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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 3,331 2,230 66.5 63.9-69.0 1,101 33.5 31.0-36.1
RACE
White 2,495 1,671 66.3 63.3-69.2 824 33.7 30.8-36.7
African American 568 399 71.7 65.7-77.0 169 28.3 23.0-34.3
Asian 23 11 58.0 29.8-81.8 12 42.0 18.2-70.2
Native American 74 48 67.5 45.8-83.6 26 32.5 16.4-54.2
Other Minorities 154 92 59.5 47.8-70.3 62 40.5 29.7-52.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 161 96 61.0 49.4-71.5 65 39.0 28.5-50.6
-English Speaking 51 32 61.5 38.8-80.1 19 38.5 19.9-61.2
-Spanish Speaking 110 64 60.9 47.4-72.8 46 39.1 27.2-52.6
Non-Hispanic 3,167 2,131 66.9 64.3-69.5 1,036 33.1 30.5-35.7
AGE
18-24 202 102 57.9 47.9-67.2 100 42.1 32.8-52.1
25-34 511 301 60.9 54.3-67.1 210 39.1 32.9-45.7
35-44 669 448 68.9 63.6-73.7 221 31.1 26.3-36.4
45-54 673 482 69.6 63.8-74.9 191 30.4 25.1-36.2
55-64 565 402 73.5 68.1-78.2 163 26.5 21.8-31.9
65-74 440 318 71.4 64.9-77.2 122 28.6 22.8-35.1
75+ 256 166 63.7 55.2-71.5 90 36.3 28.5-44.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 561 331 56.5 49.5-63.4 230 43.5 36.6-50.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 980 628 66.3 61.6-70.7 352 33.7 29.3-38.4
Some Post-H.S. 785 533 64.8 59.0-70.1 252 35.2 29.9-41.0
College Graduate 997 734 74.0 69.9-77.7 263 26.0 22.3-30.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 278 177 68.6 59.6-76.4 101 31.4 23.6-40.4
$15,000- 24,999 587 358 58.0 51.4-64.4 229 42.0 35.6-48.6
$25,000- 34,999 355 233 67.9 60.2-74.7 122 32.1 25.3-39.8
$35,000- 49,999 510 347 67.8 61.6-73.5 163 32.2 26.5-38.4
$50,000-74,999 428 316 74.2 67.2-80.1 112 25.8 19.9-32.8
$75,000+ 495 369 73.8 67.3-79.4 126 26.2 20.6-32.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 174 115 64.1 55.2-72.1 59 35.9 27.9-44.8
Guilford 161 120 75.4 66.6-82.4 41 24.6 17.6-33.4
Mecklenburg 166 115 63.3 52.6-72.8 51 36.7 27.2-47.4
Orange 169 109 53.8 42.2-65.0 60 46.2 35.0-57.8
Wake 166 119 72.5 64.1-79.6 47 27.5 20.4-35.9
Chatham/Lee 148 88 54.4 43.5-64.8 60 45.6 35.2-56.5
Nash/Wilson 132 92 69.1 58.6-77.9 40 30.9 22.1-41.4
Craven/Pamlico 163 104 59.8 50.2-68.8 59 40.2 31.2-49.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 152 102 67.3 58.0-75.5 50 32.7 24.5-42.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 111 68.9 59.6-76.9 54 31.1 23.1-40.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 171 110 66.4 53.8-77.0 61 33.6 23.0-46.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 154 116 54.4 34.2-73.2 38 45.6 26.8-65.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 167 111 65.8 56.8-73.7 56 34.2 26.3-43.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 118 69 57.5 46.0-68.3 49 42.5 31.7-54.0
Northeast NC I 136 88 58.5 44.6-71.2 48 41.5 28.8-55.4
Northeast NC II 178 124 66.8 58.0-74.6 54 33.2 25.4-42.0
Northeastern Partnership 314 212 64.2 56.6-71.2 102 35.8 28.8-43.4
Mountain AHEC 473 327 62.2 53.9-69.8 146 37.8 30.2-46.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,105 718 63.2 58.3-67.9 387 36.8 32.1-41.7
Piedmont 1,476 994 68.8 65.4-72.1 482 31.2 27.9-34.6
Western NC 750 518 63.6 57.2-69.7 232 36.4 30.3-42.8

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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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