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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 3,396 1,250 32.0 29.7-34.4 2,146 68.0 65.6-70.3
RACE
White 2,528 1,027 36.5 33.7-39.4 1,501 63.5 60.6-66.3
African American 586 174 27.9 22.6-33.9 412 72.1 66.1-77.4
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 23 100 . - .
Native American 80 31 31.3 17.1-50.1 49 68.7 49.9-82.9
Other Minorities 162 15 5.8 2.9-11.3 147 94.2 88.7-97.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 169 13 4.1 1.8- 9.1 156 95.9 90.9-98.2
-English Speaking 53 12 12.9 5.4-27.8 41 87.1 72.2-94.6
-Spanish Speaking 116 1 1.6 0.2-10.3 115 98.4 89.7-99.8
Non-Hispanic 3,224 1,237 34.5 32.1-37.1 1,987 65.5 62.9-67.9
AGE
18-24 213 32 13.9 8.7-21.4 181 86.1 78.6-91.3
25-34 522 81 13.6 9.6-18.8 441 86.4 81.2-90.4
35-44 675 165 21.5 17.4-26.2 510 78.5 73.8-82.6
45-54 678 265 39.3 33.8-45.0 413 60.7 55.0-66.2
55-64 574 336 64.6 59.1-69.8 238 35.4 30.2-40.9
65-74 449 224 51.5 44.8-58.2 225 48.5 41.8-55.2
75+ 270 141 56.9 48.5-64.8 129 43.1 35.2-51.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 592 215 33.4 27.7-39.6 377 66.6 60.4-72.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,005 348 31.5 27.2-36.2 657 68.5 63.8-72.8
Some Post-H.S. 795 302 28.7 24.2-33.5 493 71.3 66.5-75.8
College Graduate 995 381 34.7 30.7-38.9 614 65.3 61.1-69.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 295 128 42.3 33.0-52.2 167 57.7 47.8-67.0
$15,000- 24,999 604 197 31.0 25.5-37.1 407 69.0 62.9-74.5
$25,000- 34,999 361 143 30.2 23.9-37.4 218 69.8 62.6-76.1
$35,000- 49,999 514 197 35.7 29.9-41.8 317 64.3 58.2-70.1
$50,000-74,999 431 185 36.3 29.9-43.2 246 63.7 56.8-70.1
$75,000+ 495 163 29.0 23.6-35.2 332 71.0 64.8-76.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 177 81 38.2 30.5-46.5 96 61.8 53.5-69.5
Guilford 164 59 37.6 29.2-46.9 105 62.4 53.1-70.8
Mecklenburg 165 50 21.9 16.0-29.1 115 78.1 70.9-84.0
Orange 169 57 29.0 21.4-38.0 112 71.0 62.0-78.6
Wake 169 46 23.4 17.2-30.9 123 76.6 69.1-82.8
Chatham/Lee 148 53 35.0 25.1-46.3 95 65.0 53.7-74.9
Nash/Wilson 134 47 31.6 23.6-40.9 87 68.4 59.1-76.4
Craven/Pamlico 166 67 35.0 27.2-43.8 99 65.0 56.2-72.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 62 36.7 28.3-46.0 96 63.3 54.0-71.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 164 75 47.2 36.9-57.8 89 52.8 42.2-63.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 48 20.9 13.7-30.6 125 79.1 69.4-86.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 160 59 23.4 14.9-34.8 101 76.6 65.2-85.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 173 65 35.9 28.3-44.4 108 64.1 55.6-71.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 123 56 44.9 33.6-56.7 67 55.1 43.3-66.4
Northeast NC I 137 50 27.2 19.3-36.8 87 72.8 63.2-80.7
Northeast NC II 180 62 30.1 23.0-38.3 118 69.9 61.7-77.0
Northeastern Partnership 317 112 29.2 23.5-35.5 205 70.8 64.5-76.5
Mountain AHEC 486 201 35.8 29.7-42.4 285 64.2 57.6-70.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,134 414 30.4 26.4-34.7 720 69.6 65.3-73.6
Piedmont 1,496 523 31.7 28.5-35.0 973 68.3 65.0-71.5
Western NC 766 313 36.9 31.6-42.6 453 63.1 57.4-68.4

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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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