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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 2,530 96 5.0 3.7- 6.8 2,434 95.0 93.2-96.3
AGE
18-24 135 20 13.4 7.0-24.1 115 86.6 75.9-93.0
25-34 353 29 7.1 4.3-11.5 324 92.9 88.5-95.7
35-44 500 17 4.0 2.2- 7.2 483 96.0 92.8-97.8
45-54 483 16 3.0 1.0- 8.9 467 97.0 91.1-99.0
55-64 447 11 3.8 1.8- 8.2 436 96.2 91.8-98.2
65-74 377 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 376 99.9 99.5- 100
75+ 226 2 2.1 0.5- 8.5 224 97.9 91.5-99.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 327 6 2.3 0.9- 5.7 321 97.7 94.3-99.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 711 13 3.2 1.6- 6.3 698 96.8 93.7-98.4
Some Post-H.S. 626 34 7.3 4.3-12.2 592 92.7 87.8-95.7
College Graduate 860 43 5.6 3.4- 9.1 817 94.4 90.9-96.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 182 10 5.1 2.2-11.4 172 94.9 88.6-97.8
$15,000- 24,999 359 15 7.1 3.2-14.9 344 92.9 85.1-96.8
$25,000- 34,999 268 6 3.6 1.2-10.4 262 96.4 89.6-98.8
$35,000- 49,999 411 19 4.5 2.3- 8.8 392 95.5 91.2-97.7
$50,000-74,999 356 12 3.8 1.8- 7.7 344 96.2 92.3-98.2
$75,000+ 444 21 8.8 4.8-15.8 423 91.2 84.2-95.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 155 8 9.2 4.1-19.0 147 90.8 81.0-95.9
Guilford 112 6 8.0 2.8-20.6 106 92.0 79.4-97.2
Mecklenburg 108 9 10.5 4.0-25.0 99 89.5 75.0-96.0
Orange 133 14 13.1 7.3-22.4 119 86.9 77.6-92.7
Wake 126 4 3.2 1.2- 8.2 122 96.8 91.8-98.8
Chatham/Lee 114 3 1.4 0.4- 4.3 111 98.6 95.7-99.6
Nash/Wilson 81 0 0.0 . - . 81 100 . - .
Craven/Pamlico 129 3 3.8 1.0-13.1 126 96.2 86.9-99.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 5 5.0 1.6-14.5 141 95.0 85.5-98.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 157 5 5.7 2.1-14.3 152 94.3 85.7-97.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 102 1 1.4 0.2- 9.0 101 98.6 91.0-99.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 5 5.3 2.2-12.5 133 94.7 87.5-97.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 4 4.2 1.5-11.1 78 95.8 88.9-98.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 82 1 2.4 0.3-15.0 81 97.6 85.0-99.7
Northeast NC I 70 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 69 98.8 91.7-99.8
Northeast NC II 124 3 2.4 0.7- 7.7 121 97.6 92.3-99.3
Northeastern Partnership 194 4 2.1 0.7- 6.1 190 97.9 93.9-99.3
Mountain AHEC 427 16 4.7 2.6- 8.5 411 95.3 91.5-97.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 726 23 6.0 3.3-10.7 703 94.0 89.3-96.7
Piedmont 1,113 47 4.7 3.0- 7.2 1,066 95.3 92.8-97.0
Western NC 691 26 4.9 3.0- 7.9 665 95.1 92.1-97.0

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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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