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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 6,822 5,096 72.3 70.6-74.0 1,726 27.7 26.0-29.4
GENDER
Male 2,525 1,712 66.9 63.9-69.8 813 33.1 30.2-36.1
Female 4,297 3,384 77.4 75.3-79.3 913 22.6 20.7-24.7
AGE
18-24 359 237 66.7 58.7-73.9 122 33.3 26.1-41.3
25-34 935 636 68.3 63.5-72.7 299 31.7 27.3-36.5
35-44 1,260 913 70.2 66.3-73.9 347 29.8 26.1-33.7
45-54 1,316 1,006 75.1 71.2-78.6 310 24.9 21.4-28.8
55-64 1,159 917 76.7 72.7-80.3 242 23.3 19.7-27.3
65-74 1,007 800 79.0 75.1-82.5 207 21.0 17.5-24.9
75+ 748 557 71.8 66.5-76.5 191 28.2 23.5-33.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 892 619 63.6 58.0-68.8 273 36.4 31.2-42.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,974 1,430 69.0 65.5-72.4 544 31.0 27.6-34.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,776 1,328 73.9 70.4-77.2 448 26.1 22.8-29.6
College Graduate 2,165 1,711 77.6 74.9-80.1 454 22.4 19.9-25.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 636 462 66.5 59.8-72.6 174 33.5 27.4-40.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,085 790 70.3 65.5-74.6 295 29.7 25.4-34.5
$25,000- 34,999 739 551 72.7 67.2-77.6 188 27.3 22.4-32.8
$35,000- 49,999 983 720 70.5 65.9-74.7 263 29.5 25.3-34.1
$50,000-74,999 839 624 74.9 70.4-78.9 215 25.1 21.1-29.6
$75,000+ 1,015 806 77.8 73.6-81.5 209 22.2 18.5-26.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 395 300 75.7 70.5-80.3 95 24.3 19.7-29.5
Guilford 311 236 73.4 66.6-79.2 75 26.6 20.8-33.4
Mecklenburg 290 225 76.0 68.6-82.0 65 24.0 18.0-31.4
Orange 370 284 69.0 59.9-76.8 86 31.0 23.2-40.1
Wake 318 245 74.4 68.3-79.7 73 25.6 20.3-31.7
Chatham/Lee 287 208 67.2 59.5-74.1 79 32.8 25.9-40.5
Nash/Wilson 232 176 72.0 63.5-79.1 56 28.0 20.9-36.5
Craven/Pamlico 345 250 71.5 65.1-77.1 95 28.5 22.9-34.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 398 298 72.5 66.8-77.6 100 27.5 22.4-33.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 430 316 72.9 67.2-77.9 114 27.1 22.1-32.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 286 205 63.6 55.1-71.4 81 36.4 28.6-44.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 363 282 75.7 69.4-81.1 81 24.3 18.9-30.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 199 144 75.4 68.1-81.4 55 24.6 18.6-31.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 255 180 69.6 62.6-75.8 75 30.4 24.2-37.4
Northeast NC I 207 151 69.6 61.4-76.7 56 30.4 23.3-38.6
Northeast NC II 342 257 73.3 66.7-78.9 85 26.7 21.1-33.3
Northeastern Partnership 549 408 72.3 67.1-77.0 141 27.7 23.0-32.9
Mountain AHEC 1,148 903 77.7 72.6-82.1 245 22.3 17.9-27.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,029 1,482 70.4 66.9-73.7 547 29.6 26.3-33.1
Piedmont 2,927 2,174 71.8 69.3-74.2 753 28.2 25.8-30.7
Western NC 1,866 1,440 76.8 73.2-80.0 426 23.2 20.0-26.8

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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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