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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,927 603 7.7 6.9- 8.6 55 0.8 0.5- 1.2 6,269 91.5 90.5-92.4
GENDER
Male 2,576 259 8.2 6.9- 9.7 0 0.0 . - . 2,317 91.8 90.3-93.1
Female 4,351 344 7.2 6.2- 8.4 55 1.5 1.0- 2.3 3,952 91.2 89.9-92.4
AGE
18-24 366 3 0.3 0.1- 0.9 8 2.4 1.0- 5.8 355 97.3 94.1-98.8
25-34 950 12 0.9 0.4- 1.9 16 1.3 0.7- 2.6 922 97.8 96.4-98.7
35-44 1,273 53 4.8 3.3- 7.1 14 0.5 0.3- 0.9 1,206 94.7 92.5-96.3
45-54 1,324 84 6.8 5.0- 9.3 12 0.8 0.4- 1.5 1,228 92.4 89.9-94.3
55-64 1,183 151 14.2 11.5-17.5 3 0.3 0.1- 1.3 1,029 85.4 82.2-88.2
65-74 1,022 158 15.8 12.7-19.4 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0 862 84.0 80.3-87.1
75+ 766 141 19.3 15.5-23.7 0 0.0 . - . 625 80.7 76.3-84.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 918 168 15.6 12.5-19.2 5 0.7 0.2- 2.4 745 83.7 80.0-86.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,013 186 8.2 6.6-10.1 13 0.7 0.3- 1.6 1,814 91.1 89.1-92.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,799 140 6.7 5.3- 8.4 16 0.6 0.3- 1.2 1,643 92.7 91.0-94.1
College Graduate 2,181 108 5.0 3.8- 6.5 21 1.1 0.6- 2.1 2,052 93.9 92.2-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 646 118 18.7 14.5-23.8 4 0.7 0.2- 2.6 524 80.6 75.5-84.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,100 114 8.1 6.2-10.6 8 0.9 0.3- 2.2 978 91.0 88.4-93.0
$25,000- 34,999 750 71 8.8 6.3-12.1 4 0.8 0.2- 3.4 675 90.5 86.9-93.1
$35,000- 49,999 993 54 4.9 3.3- 7.1 6 0.2 0.1- 0.5 933 94.9 92.7-96.5
$50,000-74,999 846 50 6.1 4.2- 8.9 10 0.9 0.4- 1.8 786 93.0 90.2-95.1
$75,000+ 1,028 40 3.7 2.3- 6.0 10 0.9 0.4- 1.9 978 95.4 93.0-97.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 402 32 7.2 4.9-10.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 368 92.3 88.9-94.7
Guilford 313 22 6.3 4.0- 9.8 4 1.6 0.5- 5.4 287 92.1 88.0-94.9
Mecklenburg 291 22 6.9 4.3-11.0 0 0.0 . - . 269 93.1 89.0-95.7
Orange 371 11 2.7 1.3- 5.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 359 96.5 93.2-98.3
Wake 325 18 4.2 2.6- 6.8 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4 304 95.1 92.3-96.9
Chatham/Lee 291 21 5.6 3.5- 8.9 4 1.3 0.5- 3.5 266 93.1 89.5-95.5
Nash/Wilson 236 27 9.3 6.2-13.9 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 207 89.7 85.0-93.1
Craven/Pamlico 350 37 9.0 6.3-12.7 3 1.1 0.3- 4.1 310 89.9 85.9-92.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 407 39 9.5 6.6-13.4 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7 364 89.9 85.9-92.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 435 29 5.0 3.3- 7.4 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 404 94.3 91.6-96.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 290 13 3.4 1.9- 6.1 2 2.0 0.4- 9.2 275 94.6 89.5-97.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 367 36 8.5 6.0-12.0 6 1.4 0.6- 3.2 325 90.1 86.4-92.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 202 37 16.6 11.8-22.8 0 0.0 . - . 165 83.4 77.2-88.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 262 25 9.0 5.9-13.5 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 235 90.3 85.7-93.5
Northeast NC I 211 28 12.8 8.5-18.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8 181 86.6 80.6-90.9
Northeast NC II 347 39 10.5 7.4-14.6 3 0.9 0.3- 2.7 305 88.7 84.4-91.9
Northeastern Partnership 558 67 11.1 8.4-14.4 5 0.8 0.3- 2.1 486 88.1 84.8-90.9
Mountain AHEC 1,167 105 7.8 6.1-10.0 11 0.6 0.3- 1.3 1,051 91.6 89.4-93.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,068 227 8.6 7.1-10.4 14 0.5 0.2- 0.9 1,827 90.9 89.1-92.5
Piedmont 2,967 210 7.3 6.1- 8.7 25 1.0 0.6- 1.7 2,732 91.7 90.2-93.0
Western NC 1,892 166 7.7 6.2- 9.4 16 0.7 0.3- 1.3 1,710 91.6 89.8-93.1

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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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