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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-5 years	5 or more years	Never
TOTAL	2,500	1,584	57.6	54.4-60.7	253	10.9	9.1-13.1	175	6.9	5.6- 8.6	82	3.1	2.3- 4.2	406	21.4	18.6-24.5
AGE
18-24	124	32	23.4	14.6-35.3	10	11.9	5.2-24.8	7	5.2	1.7-14.7	3	0.8	0.2- 2.7	72	58.7	45.6-70.7
25-34	340	130	34.8	27.9-42.3	37	10.8	7.0-16.3	43	12.1	8.1-17.7	14	5.0	2.7- 8.9	116	37.4	29.7-45.8
35-44	492	227	49.9	43.7-56.2	87	18.0	13.8-23.1	52	9.5	6.6-13.5	24	4.9	2.8- 8.5	102	17.7	13.3-23.2
45-54	479	321	70.2	63.7-76.0	53	8.9	6.0-13.1	32	5.8	3.4- 9.8	20	2.9	1.4- 6.0	53	12.2	8.1-17.8
55-64	446	348	75.7	69.5-81.1	35	9.1	5.8-14.1	24	4.6	2.6- 7.9	12	3.1	1.6- 5.8	27	7.5	4.4-12.4
65-74	380	326	87.7	82.4-91.6	22	7.0	3.9-12.3	9	1.5	0.6- 3.9	7	1.0	0.4- 2.6	16	2.7	1.5- 5.1
75+	227	193	84.1	76.3-89.7	8	3.7	1.4- 9.0	8	5.1	2.4-10.5	2	1.1	0.2- 4.4	16	6.1	2.8-12.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	320	216	56.8	46.9-66.2	20	6.9	3.6-12.8	11	3.7	1.9- 7.3	6	1.5	0.6- 4.0	67	31.0	21.9-41.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	697	433	57.3	51.3-63.1	58	8.3	5.8-11.8	36	3.8	2.2- 6.4	24	3.4	2.0- 5.7	146	27.2	21.8-33.3
Some Post-H.S.	621	369	49.6	43.2-56.1	72	12.3	8.5-17.5	52	9.4	6.3-13.8	21	2.9	1.6- 5.3	107	25.6	19.6-32.8
College Graduate	855	562	65.0	60.3-69.5	102	13.5	10.3-17.4	76	8.7	6.4-11.6	31	3.7	2.2- 6.0	84	9.2	6.7-12.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	172	120	60.1	46.8-72.1	10	10.8	3.6-28.4	10	3.7	1.6- 8.2	5	1.8	0.6- 5.3	27	23.6	14.2-36.6
$15,000- 24,999	343	188	47.1	38.5-55.9	25	6.0	3.4-10.6	22	6.9	3.2-14.3	12	3.5	1.5- 7.7	96	36.5	28.1-45.8
$25,000- 34,999	265	156	58.9	49.5-67.7	34	10.1	6.5-15.5	15	5.9	2.6-12.8	16	4.1	2.2- 7.5	44	21.0	13.8-30.6
$35,000- 49,999	414	273	64.1	57.0-70.7	35	8.2	5.2-12.6	27	5.0	2.9- 8.4	13	3.3	1.7- 6.5	66	19.4	13.8-26.4
$50,000-74,999	354	216	55.2	47.5-62.7	41	16.3	10.6-24.5	39	10.8	7.2-16.0	10	4.2	1.9- 9.0	48	13.4	9.2-19.1
$75,000+	440	307	67.3	60.5-73.5	52	11.4	8.0-16.0	37	9.6	6.4-14.1	15	3.1	1.5- 6.1	29	8.6	4.7-15.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	150	102	60.1	50.2-69.2	16	10.6	6.4-16.9	10	7.4	3.6-14.7	3	1.7	0.5- 6.1	19	20.2	12.6-30.7
Guilford	108	68	63.6	52.7-73.2	16	15.8	9.1-26.2	6	4.7	2.1-10.3	5	4.3	1.7-10.3	13	11.6	6.6-19.8
Mecklenburg	107	70	55.0	41.4-67.9	9	11.8	5.4-23.7	10	7.7	4.0-14.3	5	3.2	1.3- 8.0	13	22.3	11.2-39.6
Orange	131	72	54.2	44.4-63.6	14	9.3	5.4-15.5	10	7.1	3.7-13.3	8	5.2	2.4-10.7	27	24.3	16.6-34.0
Wake	127	80	58.0	47.7-67.7	16	12.9	7.6-20.9	9	8.2	4.0-16.1	5	3.0	1.2- 7.7	17	17.9	10.6-28.7
Chatham/Lee	113	72	58.3	46.3-69.4	9	6.4	3.0-13.2	10	9.2	4.6-17.6	4	3.3	1.2- 9.1	18	22.8	13.3-36.3
Nash/Wilson	82	56	69.0	56.7-79.2	6	6.4	2.7-14.7	5	6.4	2.6-15.3	3	5.6	1.8-15.9	12	12.5	6.7-22.0
Craven/Pamlico	127	89	63.1	51.8-73.1	11	7.9	4.2-14.3	2	1.1	0.2- 4.7	3	2.8	0.9- 8.6	22	25.0	15.9-37.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	147	92	60.9	50.7-70.2	16	10.3	6.1-16.9	9	6.4	3.2-12.2	3	1.6	0.5- 5.4	27	20.8	13.7-30.4
Appalachian/Wilkes	157	98	52.3	41.4-63.1	15	10.1	5.7-17.4	13	6.6	3.6-11.8	1	0.5	0.1- 3.3	30	30.5	19.6-44.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	102	69	67.4	54.0-78.5	8	8.4	3.8-17.4	5	4.3	1.7-10.7	5	3.5	1.4- 8.7	15	16.3	8.2-29.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson	132	75	56.0	45.8-65.7	17	12.9	7.8-20.6	11	6.7	3.6-12.2	4	2.2	0.8- 6.0	25	22.1	14.7-32.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	81	55	64.8	51.0-76.5	8	10.3	4.4-22.1	10	15.6	7.2-30.7	1	0.6	0.1- 4.2	7	8.7	4.0-18.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	84	50	56.3	44.0-67.9	9	11.8	5.9-22.3	5	4.8	1.9-11.5	4	4.4	1.6-11.5	16	22.7	13.4-35.7
Northeast NC I	70	44	60.9	47.2-73.1	6	7.1	3.0-15.7	5	7.1	2.8-17.2	3	6.9	1.8-23.5	12	17.9	10.0-30.1
Northeast NC II	125	83	58.2	47.3-68.5	9	9.1	4.2-18.7	10	7.2	3.8-13.3	3	2.4	0.8- 7.3	20	23.0	14.1-35.1
Northeastern Partnership	195	127	58.9	49.8-67.3	15	8.7	4.5-15.9	15	7.2	4.2-12.0	6	3.5	1.4- 8.2	32	21.8	14.5-31.4
Mountain AHEC	409	257	55.7	47.2-63.9	42	8.7	5.7-13.0	30	8.2	4.9-13.5	11	2.6	1.1- 5.6	69	24.9	16.7-35.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	726	475	57.1	50.8-63.3	68	12.1	8.3-17.5	48	7.5	5.0-11.2	22	2.9	1.7- 4.9	113	20.3	14.9-26.9
Piedmont	1,102	691	58.8	54.4-63.0	115	10.9	8.6-13.8	77	6.7	4.9- 9.1	45	3.5	2.3- 5.2	174	20.1	16.4-24.3
Western NC	672	418	54.4	47.9-60.7	70	9.1	6.6-12.5	50	6.7	4.5-10.0	15	2.4	1.1- 5.0	119	27.4	21.0-34.8

