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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,536 345 12.8 10.8-15.0 1,736 69.6 66.7-72.4 302 12.4 10.3-14.8 21 0.7 0.4- 1.3 132 4.5 3.4- 5.8
AGE
18-24 134 15 6.5 3.5-11.6 88 68.8 56.0-79.2 20 18.1 9.6-31.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 10 6.6 2.7-15.1
25-34 355 34 14.4 8.6-23.2 237 63.8 55.6-71.3 65 16.1 11.4-22.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 18 5.1 2.7- 9.3
35-44 506 43 7.3 4.6-11.4 366 75.0 69.1-80.0 66 13.2 9.3-18.4 5 1.1 0.4- 3.6 26 3.4 2.0- 5.8
45-54 480 68 16.4 11.7-22.5 337 67.8 61.0-74.0 52 10.9 7.1-16.4 5 0.5 0.2- 1.2 18 4.4 2.4- 7.9
55-64 447 71 15.2 11.0-20.6 317 74.2 68.1-79.4 38 7.3 4.6-11.4 4 1.3 0.4- 4.2 17 2.0 1.1- 3.7
65-74 379 60 13.8 9.8-19.0 258 73.7 67.4-79.2 30 7.0 4.2-11.4 3 0.2 0.1- 0.6 28 5.3 3.2- 8.7
75+ 224 53 21.5 15.1-29.5 124 58.5 49.2-67.2 30 11.6 6.8-19.2 2 0.9 0.2- 4.3 15 7.5 3.4-15.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 322 34 14.4 7.4-26.3 179 52.8 43.4-62.1 61 20.0 13.6-28.4 9 2.4 1.0- 5.8 39 10.3 6.3-16.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 711 70 9.2 6.3-13.3 462 68.0 62.2-73.2 123 15.9 11.8-21.1 5 0.3 0.1- 1.0 51 6.6 4.5- 9.6
Some Post-H.S. 632 82 12.0 8.9-16.1 454 69.5 63.2-75.1 67 13.9 9.7-19.6 5 1.2 0.4- 3.3 24 3.5 1.7- 7.1
College Graduate 865 159 16.2 12.9-20.1 636 76.6 72.4-80.4 51 5.5 3.7- 8.0 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 17 1.6 0.8- 3.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 184 19 8.5 4.8-14.5 96 49.2 37.6-60.9 40 23.8 15.6-34.5 4 1.9 0.6- 5.9 25 16.7 9.3-28.2
$15,000- 24,999 351 34 9.8 5.9-15.7 213 57.4 48.5-65.9 70 24.5 17.2-33.6 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1 31 8.0 4.2-14.7
$25,000- 34,999 267 33 13.5 8.0-21.8 169 61.9 52.7-70.4 46 17.5 11.8-25.2 3 0.4 0.1- 1.2 16 6.7 3.3-13.2
$35,000- 49,999 417 45 9.6 6.5-14.1 295 76.6 70.8-81.5 54 9.0 6.1-13.0 4 1.0 0.3- 3.8 19 3.8 2.2- 6.4
$50,000-74,999 358 51 10.4 7.0-15.2 278 83.2 77.6-87.7 21 5.0 2.8- 8.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 7 1.3 0.5- 3.7
$75,000+ 447 84 16.9 12.1-23.0 337 74.4 67.4-80.4 20 7.1 3.7-13.2 2 1.0 0.3- 4.0 4 0.6 0.1- 2.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 155 28 19.0 12.7-27.5 95 59.9 50.6-68.6 22 14.0 8.8-21.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5 9 6.1 2.7-13.2
Guilford 111 21 18.2 11.3-27.9 78 73.3 63.1-81.4 9 5.8 2.8-11.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.8 0.8- 8.8
Mecklenburg 109 14 9.1 5.0-16.0 84 80.4 67.8-88.9 8 8.9 2.9-24.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.7 0.5- 5.5
Orange 135 22 15.4 9.8-23.4 103 77.4 68.5-84.3 6 4.9 2.0-11.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.4 0.9- 6.5
Wake 128 22 11.7 7.5-17.8 90 76.1 67.6-83.0 11 7.4 3.8-14.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 4.7 1.8-11.6
Chatham/Lee 113 13 9.5 5.2-16.7 80 68.9 56.9-78.8 12 14.8 7.2-27.9 0 0.0 . - . 8 6.8 3.1-14.1
Nash/Wilson 84 7 6.2 2.8-12.9 65 78.3 67.0-86.5 6 7.4 3.2-16.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 5 7.3 2.8-17.5
Craven/Pamlico 130 21 16.7 9.9-27.0 86 67.0 56.5-76.0 16 12.3 7.2-20.2 3 1.9 0.5- 6.5 4 2.1 0.7- 5.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 145 18 17.2 8.4-31.9 87 58.4 47.2-68.7 28 16.9 11.3-24.5 2 1.3 0.3- 6.5 10 6.2 3.1-11.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 158 19 12.3 7.1-20.4 117 70.5 57.6-80.8 16 8.4 4.9-13.9 0 0.0 . - . 6 8.8 2.1-30.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 105 16 11.4 6.6-18.9 65 62.4 48.9-74.2 18 19.8 11.0-33.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 5 6.1 1.7-19.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 135 20 11.9 7.5-18.3 90 70.7 61.5-78.5 15 9.4 5.3-16.1 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 9 6.6 3.2-13.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 15 23.6 13.6-37.9 50 58.1 45.1-70.1 9 8.3 4.2-15.9 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 7 8.6 3.9-18.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 82 3 2.3 0.7- 7.8 48 60.6 48.3-71.7 18 18.8 11.7-28.7 4 6.9 2.3-19.3 9 11.4 5.3-22.7
Northeast NC I 67 7 8.5 3.9-17.6 40 56.1 41.9-69.3 12 25.0 13.7-41.1 2 3.5 0.8-13.5 6 6.9 2.9-15.6
Northeast NC II 127 20 14.4 9.1-22.0 87 66.5 56.0-75.5 12 10.4 5.7-18.3 0 0.0 . - . 8 8.7 3.5-20.1
Northeastern Partnership 194 27 13.1 8.7-19.1 127 64.1 55.4-71.9 24 13.8 8.9-20.8 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 14 8.3 3.9-16.8
Mountain AHEC 422 69 19.8 12.3-30.4 273 63.2 54.4-71.2 48 9.6 6.6-13.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 30 7.0 4.2-11.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 728 94 13.9 10.1-18.7 487 67.1 61.1-72.5 94 14.0 10.1-19.1 11 0.7 0.4- 1.4 42 4.3 2.8- 6.7
Piedmont 1,123 151 11.3 9.0-14.0 790 72.0 68.0-75.7 129 11.9 9.2-15.4 7 0.8 0.4- 2.0 46 3.9 2.5- 6.0
Western NC 685 100 16.3 11.0-23.4 459 65.4 58.7-71.6 79 11.3 7.9-15.8 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1 44 6.7 4.2-10.5

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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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