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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,972 4,226 67.8 65.9-69.7 1,078 17.8 16.4-19.3 668 14.4 12.9-16.1
RACE
White 4,356 3,143 69.7 67.5-71.8 796 18.6 16.9-20.4 417 11.7 10.2-13.5
African American 1,265 894 69.4 65.4-73.1 233 18.2 15.4-21.5 138 12.4 9.8-15.5
Asian 24 12 42.9 19.3-70.2 3 13.9 2.7-48.6 9 43.2 18.2-72.3
Native American 147 92 60.5 46.1-73.3 27 13.7 8.3-22.0 28 25.7 14.1-42.2
Other Minorities 161 74 39.8 29.0-51.6 17 6.3 3.3-11.5 70 53.9 42.0-65.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 83 38.6 27.9-50.5 17 6.3 3.2-11.9 68 55.1 43.0-66.6
-English Speaking 83 61 62.2 42.2-78.7 8 5.8 2.2-14.4 14 32.0 16.0-53.8
-Spanish Speaking 85 22 28.0 16.2-43.8 9 6.5 2.8-14.6 54 65.5 49.8-78.4
Non-Hispanic 5,797 4,138 69.2 67.3-71.1 1,061 18.3 16.9-19.9 598 12.4 11.0-13.9
AGE
18-24 364 194 48.1 40.5-55.9 63 15.3 10.7-21.6 107 36.5 29.2-44.5
25-34 881 569 63.1 58.3-67.6 153 17.5 14.3-21.4 159 19.4 15.7-23.7
35-44 1,098 761 68.3 64.0-72.4 178 15.1 12.5-18.2 159 16.6 13.1-20.7
45-54 1,159 848 72.1 68.0-75.9 190 17.4 14.3-21.1 121 10.4 8.1-13.4
55-64 950 716 76.1 72.0-79.8 175 18.0 14.8-21.8 59 5.8 4.0- 8.5
65-74 811 595 74.7 70.1-78.8 178 21.1 17.5-25.3 38 4.2 2.3- 7.3
75+ 661 503 72.0 66.4-77.0 136 24.7 19.9-30.2 22 3.3 1.9- 5.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 995 690 63.7 58.4-68.7 170 16.2 13.0-20.0 135 20.1 15.6-25.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,803 1,311 70.4 67.0-73.6 294 15.9 13.6-18.5 198 13.7 11.1-16.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,539 1,076 67.9 64.0-71.5 302 18.3 15.6-21.3 161 13.9 11.0-17.3
College Graduate 1,618 1,136 67.7 64.2-71.0 311 20.4 17.6-23.5 171 11.9 9.6-14.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 806 548 66.4 61.1-71.3 137 17.4 13.9-21.5 121 16.2 12.3-21.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,117 771 62.7 58.0-67.3 174 16.1 13.0-19.9 172 21.1 17.2-25.6
$25,000- 34,999 673 488 69.5 63.4-75.1 101 12.2 9.1-16.1 84 18.3 13.4-24.4
$35,000- 49,999 715 530 76.7 71.7-81.0 133 14.4 11.3-18.2 52 8.9 5.8-13.4
$50,000-74,999 574 423 72.5 67.1-77.3 106 18.8 14.8-23.6 45 8.7 5.9-12.7
$75,000+ 654 492 71.3 66.2-76.0 116 20.3 16.3-24.9 46 8.4 5.7-12.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 275 201 72.0 65.5-77.7 48 16.7 12.3-22.2 26 11.3 7.5-16.6
Guilford 279 185 67.1 60.2-73.2 61 19.4 14.7-25.2 33 13.5 9.2-19.4
Mecklenburg 280 203 72.9 66.7-78.2 55 18.6 14.2-24.1 22 8.5 5.4-13.1
Orange 282 175 61.0 51.2-69.9 56 18.2 12.0-26.8 51 20.8 14.4-29.1
Wake 276 182 60.8 53.5-67.7 54 17.5 13.2-22.8 40 21.7 15.5-29.6
Chatham/Lee 248 168 62.5 54.6-69.7 55 22.9 17.1-29.8 25 14.7 9.2-22.5
Nash/Wilson 240 185 76.7 70.2-82.2 36 13.5 9.6-18.6 19 9.8 6.1-15.4
Craven/Pamlico 286 210 70.0 62.7-76.4 51 20.1 14.4-27.2 25 10.0 6.4-15.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 276 221 80.1 74.1-85.0 34 12.1 8.3-17.5 21 7.8 4.9-12.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 203 65.2 55.0-74.1 49 20.6 12.1-32.8 35 14.2 9.9-20.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 301 224 72.6 65.2-78.9 48 17.2 11.7-24.5 29 10.2 6.9-14.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 264 190 71.8 65.3-77.5 38 13.1 9.3-18.1 36 15.1 10.7-20.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 299 207 65.0 58.5-71.1 56 19.9 15.2-25.6 36 15.1 10.6-21.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 293 217 74.1 67.7-79.7 54 15.7 11.9-20.4 22 10.2 6.1-16.5
Northeast NC I 317 234 73.9 67.8-79.2 51 15.2 11.2-20.5 32 10.9 7.4-15.6
Northeast NC II 327 230 67.3 61.0-73.1 51 15.6 11.5-20.8 46 17.1 12.6-22.8
Northeastern Partnership 644 464 69.8 65.3-74.0 102 15.5 12.4-19.1 78 14.7 11.5-18.6
Mountain AHEC 815 586 71.0 66.5-75.1 140 17.6 14.3-21.3 89 11.5 8.6-15.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,152 1,537 66.6 63.1-70.0 378 18.2 15.7-20.9 237 15.2 12.4-18.5
Piedmont 2,519 1,744 67.6 64.8-70.2 486 17.9 15.9-20.0 289 14.6 12.5-17.0
Western NC 1,301 945 71.6 67.6-75.3 214 16.4 13.6-19.7 142 12.0 9.3-15.3

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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included

^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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