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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
True False Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,417 3,966 90.5 89.0-91.8 117 2.5 1.8- 3.5 334 7.0 5.9- 8.2
RACE
White 3,133 2,896 92.7 91.1-94.0 52 2.1 1.3- 3.4 185 5.3 4.3- 6.4
African American 987 838 87.9 84.9-90.5 47 3.4 2.2- 5.0 102 8.7 6.5-11.5
Asian 21 19 95.9 81.8-99.2 1 3.0 0.4-19.3 1 1.2 0.1- 8.4
Native American 120 98 87.6 79.4-92.8 9 5.6 2.4-12.3 13 6.8 3.5-12.9
Other Minorities 145 108 75.4 62.6-84.9 8 3.7 1.1-11.9 29 20.8 12.0-33.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 150 114 73.6 60.4-83.6 7 3.4 0.9-12.5 29 23.0 13.6-36.0
-English Speaking 67 58 83.3 61.0-94.1 4 10.3 2.2-37.1 5 6.4 1.9-19.7
-Spanish Speaking 83 56 69.8 53.1-82.5 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5 24 29.6 17.0-46.3
Non-Hispanic 4,264 3,849 91.5 90.2-92.7 110 2.4 1.7- 3.4 305 6.1 5.2- 7.1
AGE
18-24 361 320 88.2 81.2-92.8 18 6.0 2.8-12.4 23 5.8 3.0-11.1
25-34 877 804 92.4 89.5-94.6 19 1.9 1.0- 3.5 54 5.7 3.8- 8.4
35-44 1,093 994 92.9 90.6-94.7 31 1.5 1.0- 2.3 68 5.6 3.9- 7.8
45-54 1,149 1,028 90.0 87.1-92.3 30 2.2 1.2- 3.8 91 7.8 5.8-10.5
55-64 937 820 87.0 83.4-90.0 19 2.1 1.1- 4.1 98 10.8 8.1-14.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 497 357 73.8 66.8-79.8 37 5.0 3.1- 8.0 103 21.2 15.6-28.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,313 1,129 87.5 84.7-89.9 39 3.1 1.8- 5.2 145 9.4 7.5-11.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,224 1,135 92.9 90.0-95.1 27 2.6 1.2- 5.6 62 4.5 3.2- 6.3
College Graduate 1,378 1,340 97.7 96.3-98.6 14 0.8 0.4- 1.8 24 1.4 0.8- 2.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 486 395 78.2 71.8-83.5 33 4.9 3.1- 7.6 58 16.9 12.0-23.3
$15,000- 24,999 806 695 86.3 82.1-89.7 26 4.2 2.4- 7.3 85 9.5 6.8-13.1
$25,000- 34,999 550 500 89.7 83.6-93.8 11 2.3 0.7- 7.0 39 8.0 4.5-13.6
$35,000- 49,999 622 587 95.0 91.9-97.0 12 1.0 0.5- 1.8 23 4.0 2.2- 7.2
$50,000-74,999 526 503 96.2 93.7-97.8 5 0.3 0.1- 0.9 18 3.4 1.9- 6.0
$75,000+ 611 592 97.1 94.2-98.6 8 1.3 0.4- 4.1 11 1.5 0.6- 3.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 188 174 93.8 89.3-96.5 5 2.4 1.0- 5.7 9 3.8 1.8- 7.8
Guilford 215 205 96.0 92.1-98.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 9 3.8 1.8- 7.7
Mecklenburg 223 214 96.2 92.3-98.2 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 6 2.8 1.2- 6.7
Orange 230 225 97.9 94.7-99.2 4 1.4 0.5- 3.8 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9
Wake 231 222 93.7 86.3-97.3 0 0.0 . - . 9 6.3 2.7-13.7
Chatham/Lee 175 155 87.6 79.8-92.6 4 2.0 0.6- 6.8 16 10.4 5.8-18.0
Nash/Wilson 176 155 89.0 83.0-93.1 9 5.5 2.7-10.7 12 5.5 2.9-10.2
Craven/Pamlico 201 172 85.8 79.6-90.3 10 5.7 2.9-10.7 19 8.5 5.3-13.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 193 172 91.2 86.2-94.5 6 2.5 1.1- 5.7 15 6.4 3.6-10.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 215 193 90.0 84.1-93.9 5 2.7 1.0- 6.9 17 7.3 4.1-12.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 235 205 83.6 75.9-89.2 6 3.3 1.3- 8.1 24 13.2 8.2-20.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 188 169 90.5 85.0-94.2 7 3.7 1.8- 7.8 12 5.7 3.0-10.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 235 203 84.1 77.7-89.0 6 3.3 1.4- 7.6 26 12.6 8.3-18.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 207 169 81.9 75.5-87.0 9 5.0 2.5-10.0 29 13.0 8.9-18.7
Northeast NC I 228 200 88.4 83.1-92.2 11 4.2 2.2- 7.7 17 7.5 4.5-12.2
Northeast NC II 234 198 85.0 78.8-89.6 6 3.7 1.4- 9.4 30 11.3 7.6-16.4
Northeastern Partnership 462 398 86.3 82.1-89.6 17 3.9 2.1- 7.2 47 9.8 7.2-13.3
Mountain AHEC 570 519 92.5 89.4-94.8 18 2.6 1.5- 4.8 33 4.8 3.0- 7.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,580 1,368 89.6 87.5-91.4 53 2.4 1.6- 3.4 159 8.0 6.4- 9.9
Piedmont 1,912 1,763 90.8 88.5-92.7 39 2.5 1.5- 4.2 110 6.7 5.1- 8.6
Western NC 925 835 91.1 88.3-93.3 25 2.7 1.5- 4.8 65 6.2 4.5- 8.5

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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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