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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 5,882 4,642 77.9 76.1-79.5 1,240 22.1 20.5-23.9
RACE
White 4,297 3,384 77.4 75.3-79.3 913 22.6 20.7-24.7
African American 1,239 983 77.5 73.4-81.2 256 22.5 18.8-26.6
Asian 23 17 88.1 70.4-95.9 6 11.9 4.1-29.6
Native American 146 121 79.4 64.9-89.0 25 20.6 11.0-35.1
Other Minorities 160 124 84.0 74.5-90.3 36 16.0 9.7-25.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 164 132 85.2 75.4-91.5 32 14.8 8.5-24.6
-English Speaking 80 68 84.4 63.2-94.5 12 15.6 5.5-36.8
-Spanish Speaking 84 64 85.5 73.6-92.5 20 14.5 7.5-26.4
Non-Hispanic 5,711 4,507 77.6 75.8-79.3 1,204 22.4 20.7-24.2
AGE
18-24 356 256 70.6 62.7-77.4 100 29.4 22.6-37.3
25-34 872 644 75.2 70.9-79.0 228 24.8 21.0-29.1
35-44 1,087 849 78.4 74.5-81.8 238 21.6 18.2-25.5
45-54 1,147 927 81.5 77.9-84.6 220 18.5 15.4-22.1
55-64 931 776 82.2 77.8-85.8 155 17.8 14.2-22.2
65-74 800 664 83.8 79.9-87.1 136 16.2 12.9-20.1
75+ 645 491 73.2 67.5-78.2 154 26.8 21.8-32.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 970 730 72.4 67.6-76.7 240 27.6 23.3-32.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,767 1,367 76.8 73.3-79.9 400 23.2 20.1-26.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,524 1,206 78.2 74.7-81.4 318 21.8 18.6-25.3
College Graduate 1,606 1,329 82.1 79.1-84.7 277 17.9 15.3-20.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 791 612 74.3 68.9-79.1 179 25.7 20.9-31.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,100 867 77.9 73.8-81.6 233 22.1 18.4-26.2
$25,000- 34,999 665 538 80.9 75.8-85.2 127 19.1 14.8-24.2
$35,000- 49,999 712 568 80.2 75.4-84.2 144 19.8 15.8-24.6
$50,000-74,999 571 452 79.3 74.2-83.6 119 20.7 16.4-25.8
$75,000+ 648 534 81.8 77.1-85.7 114 18.2 14.3-22.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 269 216 80.1 74.0-85.0 53 19.9 15.0-26.0
Guilford 279 213 75.4 68.7-81.1 66 24.6 18.9-31.3
Mecklenburg 277 229 84.4 79.3-88.5 48 15.6 11.5-20.7
Orange 281 217 69.1 57.3-78.8 64 30.9 21.2-42.7
Wake 274 223 81.1 75.0-86.0 51 18.9 14.0-25.0
Chatham/Lee 244 200 79.0 71.4-84.9 44 21.0 15.1-28.6
Nash/Wilson 237 176 71.8 64.8-77.9 61 28.2 22.1-35.2
Craven/Pamlico 281 214 79.1 73.3-83.9 67 20.9 16.1-26.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 270 216 78.4 72.1-83.7 54 21.6 16.3-27.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 231 80.3 73.9-85.4 56 19.7 14.6-26.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 297 229 76.2 69.1-82.1 68 23.8 17.9-30.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 260 205 79.3 73.2-84.3 55 20.7 15.7-26.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 296 232 79.2 73.8-83.8 64 20.8 16.2-26.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 287 225 78.5 72.6-83.4 62 21.5 16.6-27.4
Northeast NC I 312 246 79.0 73.4-83.7 66 21.0 16.3-26.6
Northeast NC II 322 260 80.8 75.3-85.3 62 19.2 14.7-24.7
Northeastern Partnership 634 506 80.1 76.2-83.5 128 19.9 16.5-23.8
Mountain AHEC 798 655 85.0 81.7-87.8 143 15.0 12.2-18.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,116 1,638 76.1 72.8-79.1 478 23.9 20.9-27.2
Piedmont 2,487 1,966 77.5 75.0-79.8 521 22.5 20.2-25.0
Western NC 1,279 1,038 82.9 79.9-85.5 241 17.1 14.5-20.1

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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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