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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

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Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,259 6,012 61.9 60.2-63.5 3,247 38.1 36.5-39.8
-Piedmont NC 3,974 2,588 62.4 60.1-64.7 1,386 37.6 35.3-39.9
GENDER
Male 1,495 781 52.7 48.9-56.3 714 47.3 43.7-51.1
Female 2,479 1,807 71.6 68.9-74.1 672 28.4 25.9-31.1
RACE
White 2,921 1,979 66.0 63.3-68.5 942 34.0 31.5-36.7
African American 794 480 56.4 51.3-61.4 314 43.6 38.6-48.7
Other Minorities 203 98 45.7 36.1-55.6 105 54.3 44.4-63.9
AGE
18-24 237 123 50.3 41.2-59.3 114 49.7 40.7-58.8
25-34 630 392 58.9 53.3-64.3 238 41.1 35.7-46.7
35-44 826 581 66.7 62.0-71.2 245 33.3 28.8-38.0
45-54 809 576 68.2 63.0-73.0 233 31.8 27.0-37.0
55-64 606 446 74.7 69.5-79.4 160 25.3 20.6-30.5
65-74 457 288 64.6 58.3-70.4 169 35.4 29.6-41.7
75+ 379 163 44.9 38.3-51.7 216 55.1 48.3-61.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 572 278 43.9 38.0-50.0 294 56.1 50.0-62.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,048 663 59.0 54.3-63.6 385 41.0 36.4-45.7
Some Post-H.S. 943 638 67.3 62.6-71.7 305 32.7 28.3-37.4
College Graduate 1,396 1,004 71.1 67.6-74.4 392 28.9 25.6-32.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 358 199 48.0 40.1-56.1 159 52.0 43.9-59.9
$15,000- 24,999 656 380 55.3 49.3-61.1 276 44.7 38.9-50.7
$25,000- 34,999 395 255 61.8 54.3-68.8 140 38.2 31.2-45.7
$35,000- 49,999 540 383 63.8 57.7-69.6 157 36.2 30.4-42.3
$50,000-74,999 467 347 75.8 70.3-80.6 120 24.2 19.4-29.7
$75,000+ 649 488 72.7 67.0-77.7 161 27.3 22.3-33.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 446 296 62.6 56.9-68.0 150 37.4 32.0-43.1
Guilford 443 315 66.7 61.0-72.0 128 33.3 28.0-39.0
Mecklenburg 440 309 61.5 55.1-67.6 131 38.5 32.4-44.9
Orange 450 289 63.2 56.3-69.6 161 36.8 30.4-43.7
Wake 445 303 63.6 57.7-69.2 142 36.4 30.8-42.3
Chatham/Lee 392 227 58.0 51.7-64.1 165 42.0 35.9-48.3
Nash/Wilson 368 250 66.6 60.6-72.1 118 33.4 27.9-39.4
Craven/Pamlico 445 311 65.8 60.0-71.1 134 34.2 28.9-40.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 424 263 60.9 55.0-66.5 161 39.1 33.5-45.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 449 287 61.2 54.3-67.7 162 38.8 32.3-45.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 467 292 61.2 53.6-68.2 175 38.8 31.8-46.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 422 274 64.2 53.2-73.9 148 35.8 26.1-46.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 463 284 56.4 50.9-61.7 179 43.6 38.3-49.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 410 267 60.9 54.5-66.9 143 39.1 33.1-45.5
Northeast NC I 449 276 56.7 49.9-63.2 173 43.3 36.8-50.1
Northeast NC II 502 319 59.4 53.9-64.7 183 40.6 35.3-46.1
Northeastern Partnership 951 595 58.4 54.1-62.6 356 41.6 37.4-45.9
Mountain AHEC 1,288 836 60.4 55.9-64.9 452 39.6 35.1-44.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,238 2,106 61.8 58.8-64.7 1,132 38.2 35.3-41.2
Piedmont 3,974 2,588 62.4 60.1-64.7 1,386 37.6 35.3-39.9
Western NC 2,047 1,318 60.1 56.4-63.7 729 39.9 36.3-43.6

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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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