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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 3,404 2,047 57.4 54.7-60.0 1,357 42.6 40.0-45.3
RACE
White 2,537 1,638 62.5 59.3-65.5 899 37.5 34.5-40.7
African American 586 308 54.3 48.1-60.4 278 45.7 39.6-51.9
Asian 23 3 15.0 3.0-50.3 20 85.0 49.7-97.0
Native American 80 52 68.0 50.2-81.8 28 32.0 18.2-49.8
Other Minorities 162 39 21.8 13.9-32.6 123 78.2 67.4-86.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 169 40 22.5 14.4-33.2 129 77.5 66.8-85.6
-English Speaking 53 23 40.1 22.0-61.4 30 59.9 38.6-78.0
-Spanish Speaking 116 17 17.5 9.2-30.7 99 82.5 69.3-90.8
Non-Hispanic 3,232 2,006 60.5 57.7-63.1 1,226 39.5 36.9-42.3
AGE
18-24 213 117 49.2 39.5-59.0 96 50.8 41.0-60.5
25-34 522 289 51.7 45.3-58.2 233 48.3 41.8-54.7
35-44 676 382 54.0 48.5-59.4 294 46.0 40.6-51.5
45-54 680 395 58.8 53.1-64.3 285 41.2 35.7-46.9
55-64 576 393 70.6 65.1-75.6 183 29.4 24.4-34.9
65-74 452 299 65.9 59.3-71.9 153 34.1 28.1-40.7
75+ 270 163 63.9 55.5-71.5 107 36.1 28.5-44.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 593 327 53.4 46.6-60.1 266 46.6 39.9-53.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,005 596 55.7 50.7-60.6 409 44.3 39.4-49.3
Some Post-H.S. 797 514 59.2 53.4-64.7 283 40.8 35.3-46.6
College Graduate 1,000 606 59.9 55.4-64.2 394 40.1 35.8-44.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 296 172 59.1 49.1-68.4 124 40.9 31.6-50.9
$15,000- 24,999 605 355 56.2 49.6-62.6 250 43.8 37.4-50.4
$25,000- 34,999 361 230 56.7 48.4-64.6 131 43.3 35.4-51.6
$35,000- 49,999 516 322 58.7 52.3-64.8 194 41.3 35.2-47.7
$50,000-74,999 432 285 62.0 54.5-68.9 147 38.0 31.1-45.5
$75,000+ 498 318 66.0 59.8-71.7 180 34.0 28.3-40.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 177 115 62.6 53.7-70.7 62 37.4 29.3-46.3
Guilford 164 102 63.1 54.3-71.2 62 36.9 28.8-45.7
Mecklenburg 166 87 48.3 38.6-58.2 79 51.7 41.8-61.4
Orange 168 93 58.7 48.2-68.4 75 41.3 31.6-51.8
Wake 170 98 52.4 43.3-61.4 72 47.6 38.6-56.7
Chatham/Lee 148 80 50.6 40.2-60.9 68 49.4 39.1-59.8
Nash/Wilson 134 80 54.3 44.2-64.1 54 45.7 35.9-55.8
Craven/Pamlico 167 101 55.6 46.3-64.6 66 44.4 35.4-53.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 101 61.0 50.2-70.7 57 39.0 29.3-49.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 108 69.3 60.3-77.1 57 30.7 22.9-39.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 93 49.8 35.7-64.0 80 50.2 36.0-64.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 109 64.7 45.6-80.0 52 35.3 20.0-54.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 173 106 61.9 53.2-69.9 67 38.1 30.1-46.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 123 81 65.1 53.6-75.1 42 34.9 24.9-46.4
Northeast NC I 139 80 48.3 36.4-60.4 59 51.7 39.6-63.6
Northeast NC II 180 105 57.1 48.3-65.4 75 42.9 34.6-51.7
Northeastern Partnership 319 185 54.3 47.0-61.4 134 45.7 38.6-53.0
Mountain AHEC 488 317 61.8 53.9-69.1 171 38.2 30.9-46.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,137 679 55.5 50.5-60.4 458 44.5 39.6-49.5
Piedmont 1,498 875 57.3 53.6-61.0 623 42.7 39.0-46.4
Western NC 769 493 61.4 55.2-67.2 276 38.6 32.8-44.8

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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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