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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 5,969 2,664 45.0 43.1-47.0 3,305 55.0 53.0-56.9
RACE
White 4,351 1,918 45.0 42.7-47.2 2,433 55.0 52.8-57.3
African American 1,265 586 46.3 42.0-50.5 679 53.7 49.5-58.0
Asian 25 8 38.6 14.9-69.3 17 61.4 30.7-85.1
Native American 147 67 40.8 28.4-54.5 80 59.2 45.5-71.6
Other Minorities 162 75 43.8 32.5-55.7 87 56.2 44.3-67.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 80 39.8 28.7-52.0 88 60.2 48.0-71.3
-English Speaking 83 40 46.5 29.7-64.1 43 53.5 35.9-70.3
-Spanish Speaking 85 40 36.8 23.5-52.5 45 63.2 47.5-76.5
Non-Hispanic 5,794 2,581 45.3 43.3-47.2 3,213 54.7 52.8-56.7
AGE
18-24 364 140 42.8 35.2-50.8 224 57.2 49.2-64.8
25-34 878 436 47.8 43.1-52.6 442 52.2 47.4-56.9
35-44 1,098 545 48.0 43.6-52.4 553 52.0 47.6-56.4
45-54 1,159 605 52.7 48.5-57.0 554 47.3 43.0-51.5
55-64 949 512 56.0 51.2-60.6 437 44.0 39.4-48.8
65-74 812 283 35.6 30.9-40.5 529 64.4 59.5-69.1
75+ 661 123 18.4 14.4-23.1 538 81.6 76.9-85.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 996 367 35.0 30.3-40.0 629 65.0 60.0-69.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,802 757 42.5 39.0-46.1 1,045 57.5 53.9-61.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,537 762 51.8 47.9-55.6 775 48.2 44.4-52.1
College Graduate 1,617 776 47.8 44.3-51.4 841 52.2 48.6-55.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 807 342 44.3 39.0-49.7 465 55.7 50.3-61.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,116 486 43.4 38.8-48.1 630 56.6 51.9-61.2
$25,000- 34,999 673 320 47.6 41.5-53.7 353 52.4 46.3-58.5
$35,000- 49,999 715 347 47.1 41.6-52.7 368 52.9 47.3-58.4
$50,000-74,999 575 296 51.9 46.2-57.6 279 48.1 42.4-53.8
$75,000+ 650 350 53.0 47.8-58.2 300 47.0 41.8-52.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 275 109 40.2 33.7-47.1 166 59.8 52.9-66.3
Guilford 280 133 46.0 39.2-53.0 147 54.0 47.0-60.8
Mecklenburg 280 140 49.4 42.9-56.0 140 50.6 44.0-57.1
Orange 282 125 38.5 29.9-47.9 157 61.5 52.1-70.1
Wake 276 126 45.4 38.6-52.4 150 54.6 47.6-61.4
Chatham/Lee 248 100 42.7 35.6-50.2 148 57.3 49.8-64.4
Nash/Wilson 239 107 45.4 38.4-52.6 132 54.6 47.4-61.6
Craven/Pamlico 286 154 51.5 44.7-58.3 132 48.5 41.7-55.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 276 118 43.7 36.8-50.8 158 56.3 49.2-63.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 120 44.2 35.4-53.4 167 55.8 46.6-64.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 300 131 42.9 35.9-50.2 169 57.1 49.8-64.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 264 117 45.6 38.6-52.9 147 54.4 47.1-61.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 298 139 47.6 41.2-54.0 159 52.4 46.0-58.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 292 111 37.2 31.2-43.6 181 62.8 56.4-68.8
Northeast NC I 317 144 44.3 38.2-50.6 173 55.7 49.4-61.8
Northeast NC II 327 154 49.7 43.6-55.9 173 50.3 44.1-56.4
Northeastern Partnership 644 298 47.6 43.1-52.1 346 52.4 47.9-56.9
Mountain AHEC 815 354 45.9 41.3-50.6 461 54.1 49.4-58.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,150 979 43.8 40.4-47.2 1,171 56.2 52.8-59.6
Piedmont 2,519 1,119 45.3 42.6-48.1 1,400 54.7 51.9-57.4
Western NC 1,300 566 46.6 42.5-50.6 734 53.4 49.4-57.5

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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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