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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 6,923 1,482 20.0 18.6-21.4 5,441 80.0 78.6-81.4
GENDER
Male 2,574 541 19.5 17.3-21.8 2,033 80.5 78.2-82.7
Female 4,349 941 20.4 18.7-22.2 3,408 79.6 77.8-81.3
AGE
18-24 366 57 15.2 10.2-21.9 309 84.8 78.1-89.8
25-34 950 191 17.3 14.1-20.9 759 82.7 79.1-85.9
35-44 1,273 314 23.8 20.7-27.3 959 76.2 72.7-79.3
45-54 1,324 346 23.7 20.5-27.3 978 76.3 72.7-79.5
55-64 1,183 279 22.9 19.7-26.6 904 77.1 73.4-80.3
65-74 1,023 200 20.5 17.1-24.3 823 79.5 75.7-82.9
75+ 761 87 9.8 7.4-13.0 674 90.2 87.0-92.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 918 86 8.3 6.0-11.2 832 91.7 88.8-94.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,010 296 13.8 11.7-16.2 1,714 86.2 83.8-88.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,799 397 20.3 17.4-23.5 1,402 79.7 76.5-82.6
College Graduate 2,180 701 30.1 27.4-32.9 1,479 69.9 67.1-72.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 646 83 11.2 8.2-15.1 563 88.8 84.9-91.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,100 170 15.6 12.3-19.6 930 84.4 80.4-87.7
$25,000- 34,999 750 162 18.4 14.6-22.8 588 81.6 77.2-85.4
$35,000- 49,999 995 234 20.3 17.0-24.1 761 79.7 75.9-83.0
$50,000-74,999 847 224 22.3 18.7-26.4 623 77.7 73.6-81.3
$75,000+ 1,025 329 29.6 25.8-33.7 696 70.4 66.3-74.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 400 94 21.3 17.1-26.1 306 78.7 73.9-82.9
Guilford 311 75 23.0 18.2-28.7 236 77.0 71.3-81.8
Mecklenburg 293 77 24.0 18.2-31.0 216 76.0 69.0-81.8
Orange 371 127 30.6 24.2-37.9 244 69.4 62.1-75.8
Wake 324 92 30.3 24.6-36.6 232 69.7 63.4-75.4
Chatham/Lee 292 52 13.9 10.4-18.4 240 86.1 81.6-89.6
Nash/Wilson 235 53 20.1 15.0-26.3 182 79.9 73.7-85.0
Craven/Pamlico 351 73 18.9 14.7-23.8 278 81.1 76.2-85.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 406 75 22.6 16.9-29.5 331 77.4 70.5-83.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 435 72 13.8 10.7-17.8 363 86.2 82.2-89.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 290 68 20.2 15.1-26.7 222 79.8 73.3-84.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 367 66 19.3 14.4-25.3 301 80.7 74.7-85.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 202 34 14.5 10.0-20.5 168 85.5 79.5-90.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 261 41 14.4 10.4-19.4 220 85.6 80.6-89.6
Northeast NC I 211 54 26.7 20.4-34.1 157 73.3 65.9-79.6
Northeast NC II 349 74 20.7 16.3-25.8 275 79.3 74.2-83.7
Northeastern Partnership 560 128 22.2 18.5-26.4 432 77.8 73.6-81.5
Mountain AHEC 1,163 240 19.5 16.7-22.7 923 80.5 77.3-83.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,067 409 17.9 15.4-20.8 1,658 82.1 79.2-84.6
Piedmont 2,968 706 21.7 19.7-23.9 2,262 78.3 76.1-80.3
Western NC 1,888 367 17.4 15.3-19.8 1,521 82.6 80.2-84.7

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*Data in this table were derived from the all six stroke symptoms questions..

^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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