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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 6,917 2,786 36.4 34.6-38.2 4,131 63.6 61.8-65.4
GENDER
Male 2,572 995 36.1 33.2-39.0 1,577 63.9 61.0-66.8
Female 4,345 1,791 36.7 34.6-38.8 2,554 63.3 61.2-65.4
AGE
18-24 359 81 29.0 21.5-37.9 278 71.0 62.1-78.5
25-34 950 167 17.3 13.9-21.4 783 82.7 78.6-86.1
35-44 1,271 267 21.4 18.4-24.7 1,004 78.6 75.3-81.6
45-54 1,326 445 33.7 29.9-37.7 881 66.3 62.3-70.1
55-64 1,181 533 42.5 38.4-46.7 648 57.5 53.3-61.6
65-74 1,024 681 67.0 62.6-71.1 343 33.0 28.9-37.4
75+ 763 590 77.2 72.5-81.3 173 22.8 18.7-27.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 917 445 42.8 37.8-48.0 472 57.2 52.0-62.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,007 764 33.8 30.6-37.1 1,243 66.2 62.9-69.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,795 679 33.6 29.9-37.4 1,116 66.4 62.6-70.1
College Graduate 2,182 891 38.7 35.8-41.7 1,291 61.3 58.3-64.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 645 285 40.4 34.7-46.3 360 59.6 53.7-65.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,096 422 34.5 29.9-39.4 674 65.5 60.6-70.1
$25,000- 34,999 748 287 34.9 29.7-40.6 461 65.1 59.4-70.3
$35,000- 49,999 994 363 33.1 29.0-37.4 631 66.9 62.6-71.0
$50,000-74,999 847 309 33.2 28.4-38.4 538 66.8 61.6-71.6
$75,000+ 1,026 389 34.6 30.6-38.8 637 65.4 61.2-69.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 401 167 37.0 31.7-42.6 234 63.0 57.4-68.3
Guilford 313 132 38.0 32.1-44.3 181 62.0 55.7-67.9
Mecklenburg 291 111 34.3 27.6-41.6 180 65.7 58.4-72.4
Orange 371 154 33.6 27.3-40.6 217 66.4 59.4-72.7
Wake 325 126 33.9 28.5-39.8 199 66.1 60.2-71.5
Chatham/Lee 290 133 41.0 34.4-47.9 157 59.0 52.1-65.6
Nash/Wilson 236 105 38.6 31.9-45.8 131 61.4 54.2-68.1
Craven/Pamlico 350 166 42.6 36.6-48.8 184 57.4 51.2-63.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 407 150 35.6 29.6-42.0 257 64.4 58.0-70.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 433 161 30.1 25.0-35.6 272 69.9 64.4-75.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 289 120 42.8 34.6-51.4 169 57.2 48.6-65.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 367 137 36.1 30.1-42.6 230 63.9 57.4-69.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 202 72 36.6 29.1-44.8 130 63.4 55.2-70.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 260 86 30.7 24.7-37.5 174 69.3 62.5-75.3
Northeast NC I 211 92 41.8 34.4-49.6 119 58.2 50.4-65.6
Northeast NC II 349 134 33.1 27.8-38.9 215 66.9 61.1-72.2
Northeastern Partnership 560 226 35.4 30.9-40.1 334 64.6 59.9-69.1
Mountain AHEC 1,163 486 38.9 34.8-43.1 677 61.1 56.9-65.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,067 841 37.9 34.4-41.5 1,226 62.1 58.5-65.6
Piedmont 2,963 1,203 36.2 33.8-38.8 1,760 63.8 61.2-66.2
Western NC 1,887 742 34.7 31.5-38.0 1,145 65.3 62.0-68.5

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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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