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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 6,907 1,486 19.1 17.7-20.5 5,421 80.9 79.5-82.3
GENDER
Male 2,566 527 18.1 16.0-20.5 2,039 81.9 79.5-84.0
Female 4,341 959 19.9 18.3-21.7 3,382 80.1 78.3-81.7
AGE
18-24 365 31 8.6 4.7-15.2 334 91.4 84.8-95.3
25-34 948 104 9.7 7.4-12.7 844 90.3 87.3-92.6
35-44 1,273 187 13.0 10.6-15.8 1,086 87.0 84.2-89.4
45-54 1,324 326 24.4 20.8-28.3 998 75.6 71.7-79.2
55-64 1,180 318 27.9 24.1-31.9 862 72.1 68.1-75.9
65-74 1,019 250 22.2 18.6-26.2 769 77.8 73.8-81.4
75+ 757 267 36.4 31.6-41.6 490 63.6 58.4-68.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 912 330 34.9 30.1-39.9 582 65.1 60.1-69.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,007 438 20.6 17.9-23.7 1,569 79.4 76.3-82.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,795 379 17.0 14.5-19.7 1,416 83.0 80.3-85.5
College Graduate 2,178 334 13.0 11.0-15.2 1,844 87.0 84.8-89.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 643 284 42.5 36.5-48.8 359 57.5 51.2-63.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,098 292 26.4 22.3-31.0 806 73.6 69.0-77.7
$25,000- 34,999 749 153 17.0 13.3-21.4 596 83.0 78.6-86.7
$35,000- 49,999 993 150 12.8 10.2-16.1 843 87.2 83.9-89.8
$50,000-74,999 844 116 11.8 9.2-15.0 728 88.2 85.0-90.8
$75,000+ 1,026 104 10.4 7.8-13.6 922 89.6 86.4-92.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 397 98 21.7 17.6-26.5 299 78.3 73.5-82.4
Guilford 313 57 17.3 13.0-22.8 256 82.7 77.2-87.0
Mecklenburg 292 56 17.4 13.0-23.0 236 82.6 77.0-87.0
Orange 371 58 12.7 7.5-20.5 313 87.3 79.5-92.5
Wake 325 54 14.9 11.1-19.7 271 85.1 80.3-88.9
Chatham/Lee 289 55 14.2 10.5-18.8 234 85.8 81.2-89.5
Nash/Wilson 235 58 22.0 16.7-28.4 177 78.0 71.6-83.3
Craven/Pamlico 351 83 21.5 17.1-26.7 268 78.5 73.3-82.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 405 86 22.0 16.6-28.5 319 78.0 71.5-83.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 434 97 19.3 15.3-24.1 337 80.7 75.9-84.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 290 73 23.6 17.6-30.9 217 76.4 69.1-82.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 366 88 20.1 16.0-25.0 278 79.9 75.0-84.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 200 47 23.2 17.0-30.8 153 76.8 69.2-83.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 261 67 23.5 18.2-29.7 194 76.5 70.3-81.8
Northeast NC I 209 47 25.2 18.6-33.1 162 74.8 66.9-81.4
Northeast NC II 348 76 19.9 15.7-25.0 272 80.1 75.0-84.3
Northeastern Partnership 557 123 21.3 17.6-25.5 434 78.7 74.5-82.4
Mountain AHEC 1,161 292 23.1 19.9-26.6 869 76.9 73.4-80.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,061 461 20.4 17.6-23.4 1,600 79.6 76.6-82.4
Piedmont 2,962 561 17.1 15.2-19.1 2,401 82.9 80.9-84.8
Western NC 1,884 464 23.5 20.6-26.6 1,420 76.5 73.4-79.4

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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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