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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,445 3,758 38.6 37.0-40.2 5,687 61.4 59.8-63.0
-Northeast NC I 461 189 38.0 32.5-43.7 272 62.0 56.3-67.5
GENDER
Male 144 45 29.4 21.0-39.6 99 70.6 60.4-79.0
Female 317 144 44.3 38.2-50.6 173 55.7 49.4-61.8
RACE
White 211 89 41.3 34.0-49.0 122 58.7 51.0-66.0
Other 249 100 35.6 28.0-43.9 149 64.4 56.1-72.0
AGE
18-44 176 89 43.9 33.9-54.4 87 56.1 45.6-66.1
45+ 285 100 32.9 27.1-39.2 185 67.1 60.8-72.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 269 97 33.6 26.6-41.4 172 66.4 58.6-73.4
Some College + 191 92 44.7 36.8-52.8 99 55.3 47.2-63.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 307 126 39.8 33.7-46.3 181 60.2 53.7-66.3
$50,000+ 68 34 44.1 31.6-57.4 34 55.9 42.6-68.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 169 36.0 30.9-41.4 285 64.0 58.6-69.1
Guilford 444 190 40.8 35.5-46.3 254 59.2 53.7-64.5
Mecklenburg 449 196 38.7 33.3-44.5 253 61.3 55.5-66.7
Orange 452 175 36.9 29.9-44.6 277 63.1 55.4-70.1
Wake 452 189 39.7 34.4-45.2 263 60.3 54.8-65.6
Chatham/Lee 400 146 37.1 31.0-43.6 254 62.9 56.4-69.0
Nash/Wilson 379 152 39.1 33.3-45.2 227 60.9 54.8-66.7
Craven/Pamlico 456 207 40.6 35.3-46.1 249 59.4 53.9-64.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 438 165 37.8 32.0-44.0 273 62.2 56.0-68.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 456 171 36.4 30.0-43.2 285 63.6 56.8-70.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 478 183 34.3 27.9-41.2 295 65.7 58.8-72.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 172 35.3 27.4-44.2 254 64.7 55.8-72.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 474 196 39.4 34.5-44.6 278 60.6 55.4-65.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 419 146 32.1 26.9-37.9 273 67.9 62.1-73.1
Northeast NC II 513 211 40.2 35.1-45.5 302 59.8 54.5-64.9
Northeastern Partnership 974 400 39.4 35.6-43.4 574 60.6 56.6-64.4
Mountain AHEC 1,308 512 38.3 34.0-42.7 796 61.7 57.3-66.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,317 1,339 36.7 34.0-39.5 1,978 63.3 60.5-66.0
Piedmont 4,049 1,608 39.6 37.4-41.9 2,441 60.4 58.1-62.6
Western NC 2,079 811 38.4 35.0-42.0 1,268 61.6 58.0-65.0

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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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