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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

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	Total Respond.^	1 or more times/day	1 or more times/week	1 or more times/month	1 or more times/year	Never
North Carolina	946	545	60.3	55.6-64.8	236	23.5	19.8-27.7	57	5.8	3.9- 8.4	18	1.2	0.6- 2.2	90	9.2	6.7-12.6
-Piedmont NC	330	191	61.5	54.0-68.5	88	23.1	17.6-29.7	18	5.6	2.9-10.3	4	1.0	0.3- 2.8	29	8.9	5.1-15.0
GENDER
Male	128	69	55.4	43.8-66.4	36	24.0	16.0-34.5	10	9.1	4.3-18.2	2	0.6	0.1- 3.0	11	10.9	4.8-22.6
Female	202	122	67.7	58.5-75.7	52	22.1	15.3-30.8	8	2.0	0.8- 5.4	2	1.3	0.3- 5.1	18	6.9	3.5-12.9
RACE
White	209	119	62.6	53.5-70.9	58	23.9	17.2-32.1	7	2.7	1.1- 6.3	3	1.0	0.3- 3.4	22	9.9	5.3-17.7
African American	109	68	62.3	48.2-74.5	26	17.7	10.6-28.3	9	12.5	4.9-28.5	1	1.1	0.2- 7.8	5	6.3	1.5-22.6
Other Minorities	9	2	16.3	3.0-55.4	4	68.6	29.1-92.1	1	5.8	0.7-36.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	9.3	1.7-37.6
AGE
18-24	2	1	56.6	7.5-95.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	43.4	4.6-92.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	12	5	48.1	15.9-82.0	3	36.9	9.3-77.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.9	1.1-45.4	3	6.0	1.5-21.6
35-44	42	21	61.8	41.9-78.3	14	28.5	14.5-48.4	1	2.2	0.3-14.2	0	0.0	. - .	6	7.5	2.6-19.6
45-54	57	34	60.5	42.7-75.9	17	28.1	15.4-45.7	3	2.8	0.6-12.8	0	0.0	. - .	3	8.6	1.8-31.9
55-64	73	43	60.1	44.6-73.8	15	16.6	9.3-27.9	9	14.2	6.4-28.5	1	1.1	0.1- 7.3	5	8.0	2.1-26.1
65-74	73	48	73.6	53.1-87.3	16	11.5	5.1-23.7	3	1.2	0.3- 4.3	1	0.6	0.1- 3.9	5	13.2	3.2-41.4
75+	71	39	59.0	43.5-72.9	23	26.0	15.2-40.7	1	4.9	0.7-27.2	1	1.3	0.2- 8.5	7	8.9	3.5-21.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	96	58	63.6	49.4-75.8	23	15.8	9.0-26.4	5	10.6	3.5-27.9	3	2.4	0.7- 8.1	7	7.5	2.8-18.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	99	58	69.3	55.2-80.5	27	19.4	11.3-31.3	6	3.9	1.4-10.5	0	0.0	. - .	8	7.4	2.1-23.2
Some Post-H.S.	76	44	59.8	44.9-73.0	18	25.4	14.9-39.9	1	0.2	0.0- 1.6	1	1.4	0.2- 9.4	12	13.2	5.8-27.3
College Graduate	58	30	49.6	32.8-66.4	20	34.7	20.3-52.5	6	8.4	3.4-19.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	7.3	1.3-32.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	60	35	49.7	32.2-67.2	15	16.3	8.0-30.2	3	9.9	2.3-33.4	1	1.8	0.2-11.8	6	22.4	9.0-45.8
$15,000- 24,999	63	43	82.0	70.5-89.7	14	14.3	7.6-25.3	1	0.4	0.1- 3.0	0	0.0	. - .	5	3.3	1.1- 9.1
$25,000- 34,999	36	23	71.6	48.8-86.9	7	15.7	5.6-36.8	2	10.4	2.2-37.8	0	0.0	. - .	4	2.3	0.7- 7.7
$35,000- 49,999	34	16	53.4	31.8-73.9	14	41.8	22.5-64.1	1	1.2	0.2- 8.4	1	0.7	0.1- 5.0	2	2.8	0.7-11.3
