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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 5,886 254 3.4 2.8- 4.1 5,632 96.6 95.9-97.2
RACE
White 4,299 206 3.9 3.1- 4.8 4,093 96.1 95.2-96.9
African American 1,241 35 2.4 1.5- 3.9 1,206 97.6 96.1-98.5
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 23 100 . - .
Native American 146 10 5.1 2.2-11.2 136 94.9 88.8-97.8
Other Minorities 160 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 157 99.2 97.1-99.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 3 0.5 0.1- 2.2 162 99.5 97.8-99.9
-English Speaking 81 3 1.7 0.4- 7.1 78 98.3 92.9-99.6
-Spanish Speaking 84 0 0.0 . - . 84 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 5,714 251 3.6 2.9- 4.3 5,463 96.4 95.7-97.1
AGE
18-24 357 7 2.1 0.7- 6.0 350 97.9 94.0-99.3
25-34 873 21 1.6 0.8- 3.1 852 98.4 96.9-99.2
35-44 1,086 40 3.1 2.0- 4.9 1,046 96.9 95.1-98.0
45-54 1,145 82 5.3 3.9- 7.0 1,063 94.7 93.0-96.1
55-64 934 44 3.5 2.2- 5.5 890 96.5 94.5-97.8
65-74 797 32 3.8 2.2- 6.5 765 96.2 93.5-97.8
75+ 650 27 5.3 3.0- 9.2 623 94.7 90.8-97.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 974 44 4.6 3.0- 7.0 930 95.4 93.0-97.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,770 65 3.3 2.2- 4.8 1,705 96.7 95.2-97.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,522 73 2.9 2.0- 4.2 1,449 97.1 95.8-98.0
College Graduate 1,604 72 3.4 2.4- 4.8 1,532 96.6 95.2-97.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 793 49 4.8 3.3- 7.0 744 95.2 93.0-96.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,104 47 3.5 2.3- 5.2 1,057 96.5 94.8-97.7
$25,000- 34,999 663 22 2.8 1.2- 6.5 641 97.2 93.5-98.8
$35,000- 49,999 711 33 3.6 2.2- 5.9 678 96.4 94.1-97.8
$50,000-74,999 570 25 3.0 1.6- 5.7 545 97.0 94.3-98.4
$75,000+ 650 26 3.1 1.8- 5.3 624 96.9 94.7-98.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 271 18 4.9 2.9- 8.1 253 95.1 91.9-97.1
Guilford 278 12 3.1 1.7- 5.6 266 96.9 94.4-98.3
Mecklenburg 276 9 2.1 1.1- 4.2 267 97.9 95.8-98.9
Orange 280 19 6.6 3.4-12.3 261 93.4 87.7-96.6
Wake 276 7 1.6 0.7- 3.4 269 98.4 96.6-99.3
Chatham/Lee 244 7 2.3 1.0- 5.3 237 97.7 94.7-99.0
Nash/Wilson 235 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2 230 98.7 96.8-99.5
Craven/Pamlico 281 21 5.7 3.5- 9.0 260 94.3 91.0-96.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 269 11 4.0 2.2- 7.4 258 96.0 92.6-97.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 17 4.8 2.7- 8.3 270 95.2 91.7-97.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 297 7 1.9 0.9- 4.2 290 98.1 95.8-99.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 261 17 6.1 3.6-10.2 244 93.9 89.8-96.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 294 12 3.8 2.1- 6.8 282 96.2 93.2-97.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 287 10 3.5 1.5- 8.0 277 96.5 92.0-98.5
Northeast NC I 312 8 1.9 0.9- 3.9 304 98.1 96.1-99.1
Northeast NC II 323 10 2.1 1.1- 4.2 313 97.9 95.8-98.9
Northeastern Partnership 635 18 2.1 1.2- 3.4 617 97.9 96.6-98.8
Mountain AHEC 803 51 4.7 3.3- 6.6 752 95.3 93.4-96.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,115 85 3.9 2.7- 5.5 2,030 96.1 94.5-97.3
Piedmont 2,486 93 2.8 2.1- 3.8 2,393 97.2 96.2-97.9
Western NC 1,285 76 4.8 3.5- 6.5 1,209 95.2 93.5-96.5

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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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