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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,844 2,567 42.4 40.5-44.3 2,548 43.9 42.0-45.9 511 9.7 8.5-11.0 39 0.6 0.4- 0.9 179 3.4 2.7- 4.3
RACE
White 4,266 1,979 44.7 42.5-47.0 1,803 42.7 40.4-45.0 335 8.9 7.7-10.3 27 0.5 0.3- 0.8 122 3.2 2.4- 4.1
African American 1,230 462 34.8 31.0-38.8 560 45.7 41.4-50.0 148 13.2 10.4-16.5 9 0.9 0.4- 2.0 51 5.4 3.5- 8.3
Asian 25 15 68.3 40.6-87.2 9 31.1 12.4-58.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.8
Native American 143 47 37.5 24.9-52.0 71 48.5 35.0-62.1 18 10.4 5.2-19.6 3 2.0 0.6- 6.7 4 1.6 0.5- 5.0
Other Minorities 161 55 36.8 26.0-49.2 98 56.0 43.8-67.5 7 7.1 2.8-17.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 167 60 33.4 22.9-46.0 100 60.9 48.2-72.3 6 5.5 1.7-16.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0
-English Speaking 82 42 55.1 37.6-71.4 35 36.2 22.3-52.8 4 8.3 1.5-34.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
-Spanish Speaking 85 18 23.7 12.4-40.5 65 72.0 55.1-84.3 2 4.3 0.8-19.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 5,670 2,506 42.9 41.0-44.9 2,444 43.1 41.1-45.1 503 9.8 8.7-11.1 39 0.6 0.4- 0.9 178 3.6 2.9- 4.5
AGE
18-24 356 139 36.1 29.0-43.9 159 47.5 39.7-55.4 40 10.7 7.0-16.1 4 0.3 0.1- 0.8 14 5.5 2.7-10.8
25-34 870 327 38.9 34.3-43.7 417 46.8 42.1-51.6 97 10.4 7.8-13.8 4 0.2 0.1- 0.6 25 3.6 2.2- 5.9
35-44 1,082 396 34.8 30.8-39.0 527 48.8 44.4-53.3 121 11.8 9.2-15.1 8 0.7 0.3- 1.6 30 3.9 2.4- 6.3
45-54 1,151 479 41.8 37.7-46.1 497 41.4 37.2-45.7 126 13.6 10.7-17.2 12 0.9 0.5- 1.8 37 2.2 1.4- 3.4
55-64 931 430 47.7 42.9-52.5 405 42.6 37.9-47.3 67 7.3 5.2-10.3 6 0.9 0.3- 2.5 23 1.5 0.9- 2.5
65-74 780 429 56.3 51.2-61.3 297 36.8 32.0-41.8 31 4.2 2.6- 6.8 3 0.6 0.2- 2.3 20 2.1 1.1- 3.9
75+ 627 349 54.4 48.7-60.1 223 36.3 31.0-42.0 26 3.9 2.3- 6.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 28 5.1 3.0- 8.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 950 366 35.0 30.3-40.1 433 46.4 41.2-51.6 95 12.0 9.0-15.9 11 1.2 0.6- 2.5 45 5.4 3.6- 8.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,762 671 35.9 32.5-39.3 823 48.7 45.0-52.4 196 11.7 9.6-14.3 10 0.5 0.2- 1.0 62 3.2 2.2- 4.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,507 662 43.3 39.5-47.2 663 42.8 39.0-46.7 125 9.5 7.3-12.3 14 0.6 0.3- 1.3 43 3.7 2.3- 6.0
College Graduate 1,608 860 52.9 49.4-56.4 623 38.3 34.9-41.8 94 6.3 4.7- 8.4 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0 27 2.1 1.2- 3.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 770 343 39.9 34.9-45.2 324 46.3 40.8-51.9 61 7.3 5.2-10.1 11 1.7 0.8- 3.7 31 4.8 2.8- 8.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,095 401 33.6 29.4-38.1 511 46.7 42.0-51.5 134 14.6 11.3-18.7 10 0.8 0.4- 1.7 39 4.3 2.8- 6.5
$25,000- 34,999 665 268 45.7 39.6-51.9 306 41.4 35.6-47.4 63 9.6 6.6-13.9 4 0.6 0.2- 1.8 24 2.7 1.6- 4.6
$35,000- 49,999 709 317 41.9 36.5-47.5 312 45.5 40.0-51.1 64 10.9 7.8-15.0 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 14 1.5 0.6- 3.7
$50,000-74,999 571 248 44.6 38.9-50.4 264 43.9 38.3-49.6 43 8.4 5.6-12.6 4 0.4 0.1- 1.0 12 2.8 1.3- 5.7
