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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,472 2,213 61.7 59.1-64.3 509 13.7 12.0-15.6 750 24.6 22.4-27.1
RACE
White 2,575 1,699 65.6 62.6-68.4 397 14.7 12.7-17.1 479 19.7 17.4-22.3
African American 607 400 65.6 59.5-71.2 77 10.8 7.7-15.0 130 23.6 18.6-29.4
Asian 26 14 40.0 18.0-66.9 2 5.6 1.0-25.2 10 54.4 28.0-78.5
Native American 83 48 52.9 33.7-71.3 14 19.7 7.4-42.8 21 27.4 14.4-46.0
Other Minorities 163 45 23.0 14.9-33.7 18 10.6 5.2-20.3 100 66.5 55.0-76.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 170 51 25.6 17.2-36.4 16 9.8 4.6-19.7 103 64.5 53.1-74.5
-English Speaking 54 29 39.1 21.5-60.0 4 8.1 1.6-31.7 21 52.9 31.9-72.9
-Spanish Speaking 116 22 21.8 12.7-34.9 12 10.3 4.4-22.4 82 67.9 54.2-79.0
Non-Hispanic 3,299 2,161 64.8 62.2-67.4 491 14.0 12.2-16.0 647 21.2 19.0-23.6
AGE
18-24 216 104 45.7 36.3-55.5 27 16.6 10.2-25.9 85 37.7 29.0-47.3
25-34 533 267 51.6 45.2-57.9 51 8.3 5.5-12.2 215 40.2 34.2-46.5
35-44 688 436 65.6 60.2-70.6 73 9.7 7.1-13.2 179 24.7 20.2-29.9
45-54 686 476 70.0 64.4-75.1 88 12.2 8.9-16.3 122 17.8 13.7-22.9
55-64 587 415 73.0 67.6-77.8 93 14.6 10.9-19.3 79 12.4 9.2-16.5
65-74 464 313 66.3 59.8-72.2 106 23.7 18.5-29.7 45 10.1 6.8-14.7
75+ 277 192 64.1 55.6-71.9 68 28.8 21.6-37.2 17 7.1 3.7-13.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 607 336 49.7 43.0-56.3 91 11.2 8.1-15.2 180 39.2 32.8-46.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,030 631 60.0 55.1-64.7 155 13.9 10.8-17.7 244 26.1 22.0-30.7
Some Post-H.S. 808 534 64.8 59.0-70.1 125 14.5 10.8-19.2 149 20.7 16.3-26.0
College Graduate 1,015 704 68.2 63.9-72.3 134 13.7 10.9-17.0 177 18.1 14.8-21.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 299 152 46.3 36.8-56.1 54 16.4 10.9-23.9 93 37.3 28.1-47.5
$15,000- 24,999 616 325 48.9 42.5-55.3 78 10.1 6.8-14.8 213 41.0 34.8-47.6
$25,000- 34,999 367 241 66.4 58.5-73.4 46 10.9 7.0-16.5 80 22.7 16.7-30.1
$35,000- 49,999 524 367 64.4 57.9-70.4 67 12.2 8.8-16.7 90 23.4 17.9-29.9
$50,000-74,999 436 308 69.2 61.8-75.8 62 14.5 9.6-21.3 66 16.3 11.5-22.5
$75,000+ 504 387 77.6 71.5-82.8 55 9.8 6.8-14.0 62 12.6 8.4-18.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 179 112 63.5 54.8-71.3 30 14.9 9.7-22.3 37 21.6 15.4-29.5
Guilford 165 107 66.3 57.5-74.2 25 15.9 10.3-23.7 33 17.8 12.1-25.3
Mecklenburg 168 105 55.5 45.3-65.2 26 15.6 8.9-25.7 37 29.0 20.5-39.2
Orange 170 91 49.3 38.3-60.3 24 11.8 7.5-18.0 55 39.0 29.3-49.6
Wake 176 116 62.3 52.9-70.9 22 9.8 6.0-15.9 38 27.8 19.7-37.6
Chatham/Lee 152 98 62.0 51.5-71.4 17 9.6 5.5-16.2 37 28.5 19.9-38.9
Nash/Wilson 140 99 68.3 58.6-76.6 14 9.8 5.6-16.7 27 21.9 14.8-31.2
Craven/Pamlico 170 111 60.9 51.5-69.5 29 14.8 10.1-21.2 30 24.3 16.5-34.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 161 111 70.0 61.2-77.6 27 15.0 9.9-22.0 23 15.0 9.7-22.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 169 108 61.6 50.2-71.8 33 21.3 12.2-34.5 28 17.1 10.9-25.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 178 105 57.1 43.7-69.5 24 13.2 7.5-22.3 49 29.7 20.1-41.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 160 100 44.7 28.6-62.0 26 13.1 7.3-22.3 34 42.1 23.1-63.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 176 110 58.6 49.8-66.8 31 15.9 10.9-22.7 35 25.5 18.2-34.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 126 80 61.3 49.8-71.6 14 9.4 5.1-16.9 32 29.3 19.9-40.8
Northeast NC I 144 93 56.4 43.3-68.6 22 14.2 8.2-23.4 29 29.4 17.4-45.2
Northeast NC II 186 120 59.9 51.0-68.2 24 12.6 7.8-19.6 42 27.5 20.0-36.6
Northeastern Partnership 330 213 58.8 51.4-65.8 46 13.1 9.1-18.4 71 28.1 21.4-35.9
Mountain AHEC 491 302 58.4 51.3-65.3 86 16.7 12.5-21.9 103 24.9 19.1-31.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,166 737 55.2 50.3-60.0 168 14.7 11.6-18.5 261 30.1 25.6-34.9
Piedmont 1,530 985 65.2 61.6-68.7 204 12.4 10.1-15.1 341 22.4 19.4-25.6
Western NC 776 491 60.8 54.9-66.4 137 16.6 12.8-21.3 148 22.6 18.0-28.0

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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included

^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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