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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Orange County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,282 1,504 17.2 16.0-18.5 7,778 82.8 81.5-84.0
-Orange County 449 76 16.4 12.5-21.3 373 83.6 78.7-87.5
GENDER
Male 169 57 29.0 21.4-38.0 112 71.0 62.0-78.6
Female 280 19 6.6 3.4-12.3 261 93.4 87.7-96.6
RACE
White 369 71 19.2 14.5-24.9 298 80.8 75.1-85.5
Other 74 4 6.0 2.1-15.8 70 94.0 84.2-97.9
AGE
18-44 216 33 14.0 9.2-20.6 183 86.0 79.4-90.8
45+ 228 42 21.1 15.5-28.2 186 78.9 71.8-84.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 92 12 12.2 6.0-23.5 80 87.8 76.5-94.0
Some College + 357 64 18.1 13.7-23.6 293 81.9 76.4-86.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 204 32 12.8 8.1-19.7 172 87.2 80.3-91.9
$50,000+ 138 31 25.5 17.9-35.0 107 74.5 65.0-82.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 99 21.9 17.8-26.6 349 78.1 73.4-82.2
Guilford 442 71 19.5 15.1-24.9 371 80.5 75.1-84.9
Mecklenburg 441 59 12.2 9.2-15.9 382 87.8 84.1-90.8
Orange 449 76 16.4 12.5-21.3 373 83.6 78.7-87.5
Wake 445 53 11.8 8.8-15.6 392 88.2 84.4-91.2
Chatham/Lee 392 60 18.4 13.1-25.2 332 81.6 74.8-86.9
Nash/Wilson 369 52 16.1 12.1-21.1 317 83.9 78.9-87.9
Craven/Pamlico 447 88 19.5 15.5-24.3 359 80.5 75.7-84.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 73 19.0 15.0-23.8 354 81.0 76.2-85.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 451 92 23.4 17.7-30.2 359 76.6 69.8-82.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 470 55 11.5 8.1-16.1 415 88.5 83.9-91.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 76 15.8 11.6-21.2 345 84.2 78.8-88.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 467 77 18.9 14.9-23.6 390 81.1 76.4-85.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 410 66 21.6 15.9-28.5 344 78.4 71.5-84.1
Northeast NC I 449 58 12.3 9.3-16.2 391 87.7 83.8-90.7
Northeast NC II 503 72 15.8 12.1-20.2 431 84.2 79.8-87.9
Northeastern Partnership 952 130 14.6 11.9-17.7 822 85.4 82.3-88.1
Mountain AHEC 1,289 252 20.1 17.1-23.4 1,037 79.9 76.6-82.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,249 499 16.5 14.4-18.7 2,750 83.5 81.3-85.6
Piedmont 3,982 616 16.8 15.2-18.6 3,366 83.2 81.4-84.8
Western NC 2,051 389 20.4 17.7-23.5 1,662 79.6 76.5-82.3

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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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