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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	934	689	72.3	67.9-76.3	120	13.5	10.7-16.9	24	2.5	1.5- 4.2	12	1.0	0.5- 2.1	89	10.7	7.9-14.3
-Piedmont NC	323	227	70.8	63.6-77.0	55	15.0	10.8-20.4	4	1.7	0.6- 4.8	5	1.2	0.4- 3.6	32	11.3	7.1-17.7
GENDER
Male	125	83	68.5	57.0-78.1	21	14.1	8.5-22.6	2	1.5	0.3- 7.2	2	1.3	0.3- 6.7	17	14.5	7.7-25.9
Female	198	144	73.1	64.2-80.5	34	15.9	10.3-23.5	2	1.9	0.5- 7.3	3	1.0	0.2- 4.3	15	8.1	4.3-14.9
RACE
White	203	142	72.0	63.4-79.2	35	15.2	10.1-22.1	3	1.8	0.5- 5.9	5	1.6	0.5- 5.0	18	9.4	5.2-16.4
African American	108	80	68.6	53.8-80.4	18	14.0	7.7-24.2	1	1.8	0.3-11.6	0	0.0	. - .	9	15.6	6.5-33.1
Other Minorities	9	4	62.5	22.1-90.7	1	11.9	1.4-56.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	4	25.7	6.1-64.6
AGE
18-24	2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	56.6	7.5-95.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	43.4	4.6-92.5
25-34	11	9	83.2	48.1-96.4	1	7.7	1.0-41.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	9.1	1.2-46.2	0	0.0	. - .
35-44	40	24	70.9	52.1-84.5	10	19.4	9.1-36.6	1	3.1	0.4-19.2	1	3.4	0.5-21.0	4	3.2	1.0- 9.3
45-54	60	47	75.4	58.0-87.2	6	9.0	3.7-20.5	1	2.8	0.4-17.2	1	0.5	0.1- 3.8	5	12.3	4.0-32.0
55-64	73	54	69.6	53.2-82.3	12	14.7	7.1-28.0	1	2.0	0.3-12.9	0	0.0	. - .	6	13.6	5.1-31.8
65-74	71	52	73.5	57.0-85.3	11	18.0	8.4-34.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	1.0	0.2- 4.5	6	7.6	2.8-18.9
75+	66	41	64.5	48.2-78.0	15	17.6	8.9-31.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	10	17.9	8.3-34.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	92	66	69.6	55.1-81.0	12	11.3	5.5-21.8	0	0.0	. - .	2	0.5	0.1- 2.4	12	18.6	9.3-33.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	96	67	79.4	68.0-87.5	21	16.1	9.1-27.0	1	1.7	0.2-11.1	0	0.0	. - .	7	2.8	1.2- 6.5
Some Post-H.S.	75	54	66.8	51.6-79.2	9	10.3	4.5-21.9	3	4.9	1.4-15.6	2	3.6	0.9-13.6	7	14.3	6.1-30.1
College Graduate	59	39	65.1	47.6-79.3	13	23.8	12.8-39.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.5	0.1- 3.9	6	10.6	3.1-30.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	60	44	57.5	38.6-74.5	7	15.3	6.0-33.8	2	5.8	1.4-20.7	0	0.0	. - .	7	21.3	8.7-43.5
$15,000- 24,999	62	50	82.4	68.0-91.1	9	15.2	7.1-29.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	2.4	0.7- 8.6
$25,000- 34,999	36	26	68.3	45.9-84.6	7	14.1	5.8-30.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	17.6	5.6-43.7
$35,000- 49,999	33	22	77.3	57.6-89.5	7	13.6	5.4-30.2	1	5.6	0.8-30.7	1	1.1	0.1- 7.6	2	2.4	0.6- 9.8
$50,000-74,999	22	12	61.2	35.3-81.9	5	14.0	5.0-33.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	5	24.9	8.4-54.3
$75,000+	20	14	75.0	49.3-90.2	3	10.5	2.6-34.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	9.0	2.1-31.5	1	5.5	0.7-31.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	41	25	62.1	44.5-77.0	10	21.6	10.7-38.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	6	16.3	6.8-34.1
Guilford	34	21	65.1	46.3-80.2	9	27.3	14.0-46.6	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.2	0.2- 8.2	3	6.3	1.7-20.6
Mecklenburg	36	26	67.8	47.9-82.8	6	21.3	9.0-42.4	1	3.9	0.5-23.1	1	3.1	0.4-19.0	2	4.0	1.0-14.8
Orange	23	13	49.3	27.7-71.1	6	21.8	8.6-45.1	1	10.8	1.6-47.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	18.2	5.8-44.4
Wake	29	15	50.4	30.6-70.0	10	27.8	14.1-47.5	1	5.4	0.8-29.9	1	5.0	0.7-28.0	2	11.5	2.4-40.7
Chatham/Lee	33	27	80.7	60.8-91.8	2	3.6	0.9-13.6	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.8	0.2-11.8	3	14.0	4.6-35.5
Nash/Wilson	40	30	71.1	52.4-84.6	3	8.1	2.6-22.9	2	11.1	2.8-34.6	0	0.0	. - .	5	9.7	3.9-22.3
Craven/Pamlico	55	48	87.9	75.5-94.5	3	6.6	2.0-19.1	1	0.8	0.1- 5.2	3	4.8	1.5-14.3	0	0.0	. - .
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	45	36	76.1	53.7-89.8	6	18.5	6.3-43.3	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-13.8	2	3.2	0.7-13.8
Appalachian/Wilkes	32	26	81.4	63.1-91.8	2	6.1	1.5-22.5	1	1.6	0.2-10.8	1	3.1	0.4-19.1	2	7.7	1.9-26.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance	32	25	83.4	66.8-92.6	5	13.1	5.0-29.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.5	0.8-13.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson	48	34	63.3	46.7-77.3	7	17.6	8.0-34.6	1	1.8	0.3-11.9	0	0.0	. - .	6	17.2	8.0-33.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	77	55	72.7	60.1-82.4	10	14.0	6.9-26.5	3	3.3	0.9-11.1	1	2.0	0.3-12.6	8	8.1	3.8-16.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	54	41	75.5	60.7-86.0	6	13.6	5.9-28.2	2	2.7	0.6-10.7	0	0.0	. - .	5	8.2	3.2-19.4
Northeast NC I	69	52	68.2	53.6-79.9	5	10.8	4.2-24.8	4	8.7	2.9-22.9	1	2.0	0.3-13.1	7	10.3	4.5-22.0
Northeast NC II	64	53	82.8	69.8-90.9	5	9.6	3.8-22.1	1	1.0	0.1- 6.9	0	0.0	. - .	5	6.6	2.4-17.1
Northeastern Partnership	133	105	77.2	67.7-84.6	10	10.0	5.2-18.5	5	3.9	1.5-10.1	1	0.8	0.1- 5.4	12	8.0	4.1-15.0
Mountain AHEC	133	94	73.7	63.5-81.8	20	12.0	6.9-20.0	3	3.6	1.0-12.6	0	0.0	. - .	16	10.7	6.1-18.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	412	315	74.1	67.4-79.8	40	12.2	8.1-17.9	14	2.7	1.4- 5.0	6	1.0	0.4- 2.7	37	10.0	6.4-15.3
Piedmont	323	227	70.8	63.6-77.0	55	15.0	10.8-20.4	4	1.7	0.6- 4.8	5	1.2	0.4- 3.6	32	11.3	7.1-17.7
Western NC	199	147	73.4	64.0-81.0	25	11.5	6.6-19.3	6	5.1	2.0-12.4	1	0.3	0.0- 2.0	20	9.8	5.6-16.7

