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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 9,267 | 3,034 | 28.5 | 27.0-29.9 | 6,233 | 71.5 | 70.1-73.0 |
| -Nash/Wilson | 371 | 129 | 31.6 | 26.4-37.3 | 242 | 68.4 | 62.7-73.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 136 | 41 | 26.5 | 19.0-35.6 | 95 | 73.5 | 64.4-81.0 |
| Female | 235 | 88 | 36.6 | 30.0-43.7 | 147 | 63.4 | 56.3-70.0 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 232 | 84 | 31.2 | 24.9-38.2 | 148 | 68.8 | 61.8-75.1 |
| Other | 138 | 45 | 32.5 | 24.0-42.3 | 93 | 67.5 | 57.7-76.0 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 141 | 28 | 18.7 | 12.5-27.0 | 113 | 81.3 | 73.0-87.5 |
| 45+ | 228 | 100 | 42.6 | 35.5-50.1 | 128 | 57.4 | 49.9-64.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 203 | 80 | 33.1 | 26.4-40.6 | 123 | 66.9 | 59.4-73.6 |
| Some College + | 167 | 49 | 29.8 | 22.1-39.0 | 118 | 70.2 | 61.0-77.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 192 | 75 | 36.4 | 28.8-44.7 | 117 | 63.6 | 55.3-71.2 |
| $50,000+ | 91 | 19 | 18.4 | 11.6-28.0 | 72 | 81.6 | 72.0-88.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 443 | 158 | 31.7 | 27.1-36.8 | 285 | 68.3 | 63.2-72.9 |
| Guilford | 443 | 120 | 25.2 | 20.8-30.2 | 323 | 74.8 | 69.8-79.2 |
| Mecklenburg | 443 | 122 | 22.7 | 18.7-27.3 | 321 | 77.3 | 72.7-81.3 |
| Orange | 449 | 112 | 23.3 | 16.5-31.7 | 337 | 76.7 | 68.3-83.5 |
| Wake | 443 | 108 | 22.4 | 18.1-27.3 | 335 | 77.6 | 72.7-81.9 |
| Chatham/Lee | 391 | 103 | 24.0 | 18.6-30.4 | 288 | 76.0 | 69.6-81.4 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 448 | 167 | 33.7 | 28.8-39.0 | 281 | 66.3 | 61.0-71.2 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 428 | 147 | 32.4 | 26.8-38.5 | 281 | 67.6 | 61.5-73.2 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 449 | 139 | 26.6 | 21.9-31.9 | 310 | 73.4 | 68.1-78.1 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 468 | 175 | 31.0 | 24.9-37.8 | 293 | 69.0 | 62.2-75.1 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 422 | 144 | 27.0 | 21.7-33.1 | 278 | 73.0 | 66.9-78.3 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 466 | 180 | 35.5 | 30.7-40.6 | 286 | 64.5 | 59.4-69.3 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 409 | 158 | 33.4 | 28.2-39.1 | 251 | 66.6 | 60.9-71.8 |
| Northeast NC I | 448 | 161 | 33.9 | 28.5-39.7 | 287 | 66.1 | 60.3-71.5 |
| Northeast NC II | 501 | 185 | 34.5 | 29.6-39.6 | 316 | 65.5 | 60.4-70.4 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 949 | 346 | 34.3 | 30.6-38.2 | 603 | 65.7 | 61.8-69.4 |
| Mountain AHEC | 1,284 | 468 | 35.0 | 30.8-39.5 | 816 | 65.0 | 60.5-69.2 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 3,243 | 1,151 | 31.3 | 28.8-34.0 | 2,092 | 68.7 | 66.0-71.2 |
| Piedmont | 3,978 | 1,157 | 25.4 | 23.5-27.4 | 2,821 | 74.6 | 72.6-76.5 |
| Western NC | 2,046 | 726 | 34.7 | 31.2-38.4 | 1,320 | 65.3 | 61.6-68.8 |
*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) of the BRFSS 2003 questionnaire.
^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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