Total
Respond.^

1-12 months

1-2 years

2-5 years

5 or more years

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

2,500

1,584

57.6

54.4-60.7

253

10.9

9.1-13.1

175

6.9

5.6- 8.6

3.1

2.3- 4.2

406

21.4

18.6-24.5

AGE

18-24

124

23.4

14.6-35.3

11.9

5.2-24.8

5.2

1.7-14.7

0.8

0.2- 2.7

58.7

45.6-70.7

25-34

340

130

34.8

27.9-42.3

10.8

7.0-16.3

12.1

8.1-17.7

5.0

2.7- 8.9

116

37.4

29.7-45.8

35-44

492

227

49.9

43.7-56.2

18.0

13.8-23.1

9.5

6.6-13.5

4.9

2.8- 8.5

102

17.7

13.3-23.2

45-54

479

321

70.2

63.7-76.0

8.9

6.0-13.1

5.8

3.4- 9.8

2.9

1.4- 6.0

12.2

8.1-17.8

55-64

446

348

75.7

69.5-81.1

9.1

5.8-14.1

4.6

2.6- 7.9

3.1

1.6- 5.8

7.5

4.4-12.4

65-74

380

326

87.7

82.4-91.6

7.0

3.9-12.3

1.5

0.6- 3.9

1.0

0.4- 2.6

2.7

1.5- 5.1

75+

227

193

84.1

76.3-89.7

3.7

1.4- 9.0

5.1

2.4-10.5

1.1

0.2- 4.4

6.1

2.8-12.7

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

320

216

56.8

46.9-66.2

6.9

3.6-12.8

3.7

1.9- 7.3

1.5

0.6- 4.0

31.0

21.9-41.9

H.S. or G.E.D.

697

433

57.3

51.3-63.1

8.3

5.8-11.8

3.8

2.2- 6.4

3.4

2.0- 5.7

146

27.2

21.8-33.3

Some Post-H.S.

