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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 3,476 1,094 31.7 29.2-34.2 2,382 68.3 65.8-70.8
RACE
White 2,580 822 32.8 30.0-35.8 1,758 67.2 64.2-70.0
African American 607 179 27.9 22.9-33.6 428 72.1 66.4-77.1
Asian 25 7 29.2 9.1-62.8 18 70.8 37.2-90.9
Native American 83 32 37.5 20.3-58.5 51 62.5 41.5-79.7
Other Minorities 163 50 28.1 18.9-39.7 113 71.9 60.3-81.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 170 51 27.3 18.3-38.7 119 72.7 61.3-81.7
-English Speaking 54 20 41.3 21.6-64.3 34 58.7 35.7-78.4
-Spanish Speaking 116 31 23.4 14.1-36.2 85 76.6 63.8-85.9
Non-Hispanic 3,303 1,043 32.1 29.6-34.7 2,260 67.9 65.3-70.4
AGE
18-24 219 51 28.6 20.2-38.8 168 71.4 61.2-79.8
25-34 533 150 29.0 23.2-35.6 383 71.0 64.4-76.8
35-44 688 227 31.8 27.1-37.0 461 68.2 63.0-72.9
45-54 687 251 36.3 31.0-41.9 436 63.7 58.1-69.0
55-64 586 209 38.0 32.6-43.8 377 62.0 56.2-67.4
65-74 464 138 29.0 23.4-35.3 326 71.0 64.7-76.6
75+ 278 63 23.4 17.2-31.1 215 76.6 68.9-82.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 608 150 22.0 16.6-28.4 458 78.0 71.6-83.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,029 306 30.2 25.8-35.0 723 69.8 65.0-74.2
Some Post-H.S. 811 272 34.8 29.5-40.4 539 65.2 59.6-70.5
College Graduate 1,016 361 36.3 32.1-40.7 655 63.7 59.3-67.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 299 89 25.7 18.2-35.0 210 74.3 65.0-81.8
$15,000- 24,999 616 170 29.3 23.7-35.6 446 70.7 64.4-76.3
$25,000- 34,999 367 122 32.9 25.6-41.1 245 67.1 58.9-74.4
$35,000- 49,999 526 169 30.9 25.4-37.1 357 69.1 62.9-74.6
$50,000-74,999 436 145 35.1 28.3-42.6 291 64.9 57.4-71.7
$75,000+ 504 187 36.3 30.5-42.5 317 63.7 57.5-69.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 179 60 32.0 24.6-40.4 119 68.0 59.6-75.4
Guilford 164 57 34.9 27.1-43.7 107 65.1 56.3-72.9
Mecklenburg 169 56 28.4 20.7-37.6 113 71.6 62.4-79.3
Orange 170 50 34.9 23.7-48.1 120 65.1 51.9-76.3
Wake 176 63 33.5 25.8-42.2 113 66.5 57.8-74.2
Chatham/Lee 152 46 31.3 21.9-42.6 106 68.7 57.4-78.1
Nash/Wilson 140 45 32.7 23.9-42.8 95 67.3 57.2-76.1
Craven/Pamlico 170 53 28.3 21.0-36.9 117 71.7 63.1-79.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 162 47 30.8 21.5-42.0 115 69.2 58.0-78.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 169 51 26.6 19.5-35.1 118 73.4 64.9-80.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 178 52 26.1 17.6-36.8 126 73.9 63.2-82.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 162 55 27.2 17.2-40.2 107 72.8 59.8-82.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 176 57 30.2 23.2-38.2 119 69.8 61.8-76.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 127 35 25.6 17.3-36.2 92 74.4 63.8-82.7
Northeast NC I 144 45 29.4 21.0-39.6 99 70.6 60.4-79.0
Northeast NC II 186 57 30.5 23.0-39.2 129 69.5 60.8-77.0
Northeastern Partnership 330 102 30.1 24.2-36.8 228 69.9 63.2-75.8
Mountain AHEC 493 158 30.5 23.4-38.6 335 69.5 61.4-76.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,167 360 28.9 24.8-33.4 807 71.1 66.6-75.2
Piedmont 1,530 489 33.5 30.1-37.1 1,041 66.5 62.9-69.9
Western NC 779 245 29.9 24.4-36.0 534 70.1 64.0-75.6

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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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