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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 2,580 822 32.8 30.0-35.8 1,758 67.2 64.2-70.0
AGE
18-24 135 33 32.9 21.7-46.6 102 67.1 53.4-78.3
25-34 359 90 27.4 20.4-35.7 269 72.6 64.3-79.6
35-44 508 169 33.6 28.0-39.7 339 66.4 60.3-72.0
45-54 487 179 36.1 30.0-42.6 308 63.9 57.4-70.0
55-64 455 172 38.7 32.6-45.2 283 61.3 54.8-67.4
65-74 389 122 32.1 25.8-39.2 267 67.9 60.8-74.2
75+ 235 54 23.9 17.2-32.3 181 76.1 67.7-82.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 339 80 21.8 14.0-32.3 259 78.2 67.7-86.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 726 221 31.9 26.6-37.6 505 68.1 62.4-73.4
Some Post-H.S. 637 218 35.5 29.5-42.0 419 64.5 58.0-70.5
College Graduate 871 301 35.2 30.9-39.9 570 64.8 60.1-69.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 186 54 25.5 17.3-36.0 132 74.5 64.0-82.7
$15,000- 24,999 364 95 29.9 22.4-38.7 269 70.1 61.3-77.6
$25,000- 34,999 273 96 32.8 24.9-41.8 177 67.2 58.2-75.1
$35,000- 49,999 420 136 31.6 25.3-38.6 284 68.4 61.4-74.7
$50,000-74,999 359 113 34.4 27.1-42.6 246 65.6 57.4-72.9
$75,000+ 447 166 36.7 30.5-43.3 281 63.3 56.7-69.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 157 51 29.7 22.4-38.3 106 70.3 61.7-77.6
Guilford 112 46 42.9 32.8-53.7 66 57.1 46.3-67.2
Mecklenburg 110 42 33.2 22.7-45.8 68 66.8 54.2-77.3
Orange 135 41 28.8 21.0-38.1 94 71.2 61.9-79.0
Wake 128 48 37.3 28.3-47.4 80 62.7 52.6-71.7
Chatham/Lee 117 29 19.5 12.9-28.2 88 80.5 71.8-87.1
Nash/Wilson 85 26 32.1 20.6-46.4 59 67.9 53.6-79.4
Craven/Pamlico 131 42 30.8 22.2-41.1 89 69.2 58.9-77.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 149 43 30.7 20.9-42.7 106 69.3 57.3-79.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 161 49 26.7 19.5-35.5 112 73.3 64.5-80.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 105 33 33.1 22.2-46.2 72 66.9 53.8-77.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 44 34.3 25.4-44.4 94 65.7 55.6-74.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 83 29 33.1 23.0-45.1 54 66.9 54.9-77.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 85 20 20.7 13.1-31.2 65 79.3 68.8-86.9
Northeast NC I 73 23 29.9 19.7-42.6 50 70.1 57.4-80.3
Northeast NC II 128 45 36.7 27.2-47.4 83 63.3 52.6-72.8
Northeastern Partnership 201 68 35.1 27.3-43.8 133 64.9 56.2-72.7
Mountain AHEC 430 134 31.7 23.9-40.7 296 68.3 59.3-76.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 746 231 27.4 22.7-32.7 515 72.6 67.3-77.3
Piedmont 1,137 376 36.0 32.0-40.3 761 64.0 59.7-68.0
Western NC 697 215 30.3 24.5-36.9 482 69.7 63.1-75.5

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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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