$50,000-74,999	21	8	38.5	17.5-64.8	7	31.4	12.0-60.5	3	9.3	2.6-27.7	1	2.4	0.3-15.8	2	18.5	4.3-53.3
$75,000+	20	13	69.4	43.8-86.9	4	16.2	5.4-39.2	1	5.4	0.7-30.9	1	3.6	0.5-22.3	1	5.4	0.7-30.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	41	21	52.9	36.0-69.1	10	23.4	12.0-40.6	1	1.3	0.2- 9.0	0	0.0	. - .	9	22.4	11.1-39.9
Guilford	36	19	56.9	38.9-73.2	8	26.5	13.2-46.1	2	2.4	0.6- 9.3	2	6.5	1.6-22.6	5	7.8	3.0-18.5
Mecklenburg	38	21	56.3	38.4-72.7	12	30.6	16.6-49.3	4	10.2	3.7-25.3	1	2.9	0.4-17.9	0	0.0	. - .
Orange	25	15	54.5	33.0-74.5	5	21.3	8.5-44.2	2	10.7	2.4-36.4	0	0.0	. - .	3	13.5	4.1-36.4
Wake	31	19	57.8	37.3-75.9	6	17.3	7.4-35.4	4	18.6	6.4-43.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.4	1.3-25.4
Chatham/Lee	33	15	46.5	28.4-65.6	11	36.6	19.8-57.5	2	3.1	0.7-12.2	0	0.0	. - .	5	13.8	5.2-31.5
Nash/Wilson	44	27	57.9	40.9-73.2	9	25.0	12.7-43.4	4	7.2	2.5-18.8	0	0.0	. - .	4	9.9	3.5-24.9
Craven/Pamlico	54	27	51.3	36.7-65.7	14	23.4	13.7-37.2	5	10.5	4.2-23.8	3	6.4	2.0-18.4	5	8.4	3.3-19.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	45	25	46.9	29.8-64.7	17	48.3	30.7-66.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.7	0.2-11.5	2	3.1	0.6-13.7
Appalachian/Wilkes	33	21	64.2	45.5-79.5	6	16.9	7.3-34.3	3	9.8	3.1-27.2	1	3.0	0.4-18.7	2	6.0	1.5-21.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance	31	16	48.9	30.5-67.6	11	33.9	18.5-53.6	2	9.0	2.1-30.8	1	3.7	0.5-22.3	1	4.5	0.6-25.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson	48	33	72.4	57.1-83.8	6	12.7	5.3-27.4	4	7.8	2.8-20.2	2	1.7	0.4- 6.6	3	5.4	1.5-17.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	79	39	49.1	37.0-61.3	26	33.2	22.8-45.6	3	3.0	0.9- 9.6	3	3.3	0.9-11.0	8	11.4	5.0-24.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	54	36	65.5	50.0-78.2	13	24.1	13.6-39.1	2	6.0	1.5-21.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	4.3	1.3-13.8
Northeast NC I	71	33	42.0	30.1-55.0	21	29.7	19.5-42.3	7	14.0	6.4-27.9	1	0.8	0.1- 5.4	9	13.5	6.4-26.2
Northeast NC II	63	38	62.7	48.5-75.0	14	22.6	13.2-36.0	3	4.1	1.1-14.0	0	0.0	. - .	8	10.6	4.5-22.9
Northeastern Partnership	134	71	54.6	44.6-64.2	35	25.4	18.0-34.6	10	8.0	4.0-15.2	1	0.3	0.0- 2.2	17	11.7	6.6-19.9
Mountain AHEC	132	84	63.6	52.4-73.6	24	20.3	12.7-30.8	7	4.5	1.5-12.7	2	0.2	0.0- 0.7	15	11.4	6.3-19.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	417	232	58.9	51.8-65.6	107	24.4	18.8-30.9	27	6.0	3.6- 9.8	10	1.7	0.7- 3.8	41	9.1	5.9-13.8
Piedmont	330	191	61.5	54.0-68.5	88	23.1	17.6-29.7	18	5.6	2.9-10.3	4	1.0	0.3- 2.8	29	8.9	5.1-15.0
Western NC	199	122	59.3	49.5-68.3	41	23.2	15.9-32.4	12	6.0	2.6-13.3	4	0.7	0.2- 2.5	20	10.8	6.3-17.9

