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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,861 4,630 77.6 75.8-79.2 1,120 20.4 18.8-22.1 66 1.1 0.8- 1.5 16 0.4 0.2- 0.7 29 0.6 0.3- 1.1
RACE
White 4,269 3,449 80.9 79.0-82.6 747 17.7 16.0-19.5 43 0.8 0.5- 1.2 12 0.3 0.1- 0.5 18 0.4 0.2- 0.8
African American 1,244 950 73.1 68.7-77.0 263 23.1 19.5-27.1 20 2.0 1.1- 3.8 3 0.5 0.1- 2.2 8 1.3 0.4- 4.5
Asian 24 20 89.1 66.4-97.2 3 10.2 2.5-33.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9
Native American 146 119 83.5 71.7-91.0 23 10.2 6.1-16.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 1 4.5 0.6-25.5 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0
Other Minorities 159 78 46.2 34.5-58.3 80 53.2 41.1-65.0 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 163 78 40.7 29.1-53.4 82 57.1 44.5-68.9 3 2.1 0.6- 7.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 80 64 80.0 61.5-91.0 15 18.8 8.2-37.6 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 83 14 23.1 11.2-41.8 67 74.3 56.1-86.7 2 2.6 0.6-10.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 5,692 4,549 79.4 77.7-81.0 1,035 18.5 17.0-20.2 63 1.0 0.7- 1.5 16 0.4 0.2- 0.7 29 0.6 0.3- 1.2
AGE
18-24 356 261 70.1 62.1-77.1 83 26.2 19.5-34.1 7 1.2 0.5- 2.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 4 2.0 0.5- 7.6
25-34 873 671 74.4 69.7-78.5 181 23.1 19.0-27.6 13 1.6 0.8- 3.4 3 0.3 0.1- 1.3 5 0.7 0.2- 2.1
35-44 1,087 833 76.3 72.3-79.8 227 21.3 17.9-25.1 15 1.6 0.7- 3.4 4 0.3 0.1- 1.1 8 0.6 0.2- 1.4
45-54 1,145 905 77.9 73.9-81.4 217 20.2 16.8-24.2 14 1.0 0.5- 2.0 4 0.7 0.2- 2.4 5 0.2 0.1- 0.4
55-64 938 753 83.7 80.3-86.7 172 15.4 12.5-18.9 9 0.5 0.2- 1.1 2 0.1 0.0- 0.7 2 0.2 0.0- 0.9
65-74 789 645 82.2 78.0-85.7 138 17.1 13.7-21.3 3 0.1 0.0- 0.6 2 0.4 0.1- 2.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4
75+ 625 528 82.1 77.1-86.2 89 16.7 12.7-21.7 4 0.5 0.2- 1.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 0.7 0.1- 3.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 951 697 68.4 63.1-73.2 237 29.9 25.1-35.2 14 1.4 0.7- 2.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.4 0.1- 2.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,771 1,374 76.0 72.6-79.1 359 21.6 18.6-25.0 24 1.7 0.9- 3.1 4 0.2 0.1- 0.8 10 0.5 0.2- 1.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,523 1,200 78.1 74.6-81.2 293 19.4 16.5-22.6 15 0.7 0.4- 1.5 6 0.8 0.3- 2.2 9 1.0 0.3- 3.3
College Graduate 1,599 1,346 84.2 81.3-86.7 229 14.5 12.1-17.3 13 0.6 0.3- 1.2 6 0.3 0.1- 0.8 5 0.4 0.1- 1.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 784 614 75.6 70.5-80.0 151 21.9 17.7-26.9 14 2.0 1.0- 4.0 2 0.4 0.1- 2.2 3 0.2 0.1- 0.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,098 817 71.1 66.5-75.2 258 26.2 22.1-30.7 15 1.7 0.8- 3.5 3 0.5 0.1- 1.7 5 0.6 0.2- 1.8
$25,000- 34,999 661 518 76.2 69.8-81.5 127 21.3 16.2-27.5 10 1.5 0.4- 4.8 2 0.7 0.1- 4.1 4 0.4 0.1- 1.4
$35,000- 49,999 710 567 83.1 78.9-86.6 133 15.4 12.0-19.5 5 0.5 0.2- 1.3 3 0.6 0.1- 3.2 2 0.4 0.1- 2.5
$50,000-74,999 568 462 80.3 75.2-84.6 95 17.7 13.5-22.7 7 1.2 0.5- 2.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.9
$75,000+ 650 537 83.8 79.8-87.1 105 15.4 12.1-19.4 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 3 0.5 0.1- 1.7 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 267 212 79.3 73.3-84.3 51 19.4 14.6-25.5 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
Guilford 276 213 76.4 69.6-82.1 55 20.8 15.4-27.5 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 2 1.1 0.2- 5.8
Mecklenburg 275 215 76.7 70.4-81.9 56 21.9 16.8-28.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4
Orange 279 231 81.6 74.3-87.1 45 17.2 11.9-24.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.9 0.2- 4.6
Wake 273 213 76.6 69.8-82.2 53 20.0 14.8-26.6 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 3 1.3 0.4- 4.8 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8
Chatham/Lee 245 187 74.1 66.4-80.5 55 24.6 18.3-32.2 2 1.1 0.3- 4.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
Nash/Wilson 236 187 78.0 71.5-83.4 44 18.8 13.9-24.9 4 2.7 1.0- 7.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
Craven/Pamlico 281 232 81.3 74.2-86.8 44 17.3 11.9-24.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 269 208 77.6 71.4-82.7 55 20.5 15.6-26.6 4 1.3 0.5- 3.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 278 222 80.5 74.1-85.6 50 17.4 12.6-23.6 5 1.9 0.7- 5.3 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 0 0.0 . - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance 296 234 78.7 72.0-84.2 53 17.9 12.9-24.4 4 1.8 0.6- 5.6 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 4 1.4 0.4- 4.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 256 199 72.8 64.9-79.5 54 25.6 19.0-33.5 3 1.6 0.4- 6.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 295 227 76.6 70.5-81.7 61 21.1 16.2-27.0 5 1.9 0.7- 5.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 287 222 74.5 68.1-80.1 57 22.3 17.1-28.6 4 2.0 0.7- 5.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3
Northeast NC I 316 254 79.2 73.3-84.0 56 18.9 14.2-24.6 4 0.8 0.3- 2.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5
Northeast NC II 317 249 79.4 74.0-84.0 64 19.2 14.8-24.6 3 1.2 0.4- 3.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 0 0.0 . - .
Northeastern Partnership 633 503 79.3 75.4-82.8 120 19.1 15.7-23.0 7 1.0 0.4- 2.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0
Mountain AHEC 791 630 79.8 75.8-83.3 151 19.2 15.8-23.2 8 0.8 0.3- 1.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,116 1,675 78.5 75.4-81.3 399 19.5 16.8-22.5 26 1.2 0.7- 2.3 5 0.3 0.1- 1.3 11 0.4 0.2- 1.1
Piedmont 2,483 1,952 76.8 74.2-79.2 484 21.0 18.7-23.5 25 1.0 0.6- 1.7 7 0.4 0.2- 0.9 15 0.8 0.3- 1.8
Western NC 1,262 1,003 78.7 75.1-81.8 237 19.9 16.8-23.4 15 0.9 0.5- 1.6 4 0.4 0.1- 1.6 3 0.2 0.1- 0.6

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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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