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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 2,537 1,638 62.5 59.3-65.5 899 37.5 34.5-40.7
AGE
18-24 135 90 54.5 41.5-66.8 45 45.5 33.2-58.5
25-34 353 219 58.6 50.5-66.2 134 41.4 33.8-49.5
35-44 502 316 62.3 56.1-68.1 186 37.7 31.9-43.9
45-54 484 294 61.2 54.5-67.5 190 38.8 32.5-45.5
55-64 447 318 72.6 66.4-78.1 129 27.4 21.9-33.6
65-74 380 259 69.2 62.3-75.4 121 30.8 24.6-37.7
75+ 227 136 60.5 51.3-69.1 91 39.5 30.9-48.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 330 212 68.7 58.9-77.1 118 31.3 22.9-41.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 711 446 61.3 55.3-66.9 265 38.7 33.1-44.7
Some Post-H.S. 627 421 59.3 52.5-65.7 206 40.7 34.3-47.5
College Graduate 863 556 64.1 59.4-68.5 307 35.9 31.5-40.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 184 118 69.9 58.8-79.1 66 30.1 20.9-41.2
$15,000- 24,999 359 242 69.4 60.7-76.9 117 30.6 23.1-39.3
$25,000- 34,999 269 182 60.3 50.8-69.1 87 39.7 30.9-49.2
$35,000- 49,999 413 274 62.2 55.0-68.9 139 37.8 31.1-45.0
$50,000-74,999 356 242 65.0 57.0-72.2 114 35.0 27.8-43.0
$75,000+ 444 296 69.8 63.5-75.5 148 30.2 24.5-36.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 155 106 67.3 58.2-75.3 49 32.7 24.7-41.8
Guilford 112 82 74.5 64.5-82.5 30 25.5 17.5-35.5
Mecklenburg 108 63 56.0 42.8-68.3 45 44.0 31.7-57.2
Orange 134 81 64.9 55.3-73.5 53 35.1 26.5-44.7
Wake 126 82 62.7 52.5-71.8 44 37.3 28.2-47.5
Chatham/Lee 114 70 59.2 47.5-69.9 44 40.8 30.1-52.5
Nash/Wilson 81 51 58.9 45.0-71.5 30 41.1 28.5-55.0
Craven/Pamlico 129 78 57.1 46.4-67.2 51 42.9 32.8-53.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 95 62.9 51.4-73.1 51 37.1 26.9-48.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 157 102 69.1 59.7-77.1 55 30.9 22.9-40.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 65 64.1 51.7-74.9 38 35.9 25.1-48.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 93 68.0 58.5-76.2 45 32.0 23.8-41.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 51 62.1 49.3-73.4 31 37.9 26.6-50.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 61 76.2 65.3-84.5 22 23.8 15.5-34.7
Northeast NC I 71 45 58.9 45.0-71.5 26 41.1 28.5-55.0
Northeast NC II 124 81 65.4 55.3-74.3 43 34.6 25.7-44.7
Northeastern Partnership 195 126 63.9 55.5-71.5 69 36.1 28.5-44.5
Mountain AHEC 427 287 65.8 56.9-73.6 140 34.2 26.4-43.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 729 468 59.8 53.4-65.9 261 40.2 34.1-46.6
Piedmont 1,117 717 63.1 58.8-67.1 400 36.9 32.9-41.2
Western NC 691 453 64.3 57.8-70.3 238 35.7 29.7-42.2

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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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