Total
Respond.^

1 or more times/day

1 or more times/week

1 or more times/month

1 or more times/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

946

545

60.3

55.6-64.8

236

23.5

19.8-27.7

5.8

3.9- 8.4

1.2

0.6- 2.2

9.2

6.7-12.6

-Piedmont NC

330

191

61.5

54.0-68.5

23.1

17.6-29.7

5.6

2.9-10.3

1.0

0.3- 2.8

8.9

5.1-15.0

GENDER

Male

128

55.4

43.8-66.4

24.0

16.0-34.5

9.1

4.3-18.2

0.6

0.1- 3.0

10.9

4.8-22.6

Female

202

122

67.7

58.5-75.7

22.1

15.3-30.8

2.0

0.8- 5.4

1.3

0.3- 5.1

6.9

3.5-12.9

RACE

White

209

119

62.6

53.5-70.9

23.9

17.2-32.1

2.7

1.1- 6.3

1.0

0.3- 3.4

9.9

5.3-17.7

African American

109

62.3

48.2-74.5

17.7

10.6-28.3

12.5

4.9-28.5

1.1

0.2- 7.8

6.3

1.5-22.6

Other Minorities

16.3

3.0-55.4

68.6

29.1-92.1

5.8

0.7-36.2

0.0

. - .

9.3

1.7-37.6

AGE

18-24

56.6

7.5-95.4

0.0

. - .

43.4

4.6-92.5

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

25-34

48.1

15.9-82.0

36.9

9.3-77.0

0.0

. - .

8.9

1.1-45.4

6.0

1.5-21.6

35-44

61.8

41.9-78.3

28.5

14.5-48.4

2.2

0.3-14.2

0.0

. - .

7.5

2.6-19.6

45-54

60.5

42.7-75.9

28.1

15.4-45.7

2.8

0.6-12.8

0.0

. - .

8.6

1.8-31.9

55-64

60.1

44.6-73.8

16.6

9.3-27.9

14.2

6.4-28.5

1.1

0.1- 7.3

8.0

2.1-26.1

65-74

73.6

53.1-87.3

11.5

5.1-23.7

1.2

0.3- 4.3

0.6

0.1- 3.9

13.2

3.2-41.4

75+

59.0

43.5-72.9

26.0

15.2-40.7

4.9

0.7-27.2

1.3

0.2- 8.5

8.9

3.5-21.2

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

63.6

49.4-75.8

15.8

9.0-26.4

10.6

3.5-27.9

2.4

0.7- 8.1

7.5

2.8-18.9

H.S. or G.E.D.

69.3

55.2-80.5

19.4

11.3-31.3

3.9

1.4-10.5

0.0

. - .

7.4

2.1-23.2

Some Post-H.S.

59.8

44.9-73.0

25.4

14.9-39.9

0.2

0.0- 1.6

1.4

0.2- 9.4

13.2

5.8-27.3

College Graduate

49.6

32.8-66.4

34.7

20.3-52.5

8.4

3.4-19.4

0.0

. - .

7.3

1.3-32.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

49.7

32.2-67.2

16.3

8.0-30.2

9.9

2.3-33.4

1.8

0.2-11.8

22.4

9.0-45.8

$15,000- 24,999

82.0

70.5-89.7

14.3

7.6-25.3

0.4

0.1- 3.0

0.0

. - .

3.3

1.1- 9.1

$25,000- 34,999

71.6

48.8-86.9

15.7

5.6-36.8

10.4

2.2-37.8

0.0

. - .

