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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,840 4,192 71.1 69.3-72.9 388 7.2 6.2- 8.3 457 7.7 6.8- 8.9 394 6.9 5.9- 7.9 409 7.1 6.2- 8.2
RACE
White 4,257 3,012 70.1 67.9-72.1 302 7.5 6.4- 8.8 346 8.0 6.9- 9.4 289 6.7 5.7- 7.9 308 7.7 6.5- 9.0
African American 1,237 923 74.5 70.6-78.1 70 6.4 4.4- 9.2 84 5.4 4.0- 7.2 78 7.4 5.4-10.2 82 6.3 4.5- 8.6
Asian 25 19 74.1 45.1-90.9 1 6.3 0.9-34.5 4 18.2 4.9-48.7 1 1.3 0.2- 9.5 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 142 99 64.0 49.2-76.6 3 1.2 0.3- 4.8 12 16.3 6.7-34.7 14 10.1 5.2-18.6 14 8.4 3.8-17.8
Other Minorities 161 123 73.4 61.5-82.7 12 7.5 2.9-17.7 11 9.4 4.1-20.1 11 7.1 3.2-14.9 4 2.6 0.7- 9.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 166 126 72.3 60.0-81.9 11 8.2 3.3-19.1 12 8.0 3.2-18.4 12 8.4 4.0-17.0 5 3.1 0.9-10.1
-English Speaking 82 54 46.6 30.3-63.7 9 25.1 10.5-48.7 5 2.4 0.9- 6.6 9 15.8 7.0-31.9 5 10.1 3.0-28.8
-Spanish Speaking 84 72 83.8 68.5-92.5 2 0.6 0.1- 3.7 7 10.4 3.8-25.4 3 5.1 1.3-18.5 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 5,668 4,060 71.0 69.2-72.8 377 7.1 6.2- 8.2 445 7.8 6.8- 8.9 382 6.8 5.9- 7.8 404 7.3 6.3- 8.4
AGE
18-24 359 240 66.8 59.2-73.7 38 9.1 5.6-14.7 38 12.9 8.6-19.0 27 6.4 3.8-10.5 16 4.7 2.2-10.0
25-34 872 569 66.8 62.2-71.2 73 8.5 6.2-11.5 90 8.3 6.2-11.0 77 8.3 6.0-11.4 63 8.1 5.7-11.3
35-44 1,088 712 67.1 62.9-71.0 80 6.9 5.0- 9.3 118 10.1 7.8-12.9 105 9.5 7.2-12.3 73 6.6 4.8- 9.0
45-54 1,133 760 67.8 63.8-71.6 100 10.1 7.8-12.9 97 7.3 5.4- 9.7 77 6.0 4.3- 8.3 99 8.8 6.7-11.4
55-64 924 674 71.8 67.2-76.1 53 5.6 3.8- 8.1 58 5.5 3.7- 8.0 56 7.6 5.3-10.9 83 9.5 6.8-13.1
65-74 785 652 80.2 75.7-84.0 24 3.9 2.2- 6.7 36 5.1 3.3- 7.8 33 4.6 2.9- 7.2 40 6.3 4.1- 9.5
75+ 631 547 87.9 84.0-90.9 19 3.2 1.7- 5.9 17 2.7 1.4- 5.1 16 2.0 1.1- 3.7 32 4.3 2.6- 6.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 953 703 74.0 69.2-78.2 39 4.8 2.9- 7.8 58 5.7 3.7- 8.7 61 7.0 4.8-10.2 92 8.5 6.2-11.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,758 1,271 71.0 67.6-74.1 88 5.9 4.4- 8.0 130 7.3 5.6- 9.6 122 7.5 5.8- 9.6 147 8.3 6.6-10.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,514 1,065 68.0 64.1-71.6 111 8.2 6.2-10.7 120 8.6 6.6-11.1 117 7.3 5.6- 9.5 101 7.9 5.9-10.7
College Graduate 1,598 1,138 72.3 69.1-75.2 150 9.1 7.4-11.2 147 8.7 6.9-10.8 94 5.7 4.3- 7.5 69 4.2 3.1- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 772 515 67.7 62.5-72.4 25 2.7 1.6- 4.5 60 5.9 4.1- 8.6 72 10.7 7.6-14.9 100 13.0 10.1-16.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,096 781 69.5 64.9-73.8 61 6.7 4.5-10.0 99 8.5 6.3-11.5 66 6.8 4.8- 9.6 89 8.4 6.0-11.6
$25,000- 34,999 661 458 69.9 64.2-75.0 63 9.2 6.5-12.8 52 8.1 5.3-12.3 48 7.5 4.9-11.4 40 5.3 3.5- 8.0
