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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 3,391 1,769 50.3 47.6-53.0 1,622 49.7 47.0-52.4
RACE
White 2,528 1,400 54.3 51.2-57.4 1,128 45.7 42.6-48.8
African American 583 252 43.8 37.7-50.1 331 56.2 49.9-62.3
Asian 23 8 39.3 15.2-70.0 15 60.7 30.0-84.8
Native American 79 47 54.2 34.4-72.8 32 45.8 27.2-65.6
Other Minorities 161 53 27.5 18.7-38.4 108 72.5 61.6-81.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 59 27.5 18.8-38.2 109 72.5 61.8-81.2
-English Speaking 53 29 52.6 31.2-73.0 24 47.4 27.0-68.8
-Spanish Speaking 115 30 20.4 12.3-31.8 85 79.6 68.2-87.7
Non-Hispanic 3,220 1,707 52.3 49.5-55.0 1,513 47.7 45.0-50.5
AGE
18-24 212 69 34.7 25.8-44.9 143 65.3 55.1-74.2
25-34 521 249 44.9 38.6-51.3 272 55.1 48.7-61.4
35-44 674 383 54.6 49.1-60.0 291 45.4 40.0-50.9
45-54 677 378 56.2 50.3-61.9 299 43.8 38.1-49.7
55-64 574 338 62.0 56.2-67.5 236 38.0 32.5-43.8
65-74 450 233 54.4 47.7-61.0 217 45.6 39.0-52.3
75+ 268 109 41.1 33.3-49.5 159 58.9 50.5-66.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 590 206 27.6 22.4-33.5 384 72.4 66.5-77.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,002 467 45.9 41.1-50.9 535 54.1 49.1-58.9
Some Post-H.S. 793 437 53.0 47.2-58.6 356 47.0 41.4-52.8
College Graduate 998 656 66.9 62.6-70.9 342 33.1 29.1-37.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 294 124 35.6 27.1-45.2 170 64.4 54.8-72.9
$15,000- 24,999 605 263 42.5 36.2-48.9 342 57.5 51.1-63.8
$25,000- 34,999 359 183 49.4 41.3-57.5 176 50.6 42.5-58.7
$35,000- 49,999 514 275 46.5 40.4-52.8 239 53.5 47.2-59.6
$50,000-74,999 430 276 66.1 59.0-72.6 154 33.9 27.4-41.0
$75,000+ 495 335 67.0 60.3-73.2 160 33.0 26.8-39.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 177 98 52.7 43.9-61.2 79 47.3 38.8-56.1
Guilford 164 96 54.9 45.8-63.6 68 45.1 36.4-54.2
Mecklenburg 165 91 44.2 34.9-53.9 74 55.8 46.1-65.1
Orange 169 82 47.7 36.7-59.0 87 52.3 41.0-63.3
Wake 170 97 51.2 42.1-60.2 73 48.8 39.8-57.9
Chatham/Lee 148 67 50.8 40.4-61.2 81 49.2 38.8-59.6
Nash/Wilson 133 82 62.5 52.6-71.4 51 37.5 28.6-47.4
Craven/Pamlico 165 90 52.3 43.1-61.4 75 47.7 38.6-56.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 74 46.9 37.1-57.0 84 53.1 43.0-62.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 87 50.3 39.9-60.7 78 49.7 39.3-60.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 77 52.5 38.6-66.1 96 47.5 33.9-61.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 160 87 55.3 37.1-72.2 73 44.7 27.8-62.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 171 87 46.6 38.1-55.2 84 53.4 44.8-61.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 123 64 49.2 37.8-60.7 59 50.8 39.3-62.2
Northeast NC I 138 66 45.0 33.4-57.1 72 55.0 42.9-66.6
Northeast NC II 179 87 42.7 34.6-51.3 92 57.3 48.7-65.4
Northeastern Partnership 317 153 43.4 36.7-50.4 164 56.6 49.6-63.3
Mountain AHEC 487 257 47.5 40.4-54.6 230 52.5 45.4-59.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,129 587 47.7 42.9-52.6 542 52.3 47.4-57.1
Piedmont 1,495 781 52.7 48.9-56.3 714 47.3 43.7-51.1
Western NC 767 401 46.2 40.5-52.0 366 53.8 48.0-59.5

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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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