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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Northeast NC II (Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,233 5,936 79.8 78.2-81.3 1,297 20.2 18.7-21.8
-Northeast NC II 378 306 78.5 72.7-83.3 72 21.5 16.7-27.3
GENDER
Male 141 111 77.8 68.1-85.2 30 22.2 14.8-31.9
Female 237 195 79.2 72.4-84.7 42 20.8 15.3-27.6
RACE
White 246 205 81.0 74.0-86.5 41 19.0 13.5-26.0
Other 130 100 74.3 63.4-82.9 30 25.7 17.1-36.6
AGE
18-44 174 132 72.2 63.2-79.7 42 27.8 20.3-36.8
45+ 199 169 85.9 79.7-90.5 30 14.1 9.5-20.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 129 69.7 60.3-77.7 48 30.3 22.3-39.7
Some College + 200 176 87.4 81.2-91.8 24 12.6 8.2-18.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 159 68.3 60.0-75.7 61 31.7 24.3-40.0
$50,000+ 81 79 96.8 88.0-99.2 2 3.2 0.8-12.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 320 255 77.2 71.0-82.3 65 22.8 17.7-29.0
Guilford 347 299 82.8 76.7-87.5 48 17.2 12.5-23.3
Mecklenburg 368 323 82.7 76.3-87.6 45 17.3 12.4-23.7
Orange 381 343 83.3 73.6-90.0 38 16.7 10.0-26.4
Wake 392 337 80.0 73.6-85.1 55 20.0 14.9-26.4
Chatham/Lee 295 236 76.9 70.1-82.5 59 23.1 17.5-29.9
Nash/Wilson 293 247 80.3 73.9-85.4 46 19.7 14.6-26.1
Craven/Pamlico 325 284 85.7 79.5-90.3 41 14.3 9.7-20.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 332 272 80.4 74.6-85.1 60 19.6 14.9-25.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 345 259 70.7 62.6-77.7 86 29.3 22.3-37.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 377 305 76.6 69.8-82.2 72 23.4 17.8-30.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 313 237 62.0 46.3-75.6 76 38.0 24.4-53.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 381 297 75.7 70.1-80.6 84 24.3 19.4-29.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 317 242 71.6 64.5-77.7 75 28.4 22.3-35.5
Northeast NC I 339 271 74.6 65.4-82.1 68 25.4 17.9-34.6
Northeastern Partnership 717 577 77.1 72.3-81.4 140 22.9 18.6-27.7
Mountain AHEC 931 732 75.5 70.7-79.7 199 24.5 20.3-29.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,525 2,052 78.6 75.6-81.4 473 21.4 18.6-24.4
Piedmont 3,192 2,708 81.8 79.6-83.8 484 18.2 16.2-20.4
Western NC 1,516 1,176 74.1 70.1-77.7 340 25.9 22.3-29.9

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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 included

^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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