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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 5,042 72.1 70.3-73.8 586 9.3 8.2-10.5 1,222 18.7 17.2-20.3
GENDER
Male 2,543 1,790 69.7 66.8-72.5 270 10.8 9.0-12.9 483 19.5 17.2-22.1
Female 4,307 3,252 74.3 72.2-76.3 316 7.8 6.6- 9.2 739 17.9 16.2-19.8
AGE
18-24 363 225 66.1 58.2-73.3 46 11.0 7.3-16.1 92 22.9 16.7-30.5
25-34 940 627 65.1 60.2-69.7 89 12.0 8.9-16.1 224 22.9 19.1-27.1
35-44 1,261 926 74.5 70.9-77.9 126 9.3 7.2-11.9 209 16.1 13.4-19.4
45-54 1,318 1,061 77.4 73.4-81.0 93 7.6 5.4-10.6 164 14.9 12.0-18.4
55-64 1,169 935 77.0 73.0-80.6 70 5.4 3.8- 7.5 164 17.6 14.3-21.5
65-74 1,011 772 78.0 74.2-81.4 80 8.0 5.9-10.9 159 13.9 11.3-17.1
75+ 750 469 61.5 56.3-66.5 80 12.8 9.4-17.1 201 25.7 21.5-30.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 900 544 59.0 53.7-64.1 99 13.4 10.1-17.6 257 27.7 23.3-32.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,986 1,392 67.5 63.9-70.9 189 10.8 8.5-13.6 405 21.7 18.8-24.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,783 1,361 75.1 71.5-78.4 149 8.3 6.5-10.5 273 16.6 13.7-19.8
College Graduate 2,166 1,736 78.6 75.9-81.1 147 7.0 5.5- 8.8 283 14.4 12.3-16.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 641 420 61.7 55.4-67.7 60 10.5 7.2-15.0 161 27.8 22.4-33.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,093 731 64.9 60.1-69.5 120 14.1 10.8-18.2 242 20.9 17.3-25.0
$25,000- 34,999 743 559 69.8 63.8-75.1 60 11.6 8.0-16.5 124 18.6 14.3-23.9
$35,000- 49,999 987 753 73.3 68.8-77.4 78 7.9 5.7-11.0 156 18.7 15.2-22.9
$50,000-74,999 841 648 76.6 71.3-81.1 69 7.6 5.3-10.7 124 15.8 11.8-20.9
$75,000+ 1,018 833 78.7 74.5-82.4 79 8.5 6.0-12.1 106 12.7 10.0-16.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 304 76.5 71.4-81.0 30 8.3 5.5-12.2 64 15.2 11.7-19.6
Guilford 311 236 74.5 68.0-80.1 28 10.5 6.6-16.3 47 15.0 11.0-20.2
Mecklenburg 290 217 70.8 62.9-77.6 20 6.1 3.8- 9.8 53 23.1 16.7-31.0
Orange 370 279 68.1 59.1-76.0 26 10.6 5.5-19.2 65 21.3 14.7-29.8
Wake 321 241 74.6 68.8-79.6 32 10.3 7.0-14.8 48 15.1 11.2-20.1
Chatham/Lee 287 212 72.4 65.3-78.5 29 11.8 7.3-18.6 46 15.8 11.6-21.3
Nash/Wilson 231 182 77.9 70.9-83.5 21 10.3 6.6-15.8 28 11.8 7.7-17.6
Craven/Pamlico 346 242 68.9 62.7-74.6 36 10.8 7.2-15.8 68 20.3 15.7-25.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 399 284 70.2 64.5-75.4 40 9.0 6.4-12.4 75 20.8 16.2-26.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 432 293 64.3 57.3-70.8 42 13.4 8.3-20.9 97 22.3 17.7-27.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 287 226 79.4 72.7-84.8 16 6.4 3.2-12.5 45 14.2 10.1-19.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 365 257 68.9 62.7-74.5 36 12.1 8.1-17.8 72 18.9 14.7-24.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 200 154 74.1 66.0-80.8 13 9.0 4.7-16.7 33 16.9 11.9-23.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 257 183 64.5 56.9-71.4 27 15.0 9.8-22.4 47 20.5 15.2-27.0
Northeast NC I 208 157 77.5 70.4-83.3 21 8.7 5.6-13.4 30 13.8 9.1-20.4
Northeast NC II 345 252 69.8 63.2-75.6 24 7.9 4.6-13.3 69 22.3 17.2-28.3
Northeastern Partnership 553 409 71.8 66.6-76.4 45 8.1 5.4-12.0 99 20.1 16.1-24.9
Mountain AHEC 1,155 853 74.5 70.6-78.0 101 9.4 7.3-12.1 201 16.1 13.3-19.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,038 1,510 73.9 70.6-77.0 168 7.1 5.6- 9.0 360 19.0 16.2-22.1
Piedmont 2,937 2,182 71.9 69.3-74.3 245 9.6 8.1-11.4 510 18.5 16.5-20.7
Western NC 1,875 1,350 69.8 66.3-73.2 173 11.3 8.9-14.2 352 18.9 16.2-21.8

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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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