$75,000+ 651 338 50.4 45.2-55.6 262 39.0 34.0-44.2 41 9.3 6.3-13.6 0 0.0 . - . 10 1.3 0.5- 2.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 272 139 49.2 42.5-56.0 100 37.6 31.1-44.5 23 9.7 6.1-15.2 3 1.3 0.4- 4.0 7 2.2 1.0- 4.8
Guilford 278 114 39.0 32.5-45.8 128 47.3 40.5-54.3 23 7.9 5.1-11.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 12 5.6 2.9-10.7
Mecklenburg 274 129 47.2 40.6-53.8 116 41.3 34.9-47.9 20 7.6 4.8-11.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 7 3.2 1.4- 7.2
Orange 278 168 60.6 51.2-69.3 100 36.6 28.2-46.0 8 1.9 0.9- 4.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7
Wake 274 123 46.4 39.4-53.5 124 43.6 36.8-50.6 15 6.5 3.8-11.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 11 3.2 1.8- 5.9
Chatham/Lee 244 112 42.0 35.0-49.3 112 50.5 43.1-57.9 17 6.2 3.7-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.2 0.4- 3.8
Nash/Wilson 231 104 40.7 34.0-47.8 92 41.8 34.9-49.1 26 12.3 8.1-18.2 3 1.9 0.5- 6.3 6 3.3 1.3- 8.2
Craven/Pamlico 281 130 45.9 39.2-52.8 118 42.5 35.7-49.6 23 8.3 5.2-13.0 2 0.7 0.2- 3.2 8 2.6 1.2- 5.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 274 110 38.1 31.6-45.0 127 47.0 40.0-54.0 28 10.9 7.3-16.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 8 3.7 1.7- 7.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 280 134 48.9 40.1-57.8 116 40.0 32.2-48.4 20 8.0 4.8-13.0 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 8 2.3 1.1- 4.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 297 118 39.8 32.8-47.2 125 40.4 33.6-47.6 36 12.3 8.0-18.4 4 2.1 0.7- 6.0 14 5.4 2.4-11.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 260 127 48.1 40.9-55.3 109 42.1 35.3-49.2 15 7.1 4.1-12.1 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 7 2.2 1.0- 4.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 290 108 37.7 31.6-44.2 131 44.8 38.4-51.4 38 12.8 9.1-17.7 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3 10 3.4 1.6- 7.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 287 95 34.3 28.4-40.8 153 53.8 47.2-60.2 25 7.9 5.1-12.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 13 3.7 2.0- 6.6
Northeast NC I 308 113 37.5 31.5-44.0 144 45.2 38.9-51.6 33 12.0 8.2-17.2 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5 13 3.5 1.9- 6.4
Northeast NC II 312 122 39.0 33.0-45.3 160 49.8 43.5-56.1 23 8.8 5.6-13.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 6 2.2 1.0- 5.0
Northeastern Partnership 620 235 38.4 34.0-43.0 304 48.0 43.4-52.6 56 10.0 7.5-13.4 6 0.8 0.4- 1.9 19 2.7 1.6- 4.5
Mountain AHEC 804 395 49.9 45.2-54.5 327 40.1 35.6-44.7 58 7.7 5.6-10.5 6 0.8 0.3- 2.1 18 1.6 0.9- 2.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,093 846 40.5 37.1-43.9 952 44.9 41.4-48.5 211 10.9 8.9-13.4 15 0.6 0.3- 1.1 69 3.1 2.1- 4.4
Piedmont 2,473 1,104 41.8 39.1-44.6 1,072 44.4 41.6-47.2 204 9.3 7.8-11.2 15 0.5 0.3- 1.0 78 3.9 2.9- 5.3
Western NC 1,278 617 48.7 44.7-52.8 524 39.9 36.1-43.9 96 8.4 6.4-10.8 9 0.8 0.4- 2.0 32 2.2 1.2- 3.7

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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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