$35,000- 49,999 706 518 73.7 68.7-78.2 46 4.7 3.1- 7.0 58 9.0 6.3-12.7 46 6.6 4.5- 9.6 38 6.1 3.9- 9.3
$50,000-74,999 563 412 70.9 65.2-75.9 46 8.8 5.9-12.9 39 7.3 4.8-10.9 43 7.7 5.1-11.4 23 5.4 3.1- 9.1
$75,000+ 648 481 72.2 67.2-76.7 69 12.3 9.1-16.3 53 8.0 5.6-11.3 30 4.8 3.0- 7.7 15 2.7 1.4- 5.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 271 189 68.3 61.4-74.4 25 8.8 5.7-13.3 25 10.3 6.2-16.4 19 6.9 4.2-11.0 13 5.8 3.2-10.3
Guilford 280 199 67.8 60.7-74.2 24 10.3 6.5-16.0 20 9.0 5.5-14.4 16 6.3 3.4-11.2 21 6.6 4.0-10.7
Mecklenburg 275 194 69.3 62.8-75.1 19 6.6 4.1-10.6 26 10.7 7.1-15.8 19 7.8 4.8-12.4 17 5.6 3.2- 9.6
Orange 279 205 73.4 63.3-81.6 27 9.4 6.1-14.3 22 6.0 3.7- 9.7 16 4.7 2.6- 8.2 9 6.4 1.6-22.9
Wake 275 196 68.8 61.8-74.9 22 9.0 5.5-14.3 26 10.7 7.1-15.9 20 8.1 4.9-13.1 11 3.4 1.8- 6.2
Chatham/Lee 243 186 76.3 69.4-82.0 12 5.8 3.1-10.4 19 7.5 4.3-12.9 16 6.6 3.9-10.9 10 3.9 1.8- 7.9
Nash/Wilson 234 173 71.8 64.8-78.0 12 6.0 3.3-10.7 16 7.3 4.3-12.0 17 7.5 4.4-12.8 16 7.4 4.3-12.3
Craven/Pamlico 277 194 68.9 62.3-74.9 19 6.9 4.2-11.1 23 9.1 5.7-14.2 23 8.1 5.2-12.3 18 7.1 4.4-11.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 267 177 67.2 60.4-73.3 18 7.1 4.2-11.6 24 8.9 5.7-13.7 28 9.3 6.2-13.7 20 7.5 4.7-11.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 277 180 67.1 59.5-74.0 18 5.9 3.6- 9.7 34 11.7 8.0-16.9 16 6.7 3.7-11.8 29 8.5 5.7-12.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 291 206 70.9 63.4-77.3 20 9.4 5.3-16.2 27 9.0 5.3-14.9 18 5.5 3.3- 9.1 20 5.2 3.2- 8.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 261 195 76.5 70.4-81.7 13 4.2 2.4- 7.4 23 8.6 5.5-13.3 17 6.8 4.1-11.0 13 3.8 2.1- 6.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 289 222 78.4 72.7-83.1 9 3.4 1.7- 6.7 21 6.4 3.9-10.4 14 5.5 3.1- 9.4 23 6.3 4.1- 9.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 284 204 71.1 64.6-76.8 15 7.3 4.0-12.9 21 6.5 4.1-10.1 26 8.6 5.8-12.8 18 6.5 3.9-10.8
Northeast NC I 313 236 75.6 69.8-80.6 18 6.6 3.9-11.0 22 6.8 4.4-10.4 15 3.7 2.2- 6.3 22 7.4 4.7-11.4
Northeast NC II 318 237 72.5 66.3-77.8 14 5.3 2.9- 9.5 18 6.0 3.5-10.0 20 6.9 4.3-10.8 29 9.4 6.3-13.8
Northeastern Partnership 631 473 73.7 69.3-77.6 32 5.8 3.8- 8.7 40 6.3 4.4- 8.9 35 5.6 3.9- 8.2 51 8.6 6.3-11.6
Mountain AHEC 800 575 69.9 65.3-74.1 52 5.9 4.2- 8.2 65 7.7 5.4-10.8 53 7.5 5.1-10.7 55 9.0 6.5-12.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,096 1,552 74.0 70.9-76.9 116 6.7 5.1- 8.7 141 6.3 4.8- 8.2 140 6.8 5.3- 8.6 147 6.3 5.0- 8.0
Piedmont 2,476 1,759 69.8 67.2-72.4 190 7.8 6.5- 9.5 205 8.6 7.1-10.3 160 6.6 5.3- 8.1 162 7.2 5.8- 8.9
Western NC 1,268 881 70.1 66.5-73.6 82 5.7 4.3- 7.4 111 7.7 5.9- 9.9 94 8.1 6.2-10.5 100 8.5 6.5-10.9

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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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