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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,695 2,389 34.1 32.4-36.0 2,389 37.1 35.2-39.0 918 14.6 13.3-16.1 171 2.6 2.0- 3.3 828 11.6 10.5-12.8
GENDER
Male 2,491 888 32.8 30.0-35.7 983 40.8 37.7-43.9 335 14.5 12.4-16.8 56 2.3 1.4- 3.5 229 9.7 8.0-11.6
Female 4,204 1,501 35.4 33.2-37.6 1,406 33.6 31.5-35.8 583 14.8 13.2-16.5 115 2.9 2.2- 3.8 599 13.4 12.0-15.0
AGE
18-24 357 131 36.1 28.6-44.2 141 39.6 31.8-48.1 56 14.5 9.9-20.7 5 2.7 0.8- 8.7 24 7.2 3.8-13.0
25-34 930 271 29.8 25.5-34.5 395 42.4 37.6-47.4 153 16.6 13.2-20.7 17 2.0 1.0- 4.0 94 9.2 6.9-12.1
35-44 1,249 353 27.5 24.1-31.2 504 42.5 38.6-46.6 217 15.3 12.8-18.3 44 3.7 2.3- 5.8 131 11.0 8.7-13.6
45-54 1,288 363 27.5 23.8-31.5 500 38.3 34.3-42.5 203 17.1 13.9-20.7 39 2.6 1.7- 4.0 183 14.5 11.8-17.7
55-64 1,141 420 38.5 34.4-42.8 370 30.4 26.7-34.4 152 15.3 12.2-18.9 35 3.0 1.9- 4.7 164 12.9 10.3-16.0
65-74 971 431 44.2 39.6-48.8 310 31.3 27.2-35.7 85 10.6 8.0-13.9 23 2.2 0.9- 4.9 122 11.8 9.2-15.0
75+ 717 404 51.8 46.4-57.1 159 26.0 21.5-31.0 42 6.9 4.4-10.7 8 0.9 0.4- 2.0 104 14.5 11.0-18.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 853 315 32.5 27.8-37.5 236 28.6 23.4-34.3 120 17.7 13.7-22.4 23 3.2 1.6- 6.1 159 18.1 14.5-22.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,934 634 31.0 27.7-34.4 710 37.4 33.9-41.0 283 16.4 13.7-19.4 47 2.3 1.5- 3.5 260 13.0 10.9-15.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,743 623 34.8 31.2-38.6 639 37.7 33.9-41.6 245 14.1 11.6-17.0 54 3.2 1.9- 5.1 182 10.3 8.1-13.0
College Graduate 2,151 809 36.8 33.8-39.8 802 39.7 36.7-42.8 269 12.5 10.7-14.6 47 2.1 1.3- 3.3 224 8.9 7.4-10.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 614 230 32.8 27.5-38.6 168 26.8 21.7-32.5 89 16.6 12.0-22.5 22 5.6 2.3-12.9 105 18.2 13.8-23.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,051 372 32.6 28.1-37.3 363 34.4 29.6-39.4 155 18.5 14.7-23.0 21 1.9 0.9- 4.2 140 12.7 9.7-16.4
$25,000- 34,999 722 229 34.8 29.3-40.8 278 37.9 32.4-43.6 101 13.2 9.7-17.7 21 2.3 1.3- 4.0 93 11.9 8.6-16.1
$35,000- 49,999 972 330 37.2 32.6-42.0 372 36.5 32.1-41.2 138 13.2 10.3-16.7 25 2.5 1.4- 4.3 107 10.6 8.0-13.7
$50,000-74,999 828 268 31.7 27.1-36.6 332 42.7 37.7-47.9 118 13.8 10.9-17.2 28 2.7 1.5- 4.8 82 9.1 6.7-12.3
$75,000+ 1,006 327 30.5 26.5-34.7 411 41.7 37.3-46.2 132 15.4 11.9-19.8 33 3.3 2.0- 5.3 103 9.2 7.0-11.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 389 152 37.0 31.6-42.7 117 33.5 27.9-39.6 53 15.1 11.2-20.0 9 1.5 0.7- 3.0 58 12.9 9.8-16.9
