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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,362 1,201 33.6 31.2-36.2 1,341 42.3 39.6-45.0 448 13.3 11.6-15.2 66 2.0 1.3- 3.0 306 8.8 7.5-10.3
RACE
White 2,491 888 32.8 30.0-35.7 983 40.8 37.7-43.9 335 14.5 12.4-16.8 56 2.3 1.4- 3.5 229 9.7 8.0-11.6
African American 585 214 39.7 33.7-46.0 230 41.0 35.0-47.2 81 11.1 8.0-15.2 8 1.9 0.6- 5.9 52 6.4 4.4- 9.1
Asian 26 9 35.2 12.9-66.6 10 46.2 21.5-72.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 18.6 6.8-41.8
Native American 79 32 47.8 28.6-67.7 28 33.8 17.9-54.5 13 13.5 6.2-27.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 4.8 1.3-16.2
Other Minorities 163 46 22.8 15.0-33.0 89 61.9 50.6-72.0 16 9.2 4.3-18.5 2 1.1 0.3- 5.1 10 5.0 2.2-11.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 47 21.3 13.8-31.3 88 61.7 50.4-71.8 17 11.7 6.1-21.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 12 5.3 2.4-11.3
-English Speaking 49 18 23.6 10.9-43.9 18 42.2 21.1-66.6 8 25.3 10.7-49.0 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 4 8.5 1.7-33.8
-Spanish Speaking 116 29 20.7 12.3-32.6 70 66.5 53.6-77.4 9 8.3 3.2-19.9 0 0.0 . - . 8 4.5 1.8-10.6
Non-Hispanic 3,194 1,153 34.7 32.1-37.3 1,253 40.7 38.0-43.4 430 13.4 11.7-15.4 65 2.2 1.5- 3.3 293 9.1 7.7-10.7
AGE
18-24 214 85 39.3 30.4-49.0 91 42.1 32.7-52.1 28 11.6 6.9-19.0 2 1.6 0.2- 9.8 8 5.4 2.2-12.2
25-34 522 164 31.1 25.4-37.3 244 47.0 40.6-53.6 72 13.5 9.5-18.8 7 2.3 0.9- 6.1 35 6.0 3.9- 9.2
35-44 677 196 25.9 21.7-30.7 297 48.5 43.1-53.9 117 16.1 12.6-20.3 15 2.1 1.0- 4.7 52 7.4 5.1-10.6
45-54 666 199 29.8 24.8-35.4 285 43.4 37.7-49.3 97 13.4 9.8-18.1 12 1.5 0.7- 3.0 73 11.8 8.6-16.1
55-64 561 205 35.3 29.8-41.1 209 35.9 30.5-41.7 70 12.8 9.3-17.4 14 2.4 1.2- 4.7 63 13.7 9.9-18.5
65-74 443 195 43.4 36.9-50.2 144 30.4 24.6-36.8 46 12.5 8.6-17.8 9 2.4 0.7- 8.0 49 11.3 7.6-16.4
75+ 259 148 51.5 42.9-59.9 65 30.8 23.3-39.3 14 7.4 3.6-14.7 7 2.3 0.8- 6.7 25 8.0 4.5-13.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 573 194 25.0 20.2-30.5 215 49.9 43.1-56.7 83 13.7 9.9-18.8 11 2.2 0.8- 5.5 70 9.2 6.5-12.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 992 316 30.4 26.0-35.0 403 41.0 36.2-46.1 147 15.6 12.2-19.8 28 3.1 1.8- 5.5 98 9.9 7.5-12.8
Some Post-H.S. 784 279 34.2 29.1-39.8 323 40.4 34.9-46.1 103 13.5 10.1-17.9 16 2.3 1.0- 5.5 63 9.5 6.6-13.5
College Graduate 1,002 408 41.4 37.0-45.9 398 41.3 37.0-45.7 115 10.4 8.2-13.2 11 0.5 0.2- 1.1 70 6.4 4.6- 8.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 281 84 22.5 16.2-30.4 101 42.1 32.3-52.6 45 12.0 7.6-18.3 9 8.6 3.2-21.0 42 14.8 9.5-22.4
$15,000- 24,999 592 210 30.3 24.9-36.4 233 45.4 38.8-52.1 84 14.2 10.2-19.5 12 1.8 0.7- 4.6 53 8.2 5.4-12.4
$25,000- 34,999 356 116 37.0 29.3-45.5 153 39.7 32.2-47.6 53 13.3 8.8-19.7 7 1.3 0.5- 3.5 27 8.7 5.1-14.4
$35,000- 49,999 512 174 35.5 29.7-41.8 206 38.6 32.6-44.9 75 15.1 10.9-20.5 12 2.3 1.1- 4.9 45 8.5 5.8-12.3
$50,000-74,999 427 156 34.7 28.0-42.0 184 46.1 38.9-53.4 50 9.2 6.3-13.2 9 1.7 0.6- 5.1 28 8.3 5.1-13.3
