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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Very important Somewhat important Not at all important Don't know/Not sure Depends on risk
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,407 4,124 94.2 93.1-95.1 116 2.3 1.8- 3.0 6 0.1 0.0- 0.5 33 0.6 0.3- 1.1 128 2.8 2.2- 3.6
RACE
White 3,126 2,889 92.9 91.5-94.1 97 2.8 2.1- 3.7 4 0.2 0.0- 0.7 20 0.7 0.3- 1.3 116 3.5 2.7- 4.5
African American 985 955 97.4 95.7-98.4 14 0.9 0.5- 1.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 8 0.5 0.2- 1.7 7 1.1 0.4- 2.7
Asian 21 18 87.3 55.2-97.4 1 10.0 1.4-46.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2-10.8 1 1.2 0.2- 8.5
Native American 119 112 93.7 83.7-97.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.7 0.1- 3.6 4 5.1 1.5-15.9
Other Minorities 145 139 98.3 95.3-99.4 3 1.3 0.3- 4.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 150 142 98.5 96.5-99.3 4 0.9 0.3- 2.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8
-English Speaking 67 61 95.7 88.8-98.4 4 3.1 0.9- 9.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.3 0.2- 6.4
-Spanish Speaking 83 81 99.6 98.1-99.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 4,254 3,979 93.9 92.8-94.8 112 2.4 1.8- 3.1 6 0.2 0.0- 0.5 31 0.6 0.3- 1.1 126 2.9 2.3- 3.8
AGE
18-24 360 352 98.9 97.3-99.5 4 0.7 0.2- 2.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.3 0.1- 0.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
25-34 875 844 96.1 93.9-97.6 17 2.0 1.1- 3.7 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 2 0.1 0.0- 0.7 10 1.6 0.7- 3.6
35-44 1,092 1,030 93.4 90.9-95.3 25 3.1 1.9- 5.2 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 7 0.6 0.2- 1.6 29 2.9 1.8- 4.6
45-54 1,146 1,061 92.7 90.1-94.6 34 3.0 1.9- 4.7 2 0.4 0.1- 2.6 4 0.1 0.0- 0.2 45 3.9 2.5- 6.0
55-64 934 837 90.3 87.1-92.8 36 2.0 1.4- 3.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 17 2.4 1.1- 5.1 43 5.1 3.4- 7.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 496 470 96.6 93.2-98.4 11 0.8 0.4- 1.6 0 0.0 . - . 10 1.7 0.5- 5.4 5 0.9 0.2- 3.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,311 1,242 95.7 94.0-97.0 38 2.3 1.4- 3.8 3 0.2 0.0- 0.6 10 0.8 0.3- 1.9 18 1.0 0.5- 1.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,220 1,152 95.5 93.6-96.8 24 1.6 0.9- 2.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 6 0.2 0.1- 0.5 37 2.7 1.7- 4.3
College Graduate 1,375 1,255 90.4 87.9-92.4 43 3.5 2.4- 5.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.8 7 0.4 0.1- 1.2 68 5.4 3.9- 7.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 485 470 97.8 95.2-99.0 8 0.7 0.3- 1.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 0.6 0.2- 1.9 3 0.9 0.2- 4.5
$15,000- 24,999 805 771 95.9 93.3-97.5 13 1.6 0.8- 3.4 3 0.7 0.1- 2.9 6 0.2 0.1- 0.5 12 1.6 0.7- 3.6
$25,000- 34,999 549 517 95.1 92.0-97.1 17 2.7 1.4- 5.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.3 0.4- 4.3 10 0.9 0.4- 2.0
$35,000- 49,999 621 574 93.7 90.1-96.0 22 2.6 1.3- 5.0 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 3 0.9 0.1- 5.3 21 2.8 1.5- 5.1
$50,000-74,999 525 492 93.9 90.2-96.3 11 1.4 0.6- 3.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 21 4.6 2.5- 8.2
$75,000+ 610 557 90.6 87.1-93.2 16 2.9 1.6- 5.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 4 0.4 0.1- 1.2 32 6.0 3.9- 9.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 187 170 90.1 81.8-94.8 5 4.5 1.2-14.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 11 5.2 2.7- 9.8
Guilford 215 199 92.4 87.2-95.6 5 2.0 0.7- 5.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 3 1.8 0.5- 7.0 7 3.6 1.7- 7.5
Mecklenburg 224 208 92.5 87.5-95.6 7 2.3 0.9- 5.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 9 5.2 2.6-10.0
Orange 230 206 90.3 80.7-95.3 11 6.3 2.1-17.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 12 3.3 1.8- 6.1
Wake 230 209 92.8 88.8-95.5 10 3.9 2.0- 7.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 9 2.8 1.4- 5.5
Chatham/Lee 175 163 94.4 90.0-97.0 5 2.4 0.9- 6.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 6 2.7 1.2- 5.9
Nash/Wilson 176 167 95.0 89.5-97.7 3 1.7 0.5- 5.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.2 1.2- 8.5
Craven/Pamlico 201 190 95.3 91.2-97.5 3 1.5 0.4- 5.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 0 0.0 . - . 7 2.7 1.2- 6.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 193 181 95.5 92.0-97.5 8 3.0 1.5- 6.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 215 196 93.8 90.1-96.2 8 2.8 1.3- 5.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.8 0.2- 3.0 9 2.6 1.3- 5.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 234 228 98.3 95.9-99.3 3 0.9 0.2- 3.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 188 177 95.3 91.2-97.5 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 3 1.3 0.4- 4.4 3 1.2 0.3- 4.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 235 226 96.1 92.4-98.1 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 3 0.9 0.3- 3.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 207 194 93.2 88.4-96.1 6 3.4 1.5- 7.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.6 0.5- 5.2 4 1.7 0.6- 4.6
Northeast NC I 228 212 93.6 89.4-96.1 7 3.1 1.4- 6.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1 4 1.7 0.6- 4.9
Northeast NC II 233 223 96.2 92.9-98.0 6 2.3 1.0- 5.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2
Northeastern Partnership 461 435 95.2 92.8-96.8 13 2.6 1.5- 4.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 6 0.7 0.3- 1.6 6 1.2 0.5- 2.7
Mountain AHEC 567 524 92.2 88.5-94.7 14 2.8 1.3- 5.8 2 0.4 0.1- 2.1 4 0.2 0.1- 0.6 23 4.4 2.7- 7.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,577 1,494 95.4 93.7-96.6 34 1.8 1.1- 2.8 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 12 0.6 0.2- 1.2 35 2.2 1.3- 3.6
Piedmont 1,908 1,775 93.7 92.1-95.0 59 2.6 1.8- 3.7 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 13 0.7 0.3- 1.5 60 3.0 2.2- 4.2
Western NC 922 855 93.3 90.7-95.3 23 2.2 1.2- 3.9 3 0.8 0.2- 3.7 8 0.6 0.2- 1.5 33 3.1 2.0- 4.7

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65.

^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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