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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 6,844 1,244 22.0 20.4-23.7 5,600 78.0 76.3-79.6
GENDER
Male 2,537 965 38.9 36.0-42.0 1,572 61.1 58.0-64.0
Female 4,307 279 6.2 5.2- 7.4 4,028 93.8 92.6-94.8
AGE
18-24 363 64 18.3 13.0-25.2 299 81.7 74.8-87.0
25-34 938 228 29.7 25.0-34.8 710 70.3 65.2-75.0
35-44 1,259 256 25.1 21.6-29.1 1,003 74.9 70.9-78.4
45-54 1,320 183 17.4 14.3-21.1 1,137 82.6 78.9-85.7
55-64 1,165 192 20.0 16.6-23.9 973 80.0 76.1-83.4
65-74 1,009 176 19.3 15.8-23.2 833 80.7 76.8-84.2
75+ 752 143 21.8 17.5-26.7 609 78.2 73.3-82.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 899 262 35.4 30.2-41.0 637 64.6 59.0-69.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,983 364 23.6 20.4-27.1 1,619 76.4 72.9-79.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,779 316 20.0 17.1-23.2 1,463 80.0 76.8-82.9
College Graduate 2,168 300 17.2 14.8-19.8 1,868 82.8 80.2-85.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 639 136 26.9 21.4-33.3 503 73.1 66.7-78.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,090 204 23.4 19.2-28.1 886 76.6 71.9-80.8
$25,000- 34,999 739 160 26.3 21.4-31.9 579 73.7 68.1-78.6
$35,000- 49,999 985 181 20.7 17.2-24.8 804 79.3 75.2-82.8
$50,000-74,999 841 160 23.2 19.1-27.9 681 76.8 72.1-80.9
$75,000+ 1,021 152 20.1 16.3-24.6 869 79.9 75.4-83.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 397 81 25.0 20.0-30.6 316 75.0 69.4-80.0
Guilford 311 46 16.1 11.9-21.4 265 83.9 78.6-88.1
Mecklenburg 289 35 15.5 10.2-22.9 254 84.5 77.1-89.8
Orange 370 53 15.6 11.4-20.8 317 84.4 79.2-88.6
Wake 322 41 15.1 10.8-20.8 281 84.9 79.2-89.2
Chatham/Lee 286 51 21.5 15.6-28.9 235 78.5 71.1-84.4
Nash/Wilson 231 27 16.3 10.1-25.1 204 83.7 74.9-89.9
Craven/Pamlico 347 43 14.1 10.1-19.4 304 85.9 80.6-89.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 397 93 26.6 21.6-32.3 304 73.4 67.7-78.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 431 94 24.6 18.7-31.7 337 75.4 68.3-81.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 287 49 24.6 17.8-33.0 238 75.4 67.0-82.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 365 82 28.3 22.4-35.0 283 71.7 65.0-77.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 199 40 22.1 15.7-30.1 159 77.9 69.9-84.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 257 56 23.8 18.3-30.4 201 76.2 69.6-81.7
Northeast NC I 207 40 21.7 15.7-29.3 167 78.3 70.7-84.3
Northeast NC II 344 50 17.1 12.6-22.9 294 82.9 77.1-87.4
Northeastern Partnership 551 90 18.3 14.5-22.9 461 81.7 77.1-85.5
Mountain AHEC 1,155 249 28.3 23.6-33.4 906 71.7 66.6-76.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,038 326 19.4 16.6-22.6 1,712 80.6 77.4-83.4
Piedmont 2,933 505 21.5 19.3-24.0 2,428 78.5 76.0-80.7
Western NC 1,873 413 27.2 23.7-31.1 1,460 72.8 68.9-76.3

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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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