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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 6,837 2,022 28.0 26.4-29.7 4,815 72.0 70.3-73.6
GENDER
Male 2,538 723 27.2 24.6-29.9 1,815 72.8 70.1-75.4
Female 4,299 1,299 28.9 26.9-30.9 3,000 71.1 69.1-73.1
AGE
18-24 362 60 18.9 13.1-26.4 302 81.1 73.6-86.9
25-34 937 201 19.7 16.2-23.7 736 80.3 76.3-83.8
35-44 1,257 302 24.4 21.1-28.0 955 75.6 72.0-78.9
45-54 1,320 419 33.5 29.5-37.6 901 66.5 62.4-70.5
55-64 1,166 434 37.9 33.9-42.2 732 62.1 57.8-66.1
65-74 1,008 371 35.6 31.5-40.0 637 64.4 60.0-68.5
75+ 749 227 29.3 24.8-34.2 522 70.7 65.8-75.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 895 316 29.9 25.4-34.9 579 70.1 65.1-74.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,982 618 28.6 25.6-31.8 1,364 71.4 68.2-74.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,778 535 28.4 25.1-31.9 1,243 71.6 68.1-74.9
College Graduate 2,167 547 26.4 23.7-29.3 1,620 73.6 70.7-76.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 637 235 33.9 28.2-40.1 402 66.1 59.9-71.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,087 353 34.1 29.4-39.0 734 65.9 61.0-70.6
$25,000- 34,999 743 210 22.4 18.2-27.4 533 77.6 72.6-81.8
$35,000- 49,999 983 299 29.1 25.1-33.4 684 70.9 66.6-74.9
$50,000-74,999 839 226 28.3 23.8-33.4 613 71.7 66.6-76.2
$75,000+ 1,020 279 28.5 24.6-32.8 741 71.5 67.2-75.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 117 26.1 21.6-31.1 281 73.9 68.9-78.4
Guilford 311 93 28.3 23.0-34.3 218 71.7 65.7-77.0
Mecklenburg 290 89 25.6 20.3-31.7 201 74.4 68.3-79.7
Orange 370 79 22.2 15.7-30.4 291 77.8 69.6-84.3
Wake 319 94 30.4 24.8-36.5 225 69.6 63.5-75.2
Chatham/Lee 287 90 28.1 22.5-34.4 197 71.9 65.6-77.5
Nash/Wilson 231 81 35.1 27.7-43.3 150 64.9 56.7-72.3
Craven/Pamlico 347 91 24.3 19.6-29.8 256 75.7 70.2-80.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 398 130 31.6 25.8-38.1 268 68.4 61.9-74.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 428 114 22.7 18.0-28.2 314 77.3 71.8-82.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 286 98 32.5 25.7-40.2 188 67.5 59.8-74.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 364 110 25.9 21.2-31.2 254 74.1 68.8-78.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 200 66 32.6 25.8-40.2 134 67.4 59.8-74.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 256 80 30.4 24.3-37.3 176 69.6 62.7-75.7
Northeast NC I 208 57 24.9 19.1-31.8 151 75.1 68.2-80.9
Northeast NC II 345 113 30.1 24.9-35.8 232 69.9 64.2-75.1
Northeastern Partnership 553 170 28.7 24.6-33.3 383 71.3 66.7-75.4
Mountain AHEC 1,153 348 28.7 25.1-32.7 805 71.3 67.3-74.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,036 622 27.6 24.6-30.7 1,414 72.4 69.3-75.4
Piedmont 2,933 853 28.5 26.1-30.9 2,080 71.5 69.1-73.9
Western NC 1,868 547 27.4 24.4-30.6 1,321 72.6 69.4-75.6

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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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