Guilford 304 106 35.7 29.4-42.5 115 38.0 31.8-44.5 34 11.8 8.1-16.9 8 3.2 1.4- 7.0 41 11.4 8.1-15.6
Mecklenburg 286 95 36.2 28.7-44.3 93 29.4 23.5-36.0 49 18.5 13.0-25.7 8 2.0 0.9- 4.5 41 13.9 9.3-20.4
Orange 367 143 38.3 30.5-46.7 146 41.8 34.4-49.6 38 11.3 6.9-18.0 5 0.9 0.3- 2.4 35 7.7 5.1-11.5
Wake 312 106 31.6 26.1-37.8 125 42.6 36.3-49.1 40 13.7 9.8-18.8 6 1.3 0.6- 3.1 35 10.8 7.7-14.9
Chatham/Lee 280 102 31.7 25.6-38.5 99 38.8 32.0-46.2 34 15.3 10.2-22.4 8 2.5 1.2- 5.3 37 11.6 8.2-16.1
Nash/Wilson 230 80 30.6 24.4-37.6 80 39.2 31.5-47.4 30 15.9 10.9-22.5 5 2.0 0.8- 5.1 35 12.3 8.6-17.4
Craven/Pamlico 344 131 38.0 32.1-44.4 120 37.8 31.8-44.2 40 11.7 7.9-17.0 11 2.5 1.3- 4.7 42 10.0 7.2-13.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 394 149 38.1 32.0-44.6 126 30.5 25.5-36.0 68 17.9 13.6-23.2 8 2.0 0.9- 4.3 43 11.5 8.2-15.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 430 152 37.9 31.2-45.1 163 36.7 30.8-43.1 57 12.5 9.3-16.7 12 2.0 1.1- 3.7 46 10.9 6.3-18.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 280 92 30.2 23.5-37.9 107 41.2 33.0-50.0 35 13.5 8.6-20.6 10 4.0 1.9- 8.0 36 11.1 7.5-16.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 354 126 33.6 28.0-39.7 133 42.9 36.5-49.6 41 11.7 8.3-16.1 8 1.5 0.7- 3.2 46 10.2 7.5-13.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 192 52 27.8 21.0-35.7 67 37.7 29.9-46.3 37 16.1 11.5-22.1 3 1.2 0.4- 3.7 33 17.2 12.0-24.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 250 83 31.3 25.1-38.2 86 38.5 31.6-45.8 45 17.3 12.8-23.0 7 3.6 1.6- 7.9 29 9.3 6.3-13.5
Northeast NC I 201 86 41.7 34.1-49.7 65 33.0 26.1-40.7 30 16.2 10.8-23.6 6 2.7 1.0- 7.4 14 6.4 3.6-11.2
Northeast NC II 330 120 32.3 26.9-38.2 123 41.7 35.3-48.4 40 13.1 9.4-17.9 9 2.2 1.0- 4.9 38 10.7 7.5-15.0
Northeastern Partnership 531 206 34.7 30.2-39.6 188 39.4 34.3-44.8 70 13.9 10.7-17.8 15 2.4 1.3- 4.4 52 9.6 7.1-12.9
Mountain AHEC 1,121 430 37.3 33.3-41.6 381 37.2 32.5-42.1 138 12.4 9.9-15.4 25 2.4 1.4- 4.3 147 10.6 8.6-13.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,991 696 33.2 29.8-36.8 708 38.7 35.1-42.4 295 16.3 13.7-19.3 52 2.0 1.3- 3.0 240 9.8 8.0-11.9
Piedmont 2,872 1,011 33.8 31.3-36.4 1,040 36.5 33.9-39.2 386 14.2 12.5-16.3 73 2.9 2.0- 4.2 362 12.5 10.9-14.4
Western NC 1,832 682 36.6 33.2-40.2 641 36.4 32.8-40.1 237 13.3 11.0-16.0 46 2.4 1.6- 3.7 226 11.3 9.3-13.6

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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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