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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 2,528 1,400 54.3 51.2-57.4 1,128 45.7 42.6-48.8
AGE
18-24 135 49 39.2 27.5-52.3 86 60.8 47.7-72.5
25-34 353 181 50.7 42.8-58.6 172 49.3 41.4-57.2
35-44 501 298 57.9 51.6-63.9 203 42.1 36.1-48.4
45-54 482 288 59.6 52.7-66.1 194 40.4 33.9-47.3
55-64 445 272 63.4 56.9-69.5 173 36.6 30.5-43.1
65-74 378 210 57.8 50.6-64.7 168 42.2 35.3-49.4
75+ 225 96 41.4 32.9-50.5 129 58.6 49.5-67.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 328 127 30.2 23.0-38.5 201 69.8 61.5-77.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 710 350 50.5 44.7-56.4 360 49.5 43.6-55.3
Some Post-H.S. 624 349 52.9 46.2-59.4 275 47.1 40.6-53.8
College Graduate 861 572 67.7 63.2-72.0 289 32.3 28.0-36.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 183 83 37.5 27.5-48.6 100 62.5 51.4-72.5
$15,000- 24,999 359 168 48.2 39.7-56.9 191 51.8 43.1-60.3
$25,000- 34,999 267 145 52.9 43.8-61.9 122 47.1 38.1-56.2
$35,000- 49,999 411 228 48.2 41.2-55.2 183 51.8 44.8-58.8
$50,000-74,999 355 224 65.6 57.8-72.6 131 34.4 27.4-42.2
$75,000+ 442 302 68.9 61.7-75.2 140 31.1 24.8-38.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 155 88 52.3 43.1-61.4 67 47.7 38.6-56.9
Guilford 112 76 64.4 53.2-74.3 36 35.6 25.7-46.8
Mecklenburg 108 66 49.0 36.5-61.7 42 51.0 38.3-63.5
Orange 134 68 44.4 35.1-54.1 66 55.6 45.9-64.9
Wake 126 79 63.2 53.2-72.2 47 36.8 27.8-46.8
Chatham/Lee 114 50 49.2 37.9-60.6 64 50.8 39.4-62.1
Nash/Wilson 81 52 67.0 54.4-77.5 29 33.0 22.5-45.6
Craven/Pamlico 128 76 58.5 47.8-68.4 52 41.5 31.6-52.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 70 49.0 38.6-59.4 76 51.0 40.6-61.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 157 85 51.9 41.0-62.6 72 48.1 37.4-59.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 53 56.6 44.3-68.1 50 43.4 31.9-55.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 137 73 53.6 43.4-63.5 64 46.4 36.5-56.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 81 45 48.6 36.3-61.1 36 51.4 38.9-63.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 49 52.1 40.0-63.9 34 47.9 36.1-60.0
Northeast NC I 70 37 49.5 36.2-63.0 33 50.5 37.0-63.8
Northeast NC II 123 66 50.1 39.8-60.5 57 49.9 39.5-60.2
Northeastern Partnership 193 103 50.0 41.4-58.6 90 50.0 41.4-58.6
Mountain AHEC 426 227 47.8 40.3-55.5 199 52.2 44.5-59.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 724 409 51.8 45.6-57.9 315 48.2 42.1-54.4
Piedmont 1,115 626 57.7 53.5-61.9 489 42.3 38.1-46.5
Western NC 689 365 46.6 40.7-52.6 324 53.4 47.4-59.3

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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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