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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 6,838 236 2.5 2.0- 3.0 6,602 97.5 97.0-98.0
GENDER
Male 2,537 90 2.5 1.8- 3.3 2,447 97.5 96.7-98.2
Female 4,301 146 2.5 1.9- 3.2 4,155 97.5 96.8-98.1
AGE
18-24 363 0 0.0 . - . 363 100 . - .
25-34 938 3 0.1 0.0- 0.4 935 99.9 99.6- 100
35-44 1,260 11 0.6 0.3- 1.4 1,249 99.4 98.6-99.7
45-54 1,316 29 2.4 1.4- 4.1 1,287 97.6 95.9-98.6
55-64 1,164 60 4.0 2.8- 5.7 1,104 96.0 94.3-97.2
65-74 1,006 58 5.5 3.8- 7.8 948 94.5 92.2-96.2
75+ 753 75 8.8 6.3-12.2 678 91.2 87.8-93.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 894 73 4.8 3.4- 6.8 821 95.2 93.2-96.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,983 74 2.7 1.9- 3.8 1,909 97.3 96.2-98.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,781 55 2.1 1.5- 3.1 1,726 97.9 96.9-98.5
College Graduate 2,165 34 1.7 1.1- 2.6 2,131 98.3 97.4-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 634 53 6.7 4.6- 9.6 581 93.3 90.4-95.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,086 40 3.1 1.9- 5.1 1,046 96.9 94.9-98.1
$25,000- 34,999 742 30 3.2 2.0- 5.0 712 96.8 95.0-98.0
$35,000- 49,999 984 22 1.8 1.0- 3.3 962 98.2 96.7-99.0
$50,000-74,999 839 14 1.7 0.9- 3.4 825 98.3 96.6-99.1
$75,000+ 1,020 9 0.5 0.2- 1.1 1,011 99.5 98.9-99.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 14 2.5 1.4- 4.4 384 97.5 95.6-98.6
Guilford 311 12 3.4 1.8- 6.3 299 96.6 93.7-98.2
Mecklenburg 289 7 1.6 0.7- 3.4 282 98.4 96.6-99.3
Orange 370 6 0.9 0.4- 2.0 364 99.1 98.0-99.6
Wake 321 7 1.7 0.7- 4.3 314 98.3 95.7-99.3
Chatham/Lee 287 16 4.0 2.3- 6.6 271 96.0 93.4-97.7
Nash/Wilson 231 9 2.9 1.4- 5.8 222 97.1 94.2-98.6
Craven/Pamlico 346 11 3.8 2.0- 6.9 335 96.2 93.1-98.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 398 17 3.7 2.2- 6.3 381 96.3 93.7-97.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 430 13 2.0 1.1- 3.7 417 98.0 96.3-98.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 287 14 2.9 1.6- 5.0 273 97.1 95.0-98.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 362 8 1.6 0.7- 3.2 354 98.4 96.8-99.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 200 8 4.8 2.3- 9.8 192 95.2 90.2-97.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 256 8 2.5 1.1- 5.4 248 97.5 94.6-98.9
Northeast NC I 208 11 3.6 1.9- 6.9 197 96.4 93.1-98.1
Northeast NC II 344 18 3.8 2.3- 6.3 326 96.2 93.7-97.7
Northeastern Partnership 552 29 3.8 2.5- 5.7 523 96.2 94.3-97.5
Mountain AHEC 1,153 37 3.0 1.9- 4.7 1,116 97.0 95.3-98.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,036 77 2.7 2.0- 3.7 1,959 97.3 96.3-98.0
Piedmont 2,932 100 2.3 1.7- 3.1 2,832 97.7 96.9-98.3
Western NC 1,870 59 2.5 1.8- 3.6 1,811 97.5 96.4-98.2

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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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