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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 3,405 1,125 33.1 30.6-35.6 2,280 66.9 64.4-69.4
RACE
White 2,537 965 38.9 36.0-42.0 1,572 61.1 58.0-64.0
African American 586 107 20.1 15.5-25.7 479 79.9 74.3-84.5
Asian 23 1 1.7 0.2-11.7 22 98.3 88.3-99.8
Native American 80 32 39.4 21.7-60.5 48 60.6 39.5-78.3
Other Minorities 162 15 9.2 4.4-18.0 147 90.8 82.0-95.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 169 20 10.7 5.6-19.5 149 89.3 80.5-94.4
-English Speaking 53 11 22.4 9.9-43.3 42 77.6 56.7-90.1
-Spanish Speaking 116 9 7.4 2.8-18.3 107 92.6 81.7-97.2
Non-Hispanic 3,233 1,105 35.0 32.5-37.7 2,128 65.0 62.3-67.5
AGE
18-24 213 60 23.4 16.4-32.1 153 76.6 67.9-83.6
25-34 522 208 36.9 30.8-43.4 314 63.1 56.6-69.2
35-44 677 249 38.8 33.6-44.3 428 61.2 55.7-66.4
45-54 680 189 28.4 23.5-33.8 491 71.6 66.2-76.5
55-64 576 188 35.7 30.1-41.6 388 64.3 58.4-69.9
65-74 452 142 31.0 25.1-37.5 310 69.0 62.5-74.9
75+ 270 87 36.1 28.3-44.8 183 63.9 55.2-71.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 593 221 37.8 31.5-44.5 372 62.2 55.5-68.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,005 356 36.0 31.4-41.0 649 64.0 59.0-68.6
Some Post-H.S. 797 285 32.4 27.6-37.6 512 67.6 62.4-72.4
College Graduate 1,001 262 27.9 24.0-32.1 739 72.1 67.9-76.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 296 108 40.2 31.1-50.1 188 59.8 49.9-68.9
$15,000- 24,999 605 198 30.7 25.1-36.8 407 69.3 63.2-74.9
$25,000- 34,999 361 152 39.8 32.3-47.9 209 60.2 52.1-67.7
$35,000- 49,999 516 173 30.8 25.5-36.6 343 69.2 63.4-74.5
$50,000-74,999 432 150 38.3 31.7-45.4 282 61.7 54.6-68.3
$75,000+ 498 142 32.5 26.5-39.1 356 67.5 60.9-73.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 177 73 40.3 32.2-49.0 104 59.7 51.0-67.8
Guilford 164 37 21.5 15.3-29.4 127 78.5 70.6-84.7
Mecklenburg 166 35 21.8 14.5-31.4 131 78.2 68.6-85.5
Orange 169 45 24.4 17.4-33.2 124 75.6 66.8-82.6
Wake 170 42 23.5 17.0-31.7 128 76.5 68.3-83.0
Chatham/Lee 148 47 31.6 21.9-43.3 101 68.4 56.7-78.1
Nash/Wilson 134 23 20.0 12.3-30.8 111 80.0 69.2-87.7
Craven/Pamlico 167 44 24.0 17.3-32.3 123 76.0 67.7-82.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 69 43.5 34.2-53.3 89 56.5 46.7-65.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 68 47.0 36.6-57.7 97 53.0 42.3-63.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 53 30.0 20.3-42.0 120 70.0 58.0-79.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 68 49.8 31.9-67.7 93 50.2 32.3-68.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 173 57 33.6 25.8-42.3 116 66.4 57.7-74.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 123 50 34.8 25.6-45.3 73 65.2 54.7-74.4
Northeast NC I 139 42 23.8 16.4-33.2 97 76.2 66.8-83.6
Northeast NC II 180 50 26.5 19.6-34.6 130 73.5 65.4-80.4
Northeastern Partnership 319 92 25.6 20.2-31.9 227 74.4 68.1-79.8
Mountain AHEC 488 211 48.1 40.8-55.5 277 51.9 44.5-59.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,137 335 28.7 24.7-33.1 802 71.3 66.9-75.3
Piedmont 1,499 464 32.2 28.8-35.7 1,035 67.8 64.3-71.2
Western NC 769 326 45.4 39.6-51.5 443 54.6 48.5-60.4

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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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