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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.^		 0-3 months 4-11 months 1 year 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,324 983 20.4 18.6-22.3 893 18.1 16.4-19.9 1,010 18.3 16.7-19.9 1,715 30.7 28.8-32.6 723 12.6 11.3-14.0
-Northeast NC II 277 46 19.3 14.0-25.9 41 14.1 10.0-19.5 52 19.0 14.3-24.7 104 37.0 30.7-43.9 34 10.6 7.3-15.1
GENDER
Male 79 20 28.4 17.9-41.9 9 10.5 5.2-19.9 12 15.2 8.2-26.5 31 37.8 26.8-50.3 7 8.1 3.7-16.8
Female 198 26 14.0 9.2-20.8 32 16.2 11.0-23.4 40 21.1 15.4-28.2 73 36.6 29.2-44.7 27 12.0 7.9-17.9
RACE
White 205 34 18.5 12.6-26.3 34 16.3 11.3-23.0 39 19.1 13.8-25.8 76 36.9 29.6-44.8 22 9.2 5.8-14.4
Other 71 12 22.3 12.5-36.5 7 7.4 2.9-17.4 13 18.8 10.1-32.2 28 38.2 25.9-52.1 11 13.5 6.9-24.7
AGE
18-44 111 23 23.6 15.1-34.9 18 16.4 9.9-26.1 20 16.8 10.5-25.8 39 34.3 25.1-45.0 11 8.8 4.6-16.4
45+ 165 23 15.5 10.0-23.2 23 12.1 7.8-18.3 32 21.1 14.8-29.2 65 39.8 31.6-48.7 22 11.6 7.3-17.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 20 18.5 11.6-28.1 17 13.6 7.7-22.7 21 20.1 12.9-30.0 50 38.1 28.7-48.4 14 9.7 5.4-16.8
Some College + 155 26 20.0 12.8-29.7 24 14.6 9.5-21.8 31 18.0 12.4-25.3 54 36.2 27.9-45.4 20 11.3 6.9-17.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 30 21.8 15.0-30.6 27 16.9 10.9-25.1 26 15.8 10.6-22.9 51 35.0 26.7-44.3 19 10.5 6.2-17.3
$50,000+ 66 10 18.6 8.6-35.8 7 11.0 5.2-21.9 17 24.7 15.2-37.6 27 38.1 26.0-51.8 5 7.5 3.0-17.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 266 55 23.2 17.5-30.0 31 11.6 7.6-17.2 53 20.3 15.3-26.6 94 33.9 27.5-41.0 33 10.9 7.5-15.7
Guilford 285 54 20.1 15.0-26.4 43 16.5 11.9-22.4 60 21.1 16.2-27.0 88 30.1 24.3-36.6 40 12.2 8.5-17.0
Mecklenburg 285 51 17.4 13.0-22.9 48 20.1 14.1-27.7 59 21.5 16.4-27.7 92 30.5 24.8-36.9 35 10.5 7.4-14.8
Orange 264 52 24.1 14.7-36.9 51 16.8 11.8-23.3 45 23.6 14.2-36.6 81 26.7 19.7-35.1 35 8.8 5.8-13.0
Wake 269 63 23.9 18.5-30.3 44 17.3 12.6-23.4 46 17.9 12.6-24.7 86 30.5 24.5-37.1 30 10.5 7.1-15.1
Chatham/Lee 189 20 14.9 7.3-27.8 33 15.6 10.6-22.4 47 22.4 15.9-30.5 59 32.2 24.0-41.7 30 14.9 9.8-22.0
Nash/Wilson 220 25 12.0 7.8-17.9 36 15.6 9.8-24.0 48 23.1 17.0-30.6 76 34.1 27.1-41.9 35 15.1 10.6-21.2
Craven/Pamlico 275 50 20.7 15.0-28.0 49 17.0 12.0-23.5 47 15.9 11.7-21.3 85 32.1 25.8-39.0 44 14.3 10.3-19.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 239 47 23.2 16.8-31.2 36 15.2 10.7-21.1 47 17.5 12.8-23.6 81 33.6 25.5-42.8 28 10.4 7.0-15.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 251 43 15.5 11.1-21.4 59 29.8 20.6-41.0 45 14.9 10.7-20.4 72 27.5 20.8-35.3 32 12.3 8.3-17.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 250 49 18.4 11.7-27.7 36 23.5 10.3-45.2 48 16.8 11.2-24.5 88 32.1 23.0-42.8 29 9.2 5.4-15.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 251 52 20.2 13.4-29.2 46 29.1 14.0-50.8 43 12.0 8.0-17.8 70 24.6 16.9-34.3 40 14.1 9.1-21.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 243 41 16.2 11.7-21.9 35 15.4 10.9-21.3 53 19.9 14.8-26.2 77 34.4 27.7-41.8 37 14.2 10.1-19.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 232 46 18.7 13.5-25.2 45 18.6 13.4-25.3 36 16.2 11.2-22.8 71 32.6 24.2-42.2 34 14.0 9.7-19.7
Northeast NC I 231 45 21.9 15.9-29.5 43 19.8 14.5-26.5 39 17.3 12.1-24.0 78 31.8 25.5-38.8 26 9.2 6.1-13.6
Northeastern Partnership 508 91 20.2 16.0-25.1 84 16.0 12.6-20.1 91 18.4 14.7-22.7 182 35.3 30.5-40.4 60 10.1 7.6-13.4
Mountain AHEC 753 142 17.4 14.1-21.2 113 15.1 11.4-19.7 148 20.8 17.1-25.1 237 32.3 27.8-37.1 113 14.4 11.4-18.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,843 321 20.5 17.2-24.1 309 16.9 14.2-20.0 339 17.0 14.4-19.9 619 32.0 28.7-35.5 255 13.7 11.1-16.7
Piedmont 2,299 442 20.9 18.4-23.5 384 18.7 16.2-21.4 437 18.8 16.6-21.2 736 29.9 27.3-32.5 300 11.8 10.2-13.7
Western NC 1,182 220 18.3 15.2-22.0 200 18.1 14.6-22.2 234 18.9 15.9-22.3 360 31.2 27.3-35.4 168 13.4 11.0-16.3

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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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