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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 0-3 months 4-11 months 1 year 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,102 748 20.1 18.1-22.2 667 17.2 15.3-19.2 756 17.9 16.2-19.8 1,343 31.8 29.7-33.9 588 13.0 11.6-14.6
GENDER
Male 1,284 238 19.4 16.1-23.2 204 17.9 14.6-21.8 204 15.3 12.6-18.4 427 32.3 28.7-36.2 211 15.1 12.4-18.2
Female 2,818 510 20.6 18.3-23.1 463 16.7 14.6-19.0 552 19.8 17.6-22.1 916 31.4 29.0-33.9 377 11.6 10.1-13.3
AGE
18-24 197 52 30.9 21.2-42.6 51 31.1 21.2-43.2 42 19.3 12.2-29.2 48 18.1 11.9-26.5 4 0.6 0.2- 1.8
25-34 600 130 20.1 15.6-25.5 128 20.5 16.0-25.8 117 18.7 14.8-23.3 177 30.6 25.5-36.2 48 10.1 6.9-14.6
35-44 848 165 19.9 16.4-24.0 140 16.7 13.3-20.7 150 16.4 13.2-20.2 275 33.8 29.4-38.5 118 13.2 10.3-16.7
45-54 903 170 18.8 15.1-23.0 128 15.2 11.8-19.5 165 17.7 14.3-21.8 315 35.0 30.4-39.8 125 13.3 10.0-17.5
55-64 754 121 20.0 15.8-24.9 112 13.2 10.2-17.0 146 17.5 14.1-21.7 262 34.4 29.7-39.5 113 14.8 11.4-19.0
65-74 536 79 15.6 11.6-20.5 82 14.2 10.6-18.6 91 18.9 14.1-24.7 184 32.1 26.8-38.0 100 19.3 14.9-24.6
75+ 247 27 14.0 8.6-22.0 26 8.6 4.8-14.8 42 20.5 14.2-28.6 74 27.6 20.9-35.6 78 29.3 21.9-38.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 376 74 24.7 17.7-33.5 51 10.8 6.8-16.6 75 21.4 15.7-28.3 120 28.0 21.9-35.1 56 15.1 10.5-21.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,122 177 17.6 14.2-21.5 194 19.7 15.8-24.2 202 16.5 13.4-20.0 398 33.1 29.1-37.4 151 13.2 10.5-16.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,124 213 22.6 18.5-27.4 179 18.0 14.4-22.4 213 17.5 14.2-21.2 374 32.5 28.4-36.8 145 9.4 7.4-11.8
College Graduate 1,476 284 18.9 16.2-21.9 242 16.1 13.5-19.1 266 18.6 15.9-21.7 450 31.1 27.8-34.6 234 15.3 12.6-18.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 304 51 18.3 11.8-27.3 53 18.5 12.5-26.5 71 20.3 14.3-27.9 87 28.3 21.4-36.4 42 14.7 9.8-21.4
$15,000- 24,999 610 114 22.7 16.9-29.8 105 17.3 12.8-23.0 104 20.2 15.2-26.4 201 29.0 23.8-34.9 86 10.7 7.8-14.5
$25,000- 34,999 451 93 21.8 16.0-28.9 82 18.8 13.3-25.9 75 17.7 12.5-24.4 152 31.3 25.0-38.4 49 10.5 6.7-16.0
$35,000- 49,999 660 123 19.4 15.2-24.3 99 15.4 11.6-20.1 124 18.1 14.2-22.8 227 37.4 32.2-42.9 87 9.8 7.2-13.1
$50,000-74,999 590 105 21.1 16.1-27.2 109 17.8 13.6-22.8 104 16.1 12.4-20.7 178 29.4 24.3-35.0 94 15.7 11.9-20.3
$75,000+ 727 140 20.6 16.7-25.1 112 15.6 12.2-19.8 134 18.2 14.7-22.3 237 32.7 28.1-37.6 104 13.0 9.6-17.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 239 46 22.1 16.2-29.4 27 11.3 7.2-17.3 51 22.6 16.9-29.4 84 32.0 25.8-38.9 31 12.1 8.2-17.4
