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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 2,537 965 38.9 36.0-42.0 1,572 61.1 58.0-64.0
AGE
18-24 135 52 29.1 19.7-40.8 83 70.9 59.2-80.3
25-34 353 187 51.5 43.6-59.3 166 48.5 40.7-56.4
35-44 502 219 46.6 40.5-52.8 283 53.4 47.2-59.5
45-54 484 151 32.1 26.2-38.6 333 67.9 61.4-73.8
55-64 447 162 37.9 31.6-44.6 285 62.1 55.4-68.4
65-74 380 118 30.3 24.1-37.3 262 69.7 62.7-75.9
75+ 227 74 33.8 25.5-43.1 153 66.2 56.9-74.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 330 155 56.5 47.5-65.0 175 43.5 35.0-52.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 711 303 44.2 38.5-50.2 408 55.8 49.8-61.5
Some Post-H.S. 627 257 36.2 30.5-42.3 370 63.8 57.7-69.5
College Graduate 863 249 30.9 26.6-35.6 614 69.1 64.4-73.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 184 76 49.1 37.6-60.8 108 50.9 39.2-62.4
$15,000- 24,999 359 148 40.8 32.7-49.4 211 59.2 50.6-67.3
$25,000- 34,999 269 129 46.9 38.0-56.0 140 53.1 44.0-62.0
$35,000- 49,999 413 164 38.4 31.9-45.3 249 61.6 54.7-68.1
$50,000-74,999 356 138 41.5 34.1-49.3 218 58.5 50.7-65.9
$75,000+ 444 135 35.2 28.7-42.3 309 64.8 57.7-71.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 155 71 45.6 36.7-54.7 84 54.4 45.3-63.3
Guilford 112 33 27.6 19.5-37.5 79 72.4 62.5-80.5
Mecklenburg 108 25 24.5 14.9-37.5 83 75.5 62.5-85.1
Orange 134 43 34.1 25.4-43.9 91 65.9 56.1-74.6
Wake 126 36 29.9 21.4-40.0 90 70.1 60.0-78.6
Chatham/Lee 114 43 36.0 25.8-47.8 71 64.0 52.2-74.2
Nash/Wilson 81 17 27.8 16.2-43.3 64 72.2 56.7-83.8
Craven/Pamlico 129 35 25.7 17.9-35.5 94 74.3 64.5-82.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 65 45.2 35.3-55.5 81 54.8 44.5-64.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 157 65 47.2 36.5-58.2 92 52.8 41.8-63.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 43 49.5 37.2-61.8 60 50.5 38.2-62.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 59 49.3 39.4-59.4 79 50.7 40.6-60.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 30 36.0 24.8-49.1 52 64.0 50.9-75.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 38 43.6 32.3-55.6 45 56.4 44.4-67.7
Northeast NC I 71 30 37.6 25.8-51.1 41 62.4 48.9-74.2
Northeast NC II 124 44 34.2 25.2-44.5 80 65.8 55.5-74.8
Northeastern Partnership 195 74 35.0 27.4-43.4 121 65.0 56.6-72.6
Mountain AHEC 427 197 51.8 44.0-59.4 230 48.2 40.6-56.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 729 254 36.3 30.7-42.2 475 63.7 57.8-69.3
Piedmont 1,117 404 37.2 33.2-41.4 713 62.8 58.6-66.8
Western NC 691 307 48.8 42.7-55.0 384 51.2 45.0-57.3

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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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