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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 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%)
North Carolina 9,229 3,656 36.9 35.4-38.5 4,265 47.8 46.2-49.5 953 11.5 10.5-12.7 74 0.6 0.4- 0.8 281 3.1 2.6- 3.7
-Northeast NC I 447 155 32.5 27.2-38.2 211 48.3 41.8-54.7 58 15.3 11.4-20.2 8 1.6 0.8- 3.4 15 2.4 1.3- 4.2
GENDER
Male 139 42 25.5 17.7-35.4 67 52.5 40.4-64.2 25 19.7 12.5-29.7 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6 2 0.9 0.2- 4.0
Female 308 113 37.5 31.5-44.0 144 45.2 38.9-51.6 33 12.0 8.2-17.2 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5 13 3.5 1.9- 6.4
RACE
White 207 74 34.7 27.7-42.4 97 45.6 37.9-53.5 25 15.0 9.6-22.7 5 2.7 1.1- 6.7 6 2.0 0.8- 4.7
Other 239 80 30.4 23.2-38.6 114 50.6 41.1-60.0 33 15.6 10.4-22.5 3 0.8 0.2- 2.5 9 2.7 1.3- 5.8
AGE
18-44 171 53 28.8 20.9-38.3 74 45.3 34.0-57.1 35 22.2 15.1-31.3 3 1.4 0.4- 4.5 6 2.3 0.9- 6.0
45+ 276 102 35.6 29.3-42.4 137 50.8 43.9-57.7 23 9.3 5.7-14.9 5 1.8 0.7- 4.7 9 2.4 1.2- 4.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 257 91 31.2 24.2-39.1 109 45.2 36.0-54.8 40 18.4 12.7-25.7 6 2.1 0.9- 5.1 11 3.1 1.6- 6.2
Some College + 189 64 34.5 27.1-42.7 101 52.7 44.3-60.9 18 10.7 6.5-17.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 4 1.3 0.5- 3.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 294 97 31.6 25.7-38.1 142 47.6 40.9-54.4 39 16.7 11.9-23.0 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1 11 2.5 1.3- 4.7
$50,000+ 68 24 35.3 23.5-49.2 33 48.8 35.6-62.1 9 12.9 6.3-24.5 2 3.0 0.7-11.6 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 446 211 43.9 38.5-49.4 180 42.9 37.4-48.6 40 10.2 7.1-14.3 4 0.8 0.3- 2.1 11 2.3 1.2- 4.3
Guilford 442 180 38.1 32.9-43.6 202 47.3 41.8-52.9 42 10.6 7.6-14.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 17 3.9 2.2- 6.7
Mecklenburg 441 189 39.4 33.9-45.3 198 47.3 41.3-53.4 37 9.4 6.0-14.3 5 1.0 0.4- 2.4 12 3.0 1.6- 5.5
Orange 445 233 48.6 41.3-56.0 184 41.9 35.1-49.0 22 4.8 2.9- 7.9 4 4.2 0.8-18.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1
Wake 448 174 37.8 32.5-43.4 212 48.7 43.0-54.3 42 10.2 7.4-14.0 2 0.2 0.0- 1.0 18 3.1 1.9- 5.2
Chatham/Lee 395 157 35.2 29.7-41.1 190 50.9 44.6-57.3 33 8.1 5.5-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 15 5.8 2.9-11.1
Nash/Wilson 370 141 33.5 28.2-39.2 161 46.7 40.7-52.9 53 15.7 11.8-20.7 6 1.7 0.7- 4.0 9 2.3 1.1- 4.9
Craven/Pamlico 445 176 35.8 30.9-41.1 209 51.4 45.8-57.1 43 9.4 6.8-12.8 5 1.0 0.3- 2.8 12 2.4 1.3- 4.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 431 161 36.9 31.1-43.1 199 45.2 39.5-51.1 57 14.9 11.1-19.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 13 2.8 1.5- 5.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 446 185 39.9 33.3-46.8 218 50.9 44.1-57.6 33 7.6 5.2-11.0 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 8 1.3 0.6- 2.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 468 165 31.5 25.4-38.4 212 48.2 39.9-56.7 61 14.2 9.9-19.9 8 2.0 0.9- 4.4 22 4.0 2.2- 7.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 415 176 34.2 26.4-43.0 193 55.7 45.5-65.4 28 5.6 3.6- 8.7 4 1.5 0.4- 4.9 14 3.0 1.6- 5.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 457 161 36.2 31.1-41.7 209 45.3 40.0-50.7 67 13.7 10.6-17.6 7 2.3 0.9- 5.7 13 2.4 1.2- 4.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 407 128 31.2 25.2-37.9 215 53.9 47.5-60.2 43 10.4 7.5-14.3 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5 17 2.9 1.7- 5.0
Northeast NC II 493 168 30.2 25.8-35.0 257 53.5 48.1-58.7 51 12.2 8.9-16.6 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6 14 3.3 1.8- 6.2
Northeastern Partnership 940 323 31.0 27.6-34.7 468 51.6 47.5-55.7 109 13.3 10.7-16.5 11 1.1 0.5- 2.1 29 3.0 1.8- 4.8
Mountain AHEC 1,279 574 45.2 40.8-49.6 561 44.2 40.0-48.4 101 8.0 6.2-10.3 9 0.6 0.2- 1.3 34 2.1 1.3- 3.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,216 1,182 36.4 33.6-39.3 1,520 47.8 44.9-50.8 382 12.3 10.5-14.3 34 0.8 0.5- 1.3 98 2.7 2.0- 3.7
Piedmont 3,981 1,589 35.8 33.7-38.0 1,834 48.6 46.3-50.9 401 11.8 10.3-13.5 28 0.5 0.3- 0.9 129 3.3 2.6- 4.2
Western NC 2,032 885 42.7 39.1-46.3 911 44.9 41.4-48.4 170 9.1 7.3-11.3 12 0.5 0.3- 1.1 54 2.8 1.8- 4.2

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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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