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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 3,382 2,327 69.0 66.5-71.4 1,055 31.0 28.6-33.5
RACE
White 2,525 1,712 66.9 63.9-69.8 813 33.1 30.2-36.1
African American 580 412 74.1 68.3-79.2 168 25.9 20.8-31.7
Asian 23 20 90.4 67.6-97.7 3 9.6 2.3-32.4
Native American 78 58 79.4 60.7-90.6 20 20.6 9.4-39.3
Other Minorities 159 111 70.8 59.3-80.1 48 29.2 19.9-40.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 115 71.3 59.9-80.5 50 28.7 19.5-40.1
-English Speaking 52 34 66.9 41.7-85.1 18 33.1 14.9-58.3
-Spanish Speaking 113 81 72.5 59.6-82.5 32 27.5 17.5-40.4
Non-Hispanic 3,214 2,209 68.8 66.2-71.2 1,005 31.2 28.8-33.8
AGE
18-24 209 115 62.9 53.3-71.7 94 37.1 28.3-46.7
25-34 518 333 68.1 61.9-73.8 185 31.9 26.2-38.1
35-44 677 456 67.9 62.5-72.8 221 32.1 27.2-37.5
45-54 675 472 70.4 64.9-75.4 203 29.6 24.6-35.1
55-64 574 430 74.5 69.0-79.3 144 25.5 20.7-31.0
65-74 450 325 72.3 65.9-77.9 125 27.7 22.1-34.1
75+ 264 185 69.5 60.8-76.9 79 30.5 23.1-39.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 581 372 62.2 55.3-68.6 209 37.8 31.4-44.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 999 653 65.0 60.0-69.6 346 35.0 30.4-40.0
Some Post-H.S. 793 556 72.0 66.8-76.6 237 28.0 23.4-33.2
College Graduate 1,000 743 75.0 71.1-78.6 257 25.0 21.4-28.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 291 196 63.0 52.4-72.4 95 37.0 27.6-47.6
$15,000- 24,999 602 389 65.2 58.9-71.1 213 34.8 28.9-41.1
$25,000- 34,999 359 246 70.6 62.9-77.2 113 29.4 22.8-37.1
$35,000- 49,999 515 349 64.2 57.8-70.0 166 35.8 30.0-42.2
$50,000-74,999 431 302 71.9 65.4-77.5 129 28.1 22.5-34.6
$75,000+ 494 377 75.7 69.6-80.9 117 24.3 19.1-30.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 177 124 71.5 63.2-78.5 53 28.5 21.5-36.8
Guilford 163 114 67.5 58.1-75.6 49 32.5 24.4-41.9
Mecklenburg 167 119 69.3 59.4-77.7 48 30.7 22.3-40.6
Orange 169 121 62.4 49.4-73.8 48 37.6 26.2-50.6
Wake 167 124 75.1 67.0-81.8 43 24.9 18.2-33.0
Chatham/Lee 149 99 59.4 48.0-69.9 50 40.6 30.1-52.0
Nash/Wilson 134 97 70.3 59.7-79.1 37 29.7 20.9-40.3
Craven/Pamlico 165 107 60.8 51.3-69.6 58 39.2 30.4-48.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 104 66.2 56.7-74.6 54 33.8 25.4-43.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 164 102 64.0 54.2-72.7 62 36.0 27.3-45.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 171 110 51.8 36.9-66.3 61 48.2 33.7-63.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 159 120 68.2 48.1-83.2 39 31.8 16.8-51.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 171 118 73.5 65.4-80.2 53 26.5 19.8-34.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 121 75 63.2 52.1-73.1 46 36.8 26.9-47.9
Northeast NC I 139 92 66.2 54.7-76.0 47 33.8 24.0-45.3
Northeast NC II 178 122 69.9 61.1-77.5 56 30.1 22.5-38.9
Northeastern Partnership 317 214 68.7 61.9-74.9 103 31.3 25.1-38.1
Mountain AHEC 484 355 70.2 61.8-77.5 129 29.8 22.5-38.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,124 761 68.2 63.6-72.5 363 31.8 27.5-36.4
Piedmont 1,493 1,022 69.1 65.6-72.4 471 30.9 27.6-34.4
Western NC 765 544 70.0 63.8-75.6 221 30.0 24.4-36.2

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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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