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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 6,819 4,666 69.2 67.4-70.9 2,153 30.8 29.1-32.6
GENDER
Male 2,529 1,686 67.9 65.0-70.7 843 32.1 29.3-35.0
Female 4,290 2,980 70.4 68.3-72.4 1,310 29.6 27.6-31.7
AGE
18-24 361 255 74.4 67.5-80.4 106 25.6 19.6-32.5
25-34 936 667 69.7 64.9-74.2 269 30.3 25.8-35.1
35-44 1,258 899 70.4 66.5-74.0 359 29.6 26.0-33.5
45-54 1,315 919 70.0 66.0-73.7 396 30.0 26.3-34.0
55-64 1,163 827 70.9 66.9-74.6 336 29.1 25.4-33.1
65-74 1,001 664 65.8 61.4-70.0 337 34.2 30.0-38.6
75+ 747 405 57.3 52.0-62.4 342 42.7 37.6-48.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 893 495 54.1 48.7-59.5 398 45.9 40.5-51.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,975 1,285 66.5 63.1-69.7 690 33.5 30.3-36.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,776 1,227 71.9 68.4-75.1 549 28.1 24.9-31.6
College Graduate 2,162 1,652 75.4 72.6-78.0 510 24.6 22.0-27.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 638 368 57.0 50.7-63.1 270 43.0 36.9-49.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,084 718 67.8 63.0-72.2 366 32.2 27.8-37.0
$25,000- 34,999 738 503 70.1 64.7-75.0 235 29.9 25.0-35.3
$35,000- 49,999 982 683 68.2 63.5-72.6 299 31.8 27.4-36.5
$50,000-74,999 838 624 75.6 71.2-79.5 214 24.4 20.5-28.8
$75,000+ 1,019 782 75.5 71.3-79.2 237 24.5 20.8-28.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 397 270 67.0 61.4-72.2 127 33.0 27.8-38.6
Guilford 308 218 70.4 64.0-76.1 90 29.6 23.9-36.0
Mecklenburg 289 211 76.3 70.2-81.4 78 23.7 18.6-29.8
Orange 369 292 74.3 65.7-81.3 77 25.7 18.7-34.3
Wake 320 234 70.7 64.3-76.3 86 29.3 23.7-35.7
Chatham/Lee 285 185 65.0 57.9-71.6 100 35.0 28.4-42.1
Nash/Wilson 230 148 64.3 56.2-71.8 82 35.7 28.2-43.8
Craven/Pamlico 346 213 59.5 53.0-65.6 133 40.5 34.4-47.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 397 265 66.8 61.0-72.1 132 33.2 27.9-39.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 431 297 71.4 65.7-76.4 134 28.6 23.6-34.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 286 181 64.5 56.8-71.4 105 35.5 28.6-43.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 363 261 72.2 66.1-77.7 102 27.8 22.3-33.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 200 127 65.5 57.6-72.6 73 34.5 27.4-42.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 256 164 67.8 61.2-73.8 92 32.2 26.2-38.8
Northeast NC I 204 135 64.4 56.2-71.8 69 35.6 28.2-43.8
Northeast NC II 342 238 67.9 61.4-73.7 104 32.1 26.3-38.6
Northeastern Partnership 546 373 67.0 61.8-71.8 173 33.0 28.2-38.2
Mountain AHEC 1,152 812 68.3 63.4-72.9 340 31.7 27.1-36.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,026 1,337 68.3 64.8-71.5 689 31.7 28.5-35.2
Piedmont 2,923 2,026 69.6 67.2-72.0 897 30.4 28.0-32.8
Western NC 1,870 1,303 69.2 65.6-72.6 567 30.8 27.4-34.4

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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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