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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,850 5,150 75.5 73.9-77.1 439 6.1 5.2- 7.1 1,261 18.4 17.0-19.9
GENDER
Male 2,542 1,864 74.3 71.5-76.9 195 6.7 5.4- 8.4 483 19.0 16.7-21.5
Female 4,308 3,286 76.7 74.7-78.5 244 5.5 4.5- 6.7 778 17.8 16.2-19.6
AGE
18-24 363 260 74.7 67.3-80.9 28 7.1 4.0-12.4 75 18.2 12.9-24.9
25-34 940 688 71.5 66.8-75.8 59 7.7 5.4-10.9 193 20.8 17.0-25.2
35-44 1,262 987 80.0 76.6-83.0 69 4.1 2.8- 6.0 206 15.9 13.2-19.0
45-54 1,318 1,057 79.0 75.3-82.3 68 5.1 3.5- 7.2 193 15.9 13.0-19.4
55-64 1,168 931 78.4 74.5-81.9 68 5.6 3.9- 7.9 169 16.0 12.9-19.7
65-74 1,011 744 75.1 71.1-78.7 69 6.5 4.6- 9.1 198 18.4 15.3-22.0
75+ 750 453 61.9 56.8-66.8 78 9.0 6.6-12.2 219 29.1 24.6-33.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 900 534 59.0 53.7-64.0 97 10.7 7.8-14.6 269 30.3 25.8-35.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,986 1,398 69.9 66.4-73.2 144 6.6 5.2- 8.4 444 23.5 20.4-26.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,783 1,405 79.8 76.7-82.6 105 5.5 3.9- 7.7 273 14.7 12.4-17.3
College Graduate 2,166 1,805 83.3 80.8-85.5 91 4.2 3.1- 5.7 270 12.4 10.5-14.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 641 421 66.2 60.3-71.7 58 9.8 6.8-14.1 162 23.9 19.3-29.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,093 762 70.3 65.7-74.6 82 6.7 4.7- 9.6 249 23.0 19.1-27.3
$25,000- 34,999 743 559 74.2 68.7-79.0 51 8.9 5.9-13.3 133 16.9 13.0-21.6
$35,000- 49,999 987 787 76.8 72.5-80.6 49 5.8 3.9- 8.4 151 17.4 14.1-21.4
$50,000-74,999 841 667 80.8 76.7-84.2 46 5.9 3.9- 9.0 128 13.3 10.6-16.6
$75,000+ 1,018 857 82.7 78.4-86.3 50 4.6 2.7- 7.7 111 12.7 9.7-16.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 313 77.6 72.3-82.1 22 6.3 3.9-10.1 63 16.1 12.3-20.8
Guilford 310 237 78.5 73.0-83.1 19 5.2 3.2- 8.3 54 16.3 12.2-21.4
Mecklenburg 290 230 75.8 68.0-82.2 14 6.4 2.8-14.1 46 17.8 12.7-24.4
Orange 370 289 75.3 67.3-81.8 21 4.9 3.0- 7.8 60 19.8 13.6-28.0
Wake 321 258 81.1 75.7-85.5 13 4.2 2.4- 7.4 50 14.7 10.8-19.7
Chatham/Lee 287 218 75.1 68.1-81.1 27 11.4 6.9-18.3 42 13.4 9.6-18.6
Nash/Wilson 231 181 79.3 72.8-84.7 14 6.1 3.4-10.6 36 14.6 10.1-20.5
Craven/Pamlico 346 257 73.8 67.7-79.1 28 9.3 5.9-14.5 61 16.9 12.8-22.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 399 275 71.0 65.6-75.9 35 7.5 5.3-10.7 89 21.4 17.2-26.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 432 306 70.2 64.1-75.7 23 4.7 2.9- 7.4 103 25.1 20.0-30.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 287 220 75.6 68.2-81.7 22 7.7 4.8-12.2 45 16.7 11.4-23.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 365 280 78.9 73.8-83.3 18 4.3 2.4- 7.6 67 16.8 12.9-21.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 200 149 74.2 66.9-80.3 14 7.0 3.9-12.3 37 18.8 13.6-25.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 257 189 72.9 66.1-78.9 20 7.4 4.5-12.1 48 19.6 14.5-26.1
Northeast NC I 208 146 69.8 62.1-76.5 18 9.1 5.4-14.8 44 21.2 15.5-28.3
Northeast NC II 345 246 67.9 61.1-74.0 23 9.3 5.3-15.7 76 22.8 17.7-28.8
Northeastern Partnership 553 392 68.4 63.0-73.3 41 9.2 6.0-14.0 120 22.4 18.3-27.1
Mountain AHEC 1,155 884 77.1 73.5-80.4 63 5.0 3.6- 6.9 208 17.9 14.9-21.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,039 1,507 75.5 72.5-78.3 142 5.7 4.5- 7.4 390 18.7 16.2-21.5
Piedmont 2,936 2,257 76.4 74.0-78.7 187 6.2 5.0- 7.7 492 17.3 15.3-19.5
Western NC 1,875 1,386 72.7 69.3-75.9 110 6.1 4.5- 8.2 379 21.2 18.3-24.4

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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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