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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 0-3 months 4-11 months 1 year 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,716 672 20.4 18.4-22.6 633 17.9 16.0-20.0 743 20.0 18.0-22.0 1,200 30.7 28.5-32.9 468 11.0 9.7-12.5
RACE
White 2,818 510 20.6 18.3-23.1 463 16.7 14.6-19.0 552 19.8 17.6-22.1 916 31.4 29.0-33.9 377 11.6 10.1-13.3
African American 708 125 19.3 15.1-24.5 130 21.9 17.1-27.7 154 19.7 15.8-24.3 229 29.4 24.8-34.5 70 9.6 6.7-13.8
Asian 12 0 0.0 . - . 2 17.6 3.1-58.5 3 42.4 8.7-85.0 7 40.1 10.2-79.8 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 85 20 22.9 13.2-36.9 12 9.5 4.6-18.6 19 24.5 10.7-46.6 24 33.5 19.0-51.9 10 9.6 4.4-19.5
Other Minorities 84 14 23.5 10.8-43.7 26 26.4 15.0-42.3 14 21.5 10.2-39.7 20 20.1 9.8-36.8 10 8.5 3.3-20.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 91 14 20.3 7.8-43.6 28 29.5 16.7-46.7 17 22.7 10.9-41.3 21 18.0 8.4-34.5 11 9.4 3.5-22.9
-English Speaking 51 7 22.4 6.0-56.8 16 38.3 18.9-62.4 11 18.2 8.0-36.3 10 6.3 2.8-13.4 7 14.8 4.4-39.5
-Spanish Speaking 40 7 19.2 5.0-52.0 12 25.0 10.5-48.5 6 25.0 9.5-51.6 11 24.1 10.0-47.5 4 6.6 1.4-27.0
Non-Hispanic 3,621 657 20.3 18.3-22.5 605 17.5 15.5-19.6 726 19.9 18.0-22.0 1,176 31.2 29.0-33.4 457 11.1 9.8-12.7
AGE
18-24 210 54 28.9 20.3-39.2 55 27.7 18.9-38.7 49 24.3 16.4-34.5 48 17.5 11.7-25.3 4 1.6 0.4- 5.7
25-34 614 146 23.5 19.1-28.6 132 20.6 16.3-25.8 130 22.1 17.6-27.3 163 25.9 21.2-31.1 43 7.9 5.3-11.6
35-44 785 150 19.9 15.8-24.8 143 18.5 14.8-22.8 156 18.9 15.2-23.2 241 31.0 26.4-36.0 95 11.7 8.8-15.4
45-54 841 157 18.7 15.0-23.1 128 14.6 11.5-18.4 160 17.6 14.4-21.4 288 36.1 31.5-41.0 108 13.0 9.9-16.8
55-64 622 93 19.3 14.4-25.3 86 14.4 10.5-19.5 123 18.5 14.6-23.3 228 34.4 29.2-39.9 92 13.4 10.1-17.6
65-74 428 53 13.7 9.4-19.6 64 16.6 12.0-22.4 84 19.1 14.2-25.1 158 35.5 29.4-42.1 69 15.1 11.1-20.3
75+ 195 16 13.6 7.3-24.0 25 10.5 6.1-17.5 35 22.9 15.1-33.1 63 29.7 21.8-38.9 56 23.3 15.8-33.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 442 78 24.5 17.3-33.4 61 12.6 8.3-18.7 102 23.5 17.5-30.8 149 27.2 21.3-34.0 52 12.2 8.0-18.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,088 167 17.5 14.4-21.2 196 20.7 16.8-25.1 216 19.5 16.1-23.4 378 31.0 27.2-35.0 131 11.3 8.9-14.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,041 204 22.0 18.1-26.5 183 19.1 15.5-23.4 204 18.7 15.3-22.7 328 30.4 26.4-34.6 122 9.8 7.6-12.5
College Graduate 1,142 223 19.9 16.8-23.5 192 16.3 13.4-19.8 221 20.2 17.0-23.9 344 32.0 28.2-36.1 162 11.5 9.3-14.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 412 74 20.6 14.6-28.2 74 20.1 14.3-27.6 93 18.8 14.2-24.6 113 26.8 20.8-33.7 58 13.7 9.5-19.3
$15,000- 24,999 665 122 20.1 15.3-26.0 117 20.2 15.5-25.8 129 24.1 18.9-30.1 218 26.7 22.3-31.7 79 8.9 6.3-12.3
$25,000- 34,999 453 77 17.4 12.8-23.2 96 22.2 16.4-29.4 94 21.2 15.2-28.8 145 28.2 22.6-34.6 41 10.9 6.7-17.0
