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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 6,851 2,716 42.5 40.6-44.4 2,314 31.7 30.0-33.4 1,821 25.8 24.2-27.5
GENDER
Male 2,543 1,087 44.6 41.6-47.8 873 32.0 29.3-34.9 583 23.3 20.8-26.0
Female 4,308 1,629 40.5 38.2-42.7 1,441 31.4 29.4-33.5 1,238 28.1 26.2-30.1
AGE
18-24 363 174 50.5 42.4-58.7 111 28.5 21.8-36.3 78 21.0 15.1-28.4
25-34 940 399 44.4 39.6-49.4 300 30.1 26.0-34.6 241 25.5 21.4-30.0
35-44 1,262 491 42.6 38.7-46.7 480 34.4 30.8-38.2 291 23.0 19.9-26.4
45-54 1,318 535 42.8 38.7-47.1 471 33.0 29.3-37.0 312 24.1 20.8-27.8
55-64 1,169 435 37.6 33.6-41.9 403 33.8 30.0-37.9 331 28.5 24.8-32.5
65-74 1,011 376 37.4 33.2-41.9 323 32.1 28.1-36.4 312 30.5 26.5-34.9
75+ 750 293 41.3 36.2-46.5 213 26.6 22.3-31.4 244 32.1 27.5-37.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 900 385 46.7 41.3-52.1 209 22.4 18.4-26.8 306 31.0 26.5-35.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,986 875 46.6 43.1-50.2 520 24.2 21.4-27.3 591 29.1 26.0-32.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,783 724 44.9 41.0-48.8 622 31.9 28.4-35.6 437 23.2 20.2-26.5
College Graduate 2,167 725 34.7 31.8-37.8 959 42.1 39.1-45.1 483 23.2 20.7-25.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 641 284 47.3 41.1-53.6 161 23.7 19.1-29.0 196 29.0 23.7-34.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,093 485 47.5 42.6-52.5 294 26.1 22.0-30.6 314 26.4 22.5-30.8
$25,000- 34,999 743 297 41.6 36.0-47.5 244 31.7 26.7-37.3 202 26.6 21.9-32.0
$35,000- 49,999 987 412 44.6 39.9-49.3 337 30.6 26.6-34.9 238 24.9 21.0-29.2
$50,000-74,999 841 307 41.8 36.9-46.9 349 36.9 32.2-42.0 185 21.3 17.4-25.8
$75,000+ 1,018 343 37.5 33.1-42.1 447 41.0 36.7-45.4 228 21.5 18.0-25.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 153 39.3 33.7-45.2 148 35.9 30.6-41.6 97 24.8 20.1-30.2
Guilford 311 116 41.1 34.6-47.9 116 35.1 29.3-41.4 79 23.8 18.9-29.4
Mecklenburg 290 101 36.4 29.3-44.2 100 31.1 24.7-38.4 89 32.5 25.6-40.2
Orange 370 101 31.6 24.3-39.8 171 41.2 34.0-48.8 98 27.2 20.4-35.3
Wake 321 112 33.4 27.9-39.5 139 44.4 38.2-50.8 70 22.1 17.2-28.0
Chatham/Lee 287 130 49.1 41.9-56.2 94 30.1 24.4-36.6 63 20.8 15.5-27.3
Nash/Wilson 231 91 42.7 35.0-50.7 82 33.2 26.7-40.5 58 24.1 18.3-31.0
Craven/Pamlico 346 142 46.5 40.2-52.9 120 32.3 26.7-38.3 84 21.2 16.9-26.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 399 160 38.0 32.5-43.8 126 34.8 28.7-41.5 113 27.2 22.2-32.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 432 166 38.2 32.1-44.7 122 28.9 22.9-35.8 144 32.9 26.5-40.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 287 113 40.6 33.3-48.2 104 31.0 24.8-38.1 70 28.4 21.1-37.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 365 158 45.1 38.9-51.4 109 30.9 25.2-37.2 98 24.0 19.4-29.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 200 89 46.5 38.6-54.6 58 28.8 21.9-36.9 53 24.7 18.7-31.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 257 104 41.9 35.1-49.1 68 25.3 19.7-31.8 85 32.8 26.5-39.8
Northeast NC I 208 76 37.1 29.8-45.0 84 42.9 35.3-50.8 48 20.0 14.9-26.4
Northeast NC II 345 148 43.4 37.2-49.8 117 35.0 29.2-41.2 80 21.6 17.1-26.9
Northeastern Partnership 553 224 41.8 36.8-47.0 201 37.0 32.3-42.1 128 21.2 17.6-25.4
Mountain AHEC 1,155 462 42.0 37.4-46.7 389 32.6 28.9-36.6 304 25.4 21.9-29.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,039 854 45.0 41.3-48.7 652 29.6 26.5-33.0 533 25.3 22.3-28.7
Piedmont 2,937 1,116 41.2 38.6-43.9 1,064 33.2 30.8-35.7 757 25.6 23.4-27.9
Western NC 1,875 746 42.8 39.1-46.5 598 30.2 27.2-33.3 531 27.1 24.0-30.3

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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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