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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 6,768 4,969 71.8 70.1-73.6 1,799 28.2 26.4-29.9
GENDER
Male 2,495 1,671 66.3 63.3-69.2 824 33.7 30.8-36.7
Female 4,273 3,298 76.9 74.9-78.8 975 23.1 21.2-25.1
AGE
18-24 358 208 59.4 51.3-67.1 150 40.6 32.9-48.7
25-34 930 612 65.6 60.6-70.2 318 34.4 29.8-39.4
35-44 1,250 899 74.0 70.5-77.3 351 26.0 22.7-29.5
45-54 1,310 1,017 75.2 71.1-78.9 293 24.8 21.1-28.9
55-64 1,152 910 78.8 75.0-82.2 242 21.2 17.8-25.0
65-74 996 774 77.7 73.7-81.2 222 22.3 18.8-26.3
75+ 734 521 69.3 64.1-74.0 213 30.7 26.0-35.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 871 570 61.1 55.5-66.4 301 38.9 33.6-44.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,952 1,386 69.8 66.4-73.0 566 30.2 27.0-33.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,771 1,317 72.8 69.1-76.2 454 27.2 23.8-30.9
College Graduate 2,159 1,687 77.0 74.3-79.6 472 23.0 20.4-25.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 624 437 66.6 60.3-72.4 187 33.4 27.6-39.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,074 753 67.3 62.4-71.9 321 32.7 28.1-37.6
$25,000- 34,999 733 534 70.2 64.5-75.3 199 29.8 24.7-35.5
$35,000- 49,999 978 719 70.4 65.8-74.6 259 29.6 25.4-34.2
$50,000-74,999 834 643 78.1 73.4-82.2 191 21.9 17.8-26.6
$75,000+ 1,017 800 77.7 73.3-81.6 217 22.3 18.4-26.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 394 287 71.2 65.5-76.3 107 28.8 23.7-34.5
Guilford 310 238 74.3 67.7-80.0 72 25.7 20.0-32.3
Mecklenburg 288 220 73.4 64.8-80.6 68 26.6 19.4-35.2
Orange 369 281 65.2 56.3-73.2 88 34.8 26.8-43.7
Wake 318 248 76.8 70.9-81.8 70 23.2 18.2-29.1
Chatham/Lee 285 206 68.2 60.7-74.9 79 31.8 25.1-39.3
Nash/Wilson 229 163 66.7 58.2-74.2 66 33.3 25.8-41.8
Craven/Pamlico 343 244 68.1 61.5-74.1 99 31.9 25.9-38.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 391 288 73.0 67.5-78.0 103 27.0 22.0-32.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 428 304 66.8 59.6-73.4 124 33.2 26.6-40.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 286 196 68.2 60.6-75.0 90 31.8 25.0-39.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 357 269 73.9 67.6-79.3 88 26.1 20.7-32.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 196 142 74.0 66.4-80.4 54 26.0 19.6-33.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 252 171 62.9 55.4-69.8 81 37.1 30.2-44.6
Northeast NC I 204 144 68.1 59.8-75.4 60 31.9 24.6-40.2
Northeast NC II 339 251 70.2 63.7-75.9 88 29.8 24.1-36.3
Northeastern Partnership 543 395 69.6 64.4-74.4 148 30.4 25.6-35.6
Mountain AHEC 1,138 858 73.4 68.3-78.0 280 26.6 22.0-31.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,006 1,442 69.2 65.5-72.6 564 30.8 27.4-34.5
Piedmont 2,916 2,148 72.7 70.2-75.0 768 27.3 25.0-29.8
Western NC 1,846 1,379 73.1 69.3-76.6 467 26.9 23.4-30.7

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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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