$75,000+ 492 182 33.3 27.5-39.6 204 42.4 36.2-48.8 61 16.3 11.3-23.0 7 1.0 0.4- 2.8 38 7.0 4.5-10.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 173 67 36.1 28.3-44.8 62 39.2 30.7-48.3 24 14.9 9.7-22.2 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 18 9.0 5.4-14.4
Guilford 161 66 44.2 35.4-53.4 63 37.2 29.2-46.0 14 8.6 4.8-14.9 4 2.2 0.8- 6.0 14 7.8 4.4-13.6
Mecklenburg 165 61 37.1 27.9-47.4 62 34.5 26.2-43.9 26 18.0 11.1-27.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 15 10.0 5.2-18.5
Orange 168 61 31.1 22.9-40.6 77 53.3 42.5-63.8 20 10.8 6.4-17.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 9 4.5 2.2- 9.2
Wake 170 54 29.7 22.1-38.6 76 48.3 39.3-57.4 25 14.6 9.5-21.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 13 6.9 4.0-11.8
Chatham/Lee 146 49 34.7 24.7-46.2 61 42.0 32.2-52.5 17 14.1 7.8-24.0 5 2.3 0.9- 5.7 14 7.0 4.0-12.0
Nash/Wilson 137 44 29.5 21.8-38.6 54 44.0 34.4-54.1 22 14.0 8.9-21.3 4 2.3 0.8- 6.5 13 10.2 5.4-18.3
Craven/Pamlico 163 59 35.8 27.4-45.2 61 39.7 31.1-48.9 21 13.0 7.6-21.3 6 3.6 1.6- 8.1 16 7.9 4.7-13.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 157 56 36.9 27.2-47.9 57 35.1 26.8-44.5 26 16.2 10.3-24.6 2 1.0 0.2- 4.2 16 10.7 6.4-17.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 167 64 37.1 28.2-47.0 68 39.1 30.0-49.0 20 11.1 6.9-17.3 3 1.2 0.3- 3.8 12 11.6 4.1-28.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 170 66 31.0 21.3-42.7 64 48.1 33.4-63.1 22 11.3 6.1-20.0 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 16 8.7 4.2-17.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 158 59 25.9 16.3-38.5 64 58.6 42.1-73.4 14 7.1 3.7-13.1 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 18 7.6 4.0-13.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 169 49 30.0 22.6-38.6 69 43.4 34.9-52.2 29 15.0 10.1-21.8 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1 20 10.9 6.7-17.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 119 37 30.4 20.8-42.1 44 43.0 31.5-55.3 23 16.3 10.4-24.6 4 3.0 1.0- 8.7 11 7.3 3.7-13.9
Northeast NC I 140 60 34.7 25.3-45.5 49 44.4 32.1-57.5 23 15.5 9.5-24.4 2 1.9 0.4- 7.8 6 3.4 1.4- 8.1
Northeast NC II 175 60 30.1 23.0-38.2 79 47.7 39.0-56.6 20 12.0 7.4-18.9 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0 14 8.9 5.0-15.5
Northeastern Partnership 315 120 31.6 25.8-38.0 128 46.7 39.5-54.0 43 13.1 9.3-18.3 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 20 7.2 4.3-11.7
Mountain AHEC 475 187 36.6 30.3-43.5 177 41.5 34.0-49.5 51 11.3 7.9-15.9 8 2.0 0.7- 5.1 52 8.6 6.0-12.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,122 375 31.0 26.7-35.7 454 45.1 40.2-50.0 171 14.9 11.8-18.7 24 1.5 0.9- 2.6 98 7.5 5.6- 9.9
Piedmont 1,484 535 34.6 31.2-38.2 598 41.1 37.5-44.8 188 12.6 10.3-15.3 30 2.4 1.4- 4.2 133 9.2 7.4-11.5
Western NC 756 291 35.1 30.0-40.6 289 41.3 35.3-47.5 89 12.5 9.2-16.9 12 1.4 0.6- 3.3 75 9.6 6.9-13.3

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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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