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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Northeast NC I (Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Herford, Northampton, Warren)

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,155 5,888 59.1 57.4-60.7 924 10.1 9.2-11.1 520 5.6 4.9- 6.3 268 2.9 2.4- 3.4 1,555 22.4 20.8-24.0
-Northeast NC I 449 291 61.1 54.1-67.6 38 7.1 4.9-10.1 25 4.8 3.1- 7.4 11 2.8 1.3- 5.8 84 24.3 17.9-32.1
GENDER
Male 139 86 55.2 42.1-67.6 9 5.4 2.6-10.7 7 4.2 1.9- 9.2 6 4.9 1.9-12.3 31 30.2 17.9-46.2
Female 310 205 65.3 58.9-71.1 29 8.3 5.5-12.2 18 5.3 3.2- 8.6 5 1.2 0.5- 3.0 53 20.0 15.2-25.9
RACE
White 205 129 61.7 53.8-69.0 21 8.2 5.1-12.8 18 8.6 5.3-13.7 5 3.6 1.1-10.7 32 17.9 12.6-24.8
Other 243 161 60.4 49.7-70.1 17 6.3 3.6-10.6 7 2.0 0.9- 4.8 6 2.2 0.9- 5.2 52 29.2 19.4-41.3
AGE
18-44 174 87 44.1 34.0-54.8 14 7.0 3.9-12.2 9 4.0 1.9- 8.1 6 3.9 1.4-10.5 58 41.0 29.7-53.3
45+ 275 204 76.2 70.3-81.3 24 7.1 4.6-11.0 16 5.6 3.3- 9.3 5 1.7 0.7- 4.4 26 9.3 6.2-13.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 262 175 59.1 49.1-68.4 14 4.7 2.5- 8.7 12 3.9 2.0- 7.3 7 3.4 1.3- 8.5 54 28.9 19.6-40.5
Some College + 186 115 64.0 55.9-71.3 24 10.6 6.9-16.0 13 6.3 3.5-10.9 4 1.8 0.7- 5.1 30 17.2 11.9-24.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 300 191 62.0 55.4-68.2 25 8.2 5.3-12.5 20 5.8 3.6- 9.2 8 3.2 1.3- 7.9 56 20.8 15.9-26.6
$50,000+ 66 48 75.3 62.5-84.8 5 3.5 1.4- 8.7 2 3.4 0.8-12.7 0 0.0 . - . 11 17.8 9.7-30.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 440 295 60.5 54.6-66.0 47 10.4 7.7-13.9 23 6.6 4.2-10.4 11 2.0 1.0- 4.0 64 20.5 15.6-26.3
Guilford 433 279 63.3 57.6-68.6 52 11.6 8.4-15.7 28 5.8 3.9- 8.6 13 2.6 1.4- 4.8 61 16.7 12.6-21.8
Mecklenburg 431 286 56.0 49.6-62.2 35 9.9 6.6-14.4 28 6.0 4.1- 8.9 11 2.4 1.3- 4.4 71 25.7 19.8-32.7
Orange 430 244 47.9 40.4-55.5 58 14.7 9.6-21.9 27 7.1 3.9-12.5 17 4.7 2.1-10.5 84 25.6 19.4-32.9
Wake 443 278 58.9 53.0-64.4 55 11.0 8.3-14.4 27 5.8 3.7- 8.9 14 2.6 1.4- 4.7 69 21.7 16.7-27.7
Chatham/Lee 389 256 59.8 53.2-66.0 36 7.2 5.0-10.4 24 6.3 4.0- 9.7 7 1.9 0.9- 4.2 66 24.8 19.1-31.4
Nash/Wilson 372 254 62.5 56.3-68.2 29 8.2 5.6-12.0 16 4.2 2.5- 7.1 12 4.8 2.5- 9.1 61 20.3 15.5-26.0
Craven/Pamlico 443 299 62.9 57.2-68.3 41 8.2 5.9-11.3 19 4.2 2.5- 6.9 8 2.3 1.1- 4.9 76 22.3 17.5-28.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 426 273 60.3 54.3-65.9 45 10.3 7.5-14.0 20 4.9 3.0- 7.8 18 3.7 2.2- 6.0 70 20.9 16.2-26.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 441 284 54.2 47.1-61.1 37 8.7 6.0-12.5 35 6.9 4.8- 9.9 11 2.6 1.3- 5.0 74 27.6 20.4-36.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 469 299 54.3 45.6-62.7 47 10.0 6.7-14.6 22 4.5 2.7- 7.4 14 2.9 1.6- 5.3 87 28.4 19.5-39.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 410 236 46.7 36.2-57.4 54 12.1 8.3-17.3 26 4.8 3.0- 7.5 16 2.8 1.6- 5.0 78 33.7 21.2-48.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 463 291 59.0 53.5-64.3 48 10.1 7.3-13.8 23 6.4 3.8-10.6 8 1.2 0.6- 2.4 93 23.3 18.9-28.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 406 271 60.4 54.1-66.5 35 8.9 6.1-12.7 18 4.2 2.5- 6.7 13 2.7 1.5- 4.9 69 23.8 18.4-30.2
Northeast NC II 494 320 59.3 53.7-64.7 44 8.9 6.2-12.5 36 7.1 5.0- 9.9 16 2.6 1.5- 4.5 78 22.1 17.3-27.8
Northeastern Partnership 943 611 59.9 55.6-64.1 82 8.2 6.3-10.7 61 6.3 4.7- 8.3 27 2.7 1.7- 4.1 162 22.9 18.9-27.4
Mountain AHEC 1,264 803 59.1 54.4-63.6 135 8.7 6.9-10.9 72 6.6 4.8- 9.1 42 3.1 2.1- 4.7 212 22.5 18.0-27.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,217 2,108 59.5 56.4-62.5 293 8.9 7.3-10.8 172 5.8 4.6- 7.2 86 2.7 2.0- 3.7 558 23.1 20.3-26.1
Piedmont 3,929 2,512 59.4 57.1-61.7 423 10.9 9.6-12.4 225 5.4 4.5- 6.5 118 2.9 2.3- 3.8 651 21.3 19.2-23.5
Western NC 2,009 1,268 56.6 52.9-60.3 208 9.3 7.6-11.4 123 5.8 4.5- 7.5 64 3.0 2.1- 4.3 346 25.2 21.5-29.3

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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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