621

369

49.6

43.2-56.1

12.3

8.5-17.5

9.4

6.3-13.8

2.9

1.6- 5.3

107

25.6

19.6-32.8

College Graduate

855

562

65.0

60.3-69.5

102

13.5

10.3-17.4

8.7

6.4-11.6

3.7

2.2- 6.0

9.2

6.7-12.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

172

120

60.1

46.8-72.1

10.8

3.6-28.4

3.7

1.6- 8.2

1.8

0.6- 5.3

23.6

14.2-36.6

$15,000- 24,999

343

188

47.1

38.5-55.9

6.0

3.4-10.6

6.9

3.2-14.3

3.5

1.5- 7.7

36.5

28.1-45.8

$25,000- 34,999

265

156

58.9

49.5-67.7

10.1

6.5-15.5

5.9

2.6-12.8

4.1

2.2- 7.5

21.0

13.8-30.6

$35,000- 49,999

414

273

64.1

57.0-70.7

8.2

5.2-12.6

5.0

2.9- 8.4

3.3

1.7- 6.5

19.4

13.8-26.4

$50,000-74,999

354

216

55.2

47.5-62.7

16.3

10.6-24.5

10.8

7.2-16.0

4.2

1.9- 9.0

13.4

9.2-19.1

$75,000+

440

307

67.3

60.5-73.5

11.4

8.0-16.0

9.6

6.4-14.1

3.1

1.5- 6.1

8.6

4.7-15.2

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

150

102

60.1

50.2-69.2

10.6

6.4-16.9

7.4

3.6-14.7

1.7

0.5- 6.1

20.2

12.6-30.7

Guilford

108

63.6

52.7-73.2

15.8

9.1-26.2

4.7

2.1-10.3

4.3

1.7-10.3

11.6

6.6-19.8

Mecklenburg

107

55.0

41.4-67.9

11.8

5.4-23.7

7.7

4.0-14.3

3.2

1.3- 8.0

22.3

11.2-39.6

Orange

131

54.2

44.4-63.6

9.3

5.4-15.5

7.1

3.7-13.3

5.2

2.4-10.7

24.3

16.6-34.0

Wake

127

58.0

47.7-67.7

12.9

7.6-20.9

8.2

4.0-16.1

3.0

1.2- 7.7

17.9

10.6-28.7

Chatham/Lee

113

58.3

46.3-69.4

6.4

3.0-13.2

9.2

4.6-17.6

3.3

1.2- 9.1

22.8

13.3-36.3

Nash/Wilson

69.0

56.7-79.2

6.4

2.7-14.7

6.4

2.6-15.3

5.6

1.8-15.9

12.5

6.7-22.0

Craven/Pamlico

127

63.1

51.8-73.1

7.9

4.2-14.3

1.1

0.2- 4.7

2.8

0.9- 8.6

25.0

15.9-37.2

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

147

60.9

50.7-70.2

10.3

6.1-16.9

6.4

3.2-12.2

1.6

0.5- 5.4

20.8

13.7-30.4

Appalachian/Wilkes

157

52.3

41.4-63.1

10.1

5.7-17.4

6.6

3.6-11.8

0.5

0.1- 3.3

30.5

19.6-44.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

102

67.4

54.0-78.5

8.4

3.8-17.4

4.3

1.7-10.7

3.5

1.4- 8.7

16.3

8.2-29.9

Graham/Swain/Jackson

132

56.0

45.8-65.7

12.9

7.8-20.6

6.7

3.6-12.2

2.2

0.8- 6.0

22.1

14.7-32.0

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

64.8

51.0-76.5

10.3

4.4-22.1

15.6

7.2-30.7

0.6

0.1- 4.2

8.7

4.0-18.1

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

56.3

44.0-67.9

11.8

5.9-22.3

4.8

1.9-11.5

4.4

1.6-11.5

22.7

13.4-35.7

Northeast NC I

60.9

47.2-73.1

7.1

3.0-15.7

7.1

2.8-17.2

6.9

1.8-23.5

17.9

10.0-30.1

Northeast NC II

125

58.2

47.3-68.5

9.1

4.2-18.7

7.2

3.8-13.3

2.4

0.8- 7.3

23.0

14.1-35.1

Northeastern Partnership

195

127

58.9

49.8-67.3

8.7

4.5-15.9

7.2

4.2-12.0

3.5

1.4- 8.2

21.8

14.5-31.4

Mountain AHEC

409

257

55.7

47.2-63.9

8.7

5.7-13.0

8.2

4.9-13.5

2.6

1.1- 5.6

24.9

16.7-35.3

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

726

475

57.1

50.8-63.3

12.1

8.3-17.5

7.5

5.0-11.2

2.9

1.7- 4.9

113

20.3

14.9-26.9

Piedmont

1,102

691

58.8

54.4-63.0

115

10.9

8.6-13.8

6.7

4.9- 9.1

3.5

2.3- 5.2

174

20.1

16.4-24.3

Western NC

672

418

54.4

47.9-60.7

9.1

6.6-12.5

6.7

4.5-10.0

2.4

1.1- 5.0

119

27.4

21.0-34.8

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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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