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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,390 | 1,056 | 26.9 | 24.7-29.3 | 2,334 | 73.1 | 70.7-75.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,530 | 770 | 26.7 | 24.1-29.5 | 1,760 | 73.3 | 70.5-75.9 |
| African American | 585 | 216 | 33.5 | 27.9-39.6 | 369 | 66.5 | 60.4-72.1 |
| Asian | 23 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.9 | 22 | 98.3 | 88.1-99.8 |
| Native American | 79 | 40 | 50.2 | 30.7-69.6 | 39 | 49.8 | 30.4-69.3 |
| Other Minorities | 157 | 27 | 14.4 | 8.4-23.7 | 130 | 85.6 | 76.3-91.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 163 | 28 | 14.3 | 8.2-23.7 | 135 | 85.7 | 76.3-91.8 |
| -English Speaking | 52 | 13 | 17.8 | 6.9-38.8 | 39 | 82.2 | 61.2-93.1 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 111 | 15 | 13.2 | 6.7-24.5 | 96 | 86.8 | 75.5-93.3 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,224 | 1,028 | 28.0 | 25.6-30.5 | 2,196 | 72.0 | 69.5-74.4 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 213 | 34 | 15.0 | 9.1-23.6 | 179 | 85.0 | 76.4-90.9 |
| 25-34 | 518 | 77 | 15.0 | 10.4-21.2 | 441 | 85.0 | 78.8-89.6 |
| 35-44 | 672 | 133 | 18.6 | 14.8-23.3 | 539 | 81.4 | 76.7-85.2 |
| 45-54 | 679 | 231 | 33.0 | 27.7-38.8 | 448 | 67.0 | 61.2-72.3 |
| 55-64 | 572 | 238 | 43.0 | 37.2-48.9 | 334 | 57.0 | 51.1-62.8 |
| 65-74 | 449 | 185 | 37.8 | 31.6-44.4 | 264 | 62.2 | 55.6-68.4 |
| 75+ | 272 | 155 | 57.2 | 48.8-65.2 | 117 | 42.8 | 34.8-51.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 586 | 291 | 40.9 | 34.5-47.6 | 295 | 59.1 | 52.4-65.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,000 | 312 | 28.0 | 23.8-32.6 | 688 | 72.0 | 67.4-76.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 797 | 246 | 25.5 | 21.2-30.4 | 551 | 74.5 | 69.6-78.8 |
| College Graduate | 998 | 202 | 18.0 | 14.8-21.7 | 796 | 82.0 | 78.3-85.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 295 | 193 | 49.6 | 39.8-59.3 | 102 | 50.4 | 40.7-60.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 598 | 237 | 34.0 | 28.3-40.2 | 361 | 66.0 | 59.8-71.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 360 | 102 | 25.3 | 19.3-32.4 | 258 | 74.7 | 67.6-80.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 516 | 114 | 18.4 | 14.2-23.5 | 402 | 81.6 | 76.5-85.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 429 | 92 | 17.2 | 12.9-22.5 | 337 | 82.8 | 77.5-87.1 |
| $75,000+ | 496 | 75 | 14.5 | 10.4-19.8 | 421 | 85.5 | 80.2-89.6 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 175 | 58 | 27.7 | 21.1-35.3 | 117 | 72.3 | 64.7-78.9 |
| Guilford | 164 | 39 | 22.2 | 15.9-30.2 | 125 | 77.8 | 69.8-84.1 |
| Mecklenburg | 167 | 43 | 19.8 | 14.1-27.1 | 124 | 80.2 | 72.9-85.9 |
| Orange | 169 | 35 | 23.2 | 12.7-38.7 | 134 | 76.8 | 61.3-87.3 |
| Wake | 168 | 36 | 18.6 | 13.0-26.0 | 132 | 81.4 | 74.0-87.0 |
| Chatham/Lee | 147 | 30 | 20.0 | 11.8-32.0 | 117 | 80.0 | 68.0-88.2 |
| Nash/Wilson | 136 | 41 | 26.5 | 19.0-35.6 | 95 | 73.5 | 64.4-81.0 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 167 | 63 | 34.7 | 26.9-43.5 | 104 | 65.3 | 56.5-73.1 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 160 | 53 | 32.9 | 23.4-44.0 | 107 | 67.1 | 56.0-76.6 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 164 | 58 | 29.9 | 22.3-38.8 | 106 | 70.1 | 61.2-77.7 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 171 | 62 | 28.6 | 19.3-40.0 | 109 | 71.4 | 60.0-80.7 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 160 | 52 | 24.2 | 16.4-34.1 | 108 | 75.8 | 65.9-83.6 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 172 | 68 | 36.6 | 28.9-45.1 | 104 | 63.4 | 54.9-71.1 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 123 | 48 | 31.2 | 22.6-41.3 | 75 | 68.8 | 58.7-77.4 |
| Northeast NC I | 137 | 49 | 30.8 | 21.9-41.4 | 88 | 69.2 | 58.6-78.1 |
| Northeast NC II | 179 | 67 | 33.1 | 25.6-41.6 | 112 | 66.9 | 58.4-74.4 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 316 | 116 | 32.4 | 26.4-39.0 | 200 | 67.6 | 61.0-73.6 |
| Mountain AHEC | 484 | 166 | 32.8 | 25.6-40.9 | 318 | 67.2 | 59.1-74.4 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,133 | 399 | 30.3 | 26.2-34.8 | 734 | 69.7 | 65.2-73.8 |
| Piedmont | 1,492 | 392 | 23.3 | 20.4-26.5 | 1,100 | 76.7 | 73.5-79.6 |
| Western NC | 765 | 265 | 34.2 | 28.3-40.6 | 500 | 65.8 | 59.4-71.7 |
*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) of the BRFSS 2003 questionnaire.
^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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