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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 5,871 4,042 69.9 68.1-71.7 1,829 30.1 28.3-31.9
RACE
White 4,290 2,980 70.4 68.3-72.4 1,310 29.6 27.6-31.7
African American 1,236 827 66.4 62.2-70.4 409 33.6 29.6-37.8
Asian 22 17 89.4 67.2-97.2 5 10.6 2.8-32.8
Native American 146 94 54.3 40.1-67.9 52 45.7 32.1-59.9
Other Minorities 160 114 78.1 67.6-85.9 46 21.9 14.1-32.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 164 116 77.1 66.0-85.4 48 22.9 14.6-34.0
-English Speaking 80 55 61.1 41.3-77.8 25 38.9 22.2-58.7
-Spanish Speaking 84 61 84.1 72.2-91.5 23 15.9 8.5-27.8
Non-Hispanic 5,700 3,922 69.6 67.7-71.3 1,778 30.4 28.7-32.3
AGE
18-24 355 246 71.9 64.6-78.2 109 28.1 21.8-35.4
25-34 873 635 73.3 69.0-77.3 238 26.7 22.7-31.0
35-44 1,086 787 72.0 67.8-75.8 299 28.0 24.2-32.2
45-54 1,146 792 71.2 67.2-75.0 354 28.8 25.0-32.8
55-64 930 679 72.8 68.3-76.9 251 27.2 23.1-31.7
65-74 793 531 65.6 60.5-70.3 262 34.4 29.7-39.5
75+ 643 339 54.1 48.4-59.8 304 45.9 40.2-51.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 970 560 58.2 53.1-63.1 410 41.8 36.9-46.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,765 1,164 66.5 63.0-69.9 601 33.5 30.1-37.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,520 1,075 73.7 70.3-76.9 445 26.3 23.1-29.7
College Graduate 1,603 1,235 76.9 73.8-79.7 368 23.1 20.3-26.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 791 482 61.1 55.6-66.3 309 38.9 33.7-44.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,100 741 68.2 63.7-72.3 359 31.8 27.7-36.3
$25,000- 34,999 665 469 71.0 65.2-76.1 196 29.0 23.9-34.8
$35,000- 49,999 710 513 73.9 68.7-78.5 197 26.1 21.5-31.3
$50,000-74,999 570 424 75.5 70.2-80.1 146 24.5 19.9-29.8
$75,000+ 649 526 78.9 74.2-83.0 123 21.1 17.0-25.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 270 181 64.9 58.1-71.1 89 35.1 28.9-41.9
Guilford 278 187 66.7 59.8-73.0 91 33.3 27.0-40.2
Mecklenburg 276 204 75.9 70.0-81.0 72 24.1 19.0-30.0
Orange 279 214 70.3 59.3-79.4 65 29.7 20.6-40.7
Wake 275 206 74.1 67.3-79.9 69 25.9 20.1-32.7
Chatham/Lee 241 170 69.7 62.1-76.4 71 30.3 23.6-37.9
Nash/Wilson 235 159 66.1 58.8-72.7 76 33.9 27.3-41.2
Craven/Pamlico 281 180 63.6 56.8-69.9 101 36.4 30.1-43.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 269 189 71.1 64.6-76.9 80 28.9 23.1-35.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 211 75.2 68.5-81.0 76 24.8 19.0-31.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 296 187 66.0 58.7-72.7 109 34.0 27.3-41.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 260 183 70.5 63.7-76.4 77 29.5 23.6-36.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 295 189 65.6 59.4-71.4 106 34.4 28.6-40.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 286 181 66.5 60.2-72.1 105 33.5 27.9-39.8
Northeast NC I 310 202 66.6 60.3-72.3 108 33.4 27.7-39.7
Northeast NC II 321 221 71.0 65.1-76.2 100 29.0 23.8-34.9
Northeastern Partnership 631 423 69.3 65.0-73.3 208 30.7 26.7-35.0
Mountain AHEC 801 567 71.7 67.4-75.6 234 28.3 24.4-32.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,109 1,396 68.9 65.6-72.0 713 31.1 28.0-34.4
Piedmont 2,481 1,735 70.0 67.4-72.5 746 30.0 27.5-32.6
Western NC 1,281 911 71.8 68.1-75.2 370 28.2 24.8-31.9

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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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