Guilford 218 43 22.4 16.3-30.0 32 15.4 10.4-22.2 46 20.6 15.3-27.1 67 29.2 22.9-36.5 30 12.4 8.2-18.2
Mecklenburg 197 32 16.5 11.4-23.2 32 19.6 12.3-29.6 38 19.7 14.0-26.8 62 29.5 22.8-37.2 33 14.8 10.3-20.9
Orange 221 43 19.1 12.1-28.7 46 19.4 13.5-27.0 37 26.2 15.3-41.1 63 25.9 18.6-34.8 32 9.4 6.2-14.2
Wake 204 48 24.1 18.2-31.3 29 15.4 10.3-22.3 34 16.3 11.1-23.4 67 32.6 25.7-40.3 26 11.6 7.7-17.1
Chatham/Lee 143 11 6.9 3.6-13.0 25 15.7 10.2-23.3 36 23.5 16.3-32.6 44 35.1 25.5-46.1 27 18.9 12.3-27.9
Nash/Wilson 140 19 14.0 8.5-22.2 22 17.3 9.2-30.0 25 20.2 13.3-29.5 52 34.1 25.7-43.7 22 14.4 9.2-21.8
Craven/Pamlico 226 43 20.1 14.5-27.1 37 16.8 11.3-24.3 35 14.6 10.2-20.5 73 33.2 26.5-40.8 38 15.2 10.7-21.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 228 44 21.9 15.8-29.6 33 14.5 10.0-20.5 45 18.1 13.2-24.5 78 34.4 26.0-43.9 28 11.0 7.4-16.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 244 41 15.3 10.8-21.2 59 30.4 21.0-41.7 44 15.0 10.7-20.6 69 27.3 20.6-35.3 31 12.0 8.1-17.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 167 28 17.0 10.0-27.5 23 14.2 8.7-22.4 29 16.0 10.0-24.5 66 41.1 31.4-51.6 21 11.6 6.4-20.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 214 46 25.5 18.7-33.9 36 17.5 12.0-24.7 36 13.5 9.5-18.8 62 28.1 21.4-35.9 34 15.4 10.7-21.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 105 16 14.9 9.0-23.8 15 15.2 9.1-24.3 20 18.2 11.2-28.1 34 32.6 23.6-43.1 20 19.1 12.1-28.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 160 33 19.8 13.7-27.8 29 17.6 11.9-25.3 24 16.6 10.7-24.8 48 29.3 22.0-37.9 26 16.6 11.2-23.9
Northeast NC I 117 20 17.5 11.1-26.4 17 13.7 8.4-21.5 20 18.3 11.0-29.0 44 37.7 28.6-47.8 16 12.8 7.7-20.6
Northeast NC II 205 34 18.5 12.6-26.3 34 16.3 11.3-23.0 39 19.1 13.8-25.8 76 36.9 29.6-44.8 22 9.2 5.8-14.4
Northeastern Partnership 322 54 18.2 13.4-24.4 51 15.7 11.5-20.9 59 18.9 14.4-24.4 120 37.1 31.1-43.5 38 10.1 7.1-14.3
Mountain AHEC 679 125 16.7 13.5-20.6 97 13.5 10.4-17.3 136 22.0 18.0-26.6 217 32.8 28.2-37.7 104 15.0 11.8-18.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,238 217 19.8 16.2-24.0 199 15.8 12.9-19.3 211 16.8 13.7-20.5 431 33.0 29.0-37.2 180 14.6 11.4-18.4
Piedmont 1,775 333 21.1 18.3-24.1 288 17.7 15.0-20.8 328 18.1 15.7-20.7 576 31.1 28.2-34.2 250 12.0 10.2-14.1
Western NC 1,089 198 17.2 14.3-20.7 180 17.5 14.1-21.5 217 19.2 16.2-22.5 336 32.1 28.0-36.4 158 14.0 11.4-17.1

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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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