55-64 933 720 81.2 77.5-84.4 213 18.8 15.6-22.5
65-74 793 532 68.4 63.4-73.0 261 31.6 27.0-36.6
75+ 648 285 45.6 39.9-51.3 363 54.4 48.7-60.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 970 579 58.4 53.3-63.3 391 41.6 36.7-46.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,763 1,241 72.2 68.8-75.4 522 27.8 24.6-31.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,521 1,167 77.2 73.9-80.3 354 22.8 19.7-26.1
College Graduate 1,600 1,250 78.0 74.9-80.8 350 22.0 19.2-25.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 789 519 64.9 59.6-69.9 270 35.1 30.1-40.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,103 758 66.8 62.1-71.1 345 33.2 28.9-37.9
$25,000- 34,999 658 501 79.8 74.8-84.0 157 20.2 16.0-25.2
$35,000- 49,999 711 587 81.0 75.8-85.3 124 19.0 14.7-24.2
$50,000-74,999 569 476 84.7 80.4-88.3 93 15.3 11.7-19.6
$75,000+ 647 524 80.6 76.1-84.5 123 19.4 15.5-23.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 269 198 73.1 66.5-78.8 71 26.9 21.2-33.5
Guilford 279 219 77.5 70.9-82.9 60 22.5 17.1-29.1
Mecklenburg 275 218 79.7 73.9-84.4 57 20.3 15.6-26.1
Orange 281 207 75.3 66.5-82.4 74 24.7 17.6-33.5
Wake 275 206 74.7 68.1-80.3 69 25.3 19.7-31.9
Chatham/Lee 244 160 65.0 57.4-72.0 84 35.0 28.0-42.6
Nash/Wilson 235 168 70.5 63.4-76.8 67 29.5 23.2-36.6
Craven/Pamlico 280 221 77.7 71.3-83.0 59 22.3 17.0-28.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 266 189 72.9 66.3-78.7 77 27.1 21.3-33.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 284 200 69.8 61.8-76.7 84 30.2 23.3-38.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 294 215 70.2 62.3-77.0 79 29.8 23.0-37.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 262 187 75.4 69.5-80.6 75 24.6 19.4-30.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 292 197 65.1 58.5-71.1 95 34.9 28.9-41.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 287 203 70.0 63.5-75.7 84 30.0 24.3-36.5
Northeast NC I 311 210 65.0 58.4-71.1 101 35.0 28.9-41.6
Northeast NC II 323 232 75.2 69.7-79.9 91 24.8 20.1-30.3
Northeastern Partnership 634 442 71.3 67.1-75.1 192 28.7 24.9-32.9
Mountain AHEC 801 579 73.3 68.8-77.2 222 26.7 22.8-31.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,109 1,519 74.6 71.6-77.3 590 25.4 22.7-28.4
Piedmont 2,479 1,807 71.6 68.9-74.1 672 28.4 25.9-31.1
Western NC 1,280 917 73.3 69.7-76.6 363 26.7 23.4-30.3

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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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