$35,000- 49,999 544 103 18.5 14.1-23.8 86 15.4 11.2-20.7 110 19.8 15.2-25.2 188 38.6 32.8-44.9 57 7.8 5.3-11.4
$50,000-74,999 442 81 20.9 16.0-27.0 85 17.8 13.3-23.3 86 18.9 14.3-24.6 124 27.5 21.9-33.9 66 14.8 10.8-20.0
$75,000+ 490 95 20.5 15.9-26.1 74 14.9 11.3-19.5 93 20.4 15.9-25.7 162 33.0 27.6-38.9 66 11.2 8.1-15.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 176 33 22.5 15.4-31.5 21 10.9 6.8-16.9 35 19.9 14.2-27.1 63 33.6 26.3-41.7 24 13.2 8.4-20.1
Guilford 194 36 18.0 12.5-25.2 29 18.4 12.5-26.4 39 19.0 13.7-25.7 67 35.5 28.1-43.7 23 9.1 5.8-13.9
Mecklenburg 197 35 18.6 13.2-25.5 30 13.9 9.5-19.9 42 21.7 15.9-28.9 66 35.0 27.8-42.9 24 10.8 7.1-16.3
Orange 186 34 19.3 11.4-30.8 33 15.0 9.6-22.7 33 30.5 17.8-47.2 61 27.3 18.9-37.6 25 7.9 4.9-12.5
Wake 184 34 20.9 14.4-29.3 30 17.3 11.6-24.9 37 20.8 14.1-29.6 64 32.0 24.8-40.1 19 9.0 5.7-14.1
Chatham/Lee 131 15 13.1 7.4-22.1 25 19.3 12.7-28.1 34 24.2 16.8-33.6 39 30.1 22.1-39.5 18 13.3 8.1-21.1
Nash/Wilson 147 13 9.3 5.1-16.3 31 18.7 13.0-26.2 31 20.7 14.3-29.0 53 40.4 31.7-49.7 19 10.9 6.8-17.0
Craven/Pamlico 191 35 23.2 15.7-32.9 34 14.8 10.3-20.8 37 19.5 13.9-26.7 60 31.6 24.6-39.6 25 10.9 7.1-16.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 174 34 24.8 16.8-35.0 25 14.9 9.9-21.9 36 19.8 14.0-27.3 60 31.2 24.1-39.3 19 9.2 5.8-14.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 174 31 18.3 12.1-26.8 41 29.9 17.7-45.9 35 16.3 10.9-23.7 47 24.9 17.0-34.9 20 10.6 6.3-17.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 180 37 19.1 13.5-26.4 26 14.0 9.0-21.1 37 23.0 16.0-31.9 56 30.4 23.0-38.9 24 13.6 7.8-22.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 170 36 26.2 18.0-36.4 25 13.8 8.8-20.9 31 15.4 10.6-22.0 50 29.2 22.0-37.6 28 15.4 10.3-22.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 163 28 16.6 11.4-23.7 28 19.0 13.0-26.9 38 19.2 13.6-26.5 49 34.2 26.0-43.4 20 10.9 6.8-17.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 175 37 22.6 16.1-30.6 32 17.3 12.0-24.2 30 19.0 12.9-27.1 56 30.5 23.6-38.4 20 10.7 6.7-16.7
Northeast NC I 173 34 20.8 14.8-28.5 33 20.5 14.6-28.0 32 18.9 12.9-26.7 54 29.7 22.9-37.5 20 10.2 6.4-15.8
Northeast NC II 198 26 14.0 9.2-20.8 32 16.2 11.0-23.4 40 21.1 15.4-28.2 73 36.6 29.2-44.7 27 12.0 7.9-17.9
Northeastern Partnership 371 60 16.4 12.4-21.3 65 17.7 13.5-22.8 72 20.3 16.0-25.5 127 34.2 28.7-40.1 47 11.4 8.2-15.5
Mountain AHEC 522 96 18.1 14.0-23.0 74 13.6 10.2-17.9 107 21.9 17.4-27.2 169 33.2 28.0-38.8 76 13.2 9.9-17.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,313 221 20.4 16.5-24.8 237 19.4 15.8-23.5 257 17.9 14.8-21.4 436 31.1 27.3-35.1 162 11.3 8.9-14.3
Piedmont 1,580 303 21.3 18.4-24.4 261 17.0 14.4-19.9 311 20.8 18.0-23.8 511 30.3 27.3-33.5 194 10.7 8.8-12.8
Western NC 823 148 17.3 14.0-21.1 135 18.4 14.1-23.5 175 21.3 17.4-25.8 253 31.2 26.6-36.2 112 11.9 9.3-15.1

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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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