2.3

0.7- 7.7

$35,000- 49,999

53.4

31.8-73.9

41.8

22.5-64.1

1.2

0.2- 8.4

0.7

0.1- 5.0

2.8

0.7-11.3

$50,000-74,999

38.5

17.5-64.8

31.4

12.0-60.5

9.3

2.6-27.7

2.4

0.3-15.8

18.5

4.3-53.3

$75,000+

69.4

43.8-86.9

16.2

5.4-39.2

5.4

0.7-30.9

3.6

0.5-22.3

5.4

0.7-30.6

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

52.9

36.0-69.1

23.4

12.0-40.6

1.3

0.2- 9.0

0.0

. - .

22.4

11.1-39.9

Guilford

56.9

38.9-73.2

26.5

13.2-46.1

2.4

0.6- 9.3

6.5

1.6-22.6

7.8

3.0-18.5

Mecklenburg

56.3

38.4-72.7

30.6

16.6-49.3

10.2

3.7-25.3

2.9

0.4-17.9

0.0

. - .

Orange

54.5

33.0-74.5

21.3

8.5-44.2

10.7

2.4-36.4

0.0

. - .

13.5

4.1-36.4

Wake

57.8

37.3-75.9

17.3

7.4-35.4

18.6

6.4-43.2

0.0

. - .

6.4

1.3-25.4

Chatham/Lee

46.5

28.4-65.6

36.6

19.8-57.5

3.1

0.7-12.2

0.0

. - .

13.8

5.2-31.5

Nash/Wilson

57.9

40.9-73.2

25.0

12.7-43.4

7.2

2.5-18.8

0.0

. - .

9.9

3.5-24.9

Craven/Pamlico

51.3

36.7-65.7

23.4

13.7-37.2

10.5

4.2-23.8

6.4

2.0-18.4

8.4

3.3-19.7

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

46.9

29.8-64.7

48.3

30.7-66.4

0.0

. - .

1.7

0.2-11.5

3.1

0.6-13.7

Appalachian/Wilkes

64.2

45.5-79.5

16.9

7.3-34.3

9.8

3.1-27.2

3.0

0.4-18.7

6.0

1.5-21.9

Franklin/Gran./Vance

48.9

30.5-67.6

33.9

18.5-53.6

9.0

2.1-30.8

3.7

0.5-22.3

4.5

0.6-25.8

Graham/Swain/Jackson

72.4

57.1-83.8

12.7

5.3-27.4

7.8

2.8-20.2

1.7

0.4- 6.6

5.4

1.5-17.3

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

49.1

37.0-61.3

33.2

22.8-45.6

3.0

0.9- 9.6

3.3

0.9-11.0

11.4

5.0-24.1

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

65.5

50.0-78.2

24.1

13.6-39.1

6.0

1.5-21.1

0.0

. - .

4.3

1.3-13.8

Northeast NC I

42.0

30.1-55.0

29.7

19.5-42.3

14.0

6.4-27.9

0.8

0.1- 5.4

13.5

6.4-26.2

Northeast NC II

62.7

48.5-75.0

22.6

13.2-36.0

4.1

1.1-14.0

0.0

. - .

10.6

4.5-22.9

Northeastern Partnership

134

54.6

44.6-64.2

25.4

18.0-34.6

8.0

4.0-15.2

0.3

0.0- 2.2

11.7

6.6-19.9

Mountain AHEC

132

63.6

52.4-73.6

20.3

12.7-30.8

4.5

1.5-12.7

0.2

0.0- 0.7

11.4

6.3-19.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

417

232

58.9

51.8-65.6

107

24.4

18.8-30.9

6.0

3.6- 9.8

1.7

0.7- 3.8

9.1

5.9-13.8

Piedmont

330

191

61.5

54.0-68.5

23.1

17.6-29.7

5.6

2.9-10.3

1.0

0.3- 2.8

8.9

5.1-15.0

Western NC

199

122

59.3

49.5-68.3

23.2

15.9-32.4

6.0

2.6-13.3

0.7

0.2- 2.5

10.8

6.3-17.9

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Piedmont North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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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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