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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 3,388 2,294 70.1 67.7-72.5 1,094 29.9 27.5-32.3
RACE
White 2,529 1,686 67.9 65.0-70.7 843 32.1 29.3-35.0
African American 581 404 75.6 70.2-80.3 177 24.4 19.7-29.8
Asian 23 19 89.7 67.5-97.3 4 10.3 2.7-32.5
Native American 79 54 67.5 46.8-83.1 25 32.5 16.9-53.2
Other Minorities 159 117 76.1 64.9-84.6 42 23.9 15.4-35.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 120 73.5 62.2-82.4 45 26.5 17.6-37.8
-English Speaking 52 35 54.3 32.0-75.0 17 45.7 25.0-68.0
-Spanish Speaking 113 85 79.1 66.9-87.6 28 20.9 12.4-33.1
Non-Hispanic 3,220 2,171 69.8 67.3-72.2 1,049 30.2 27.8-32.7
AGE
18-24 211 154 76.3 67.8-83.2 57 23.7 16.8-32.2
25-34 518 365 71.7 65.4-77.2 153 28.3 22.8-34.6
35-44 676 473 69.8 64.4-74.6 203 30.2 25.4-35.6
45-54 674 459 68.5 62.9-73.6 215 31.5 26.4-37.1
55-64 577 389 68.7 63.1-73.8 188 31.3 26.2-36.9
65-74 451 287 67.7 61.3-73.5 164 32.3 26.5-38.7
75+ 266 157 62.9 54.5-70.6 109 37.1 29.4-45.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 583 349 61.8 54.9-68.3 234 38.2 31.7-45.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,002 647 68.6 64.0-72.8 355 31.4 27.2-36.0
Some Post-H.S. 796 543 71.1 66.0-75.7 253 28.9 24.3-34.0
College Graduate 998 751 76.4 72.5-79.9 247 23.6 20.1-27.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 295 181 62.4 52.4-71.4 114 37.6 28.6-47.6
$15,000- 24,999 603 396 71.3 65.3-76.6 207 28.7 23.4-34.7
$25,000- 34,999 357 239 70.6 63.0-77.2 118 29.4 22.8-37.0
$35,000- 49,999 514 356 67.7 61.3-73.4 158 32.3 26.6-38.7
$50,000-74,999 431 315 75.0 68.7-80.3 116 25.0 19.7-31.3
$75,000+ 495 361 74.5 68.6-79.6 134 25.5 20.4-31.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 124 69.0 60.6-76.3 54 31.0 23.7-39.4
Guilford 161 115 73.5 65.1-80.5 46 26.5 19.5-34.9
Mecklenburg 167 120 76.2 68.3-82.7 47 23.8 17.3-31.7
Orange 169 131 77.6 68.5-84.6 38 22.4 15.4-31.5
Wake 168 121 72.5 63.9-79.7 47 27.5 20.3-36.1
Chatham/Lee 149 96 61.6 50.2-71.8 53 38.4 28.2-49.8
Nash/Wilson 133 89 68.8 58.6-77.5 44 31.2 22.5-41.4
Craven/Pamlico 166 95 56.3 47.0-65.2 71 43.7 34.8-53.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 98 63.3 53.8-71.9 60 36.7 28.1-46.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 103 67.6 58.5-75.6 62 32.4 24.4-41.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 118 75.3 65.4-83.1 55 24.7 16.9-34.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 119 56.4 35.9-75.0 42 43.6 25.0-64.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 171 108 64.9 56.3-72.7 63 35.1 27.3-43.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 122 77 67.2 56.5-76.4 45 32.8 23.6-43.5
Northeast NC I 138 91 68.9 58.1-78.0 47 31.1 22.0-41.9
Northeast NC II 179 122 65.9 57.0-73.7 57 34.1 26.3-43.0
Northeastern Partnership 317 213 66.8 59.9-73.1 104 33.2 26.9-40.1
Mountain AHEC 487 342 63.7 55.5-71.2 145 36.3 28.8-44.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,125 736 69.1 64.5-73.3 389 30.9 26.7-35.5
Piedmont 1,494 1,037 72.3 69.0-75.3 457 27.7 24.7-31.0
Western NC 769 521 63.9 57.6-69.8 248 36.1 30.2-42.4

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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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