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

934

689

72.3

67.9-76.3

120

13.5

10.7-16.9

2.5

1.5- 4.2

1.0

0.5- 2.1

10.7

7.9-14.3

-Piedmont NC

323

227

70.8

63.6-77.0

15.0

10.8-20.4

1.7

0.6- 4.8

1.2

0.4- 3.6

11.3

7.1-17.7

GENDER

Male

125

68.5

57.0-78.1

14.1

8.5-22.6

1.5

0.3- 7.2

1.3

0.3- 6.7

14.5

7.7-25.9

Female

198

144

73.1

64.2-80.5

15.9

10.3-23.5

1.9

0.5- 7.3

1.0

0.2- 4.3

8.1

4.3-14.9

RACE

White

203

142

72.0

63.4-79.2

15.2

10.1-22.1

1.8

0.5- 5.9

1.6

0.5- 5.0

9.4

5.2-16.4

African American

108

68.6

53.8-80.4

14.0

7.7-24.2

1.8

0.3-11.6

0.0

. - .

15.6

6.5-33.1

Other Minorities

62.5

22.1-90.7

11.9

1.4-56.0

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

25.7

6.1-64.6

AGE

18-24

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

56.6

7.5-95.4

0.0

. - .

43.4

4.6-92.5

25-34

83.2

48.1-96.4

7.7

1.0-41.4

0.0

. - .

9.1

1.2-46.2

0.0

. - .

35-44

70.9

52.1-84.5

19.4

9.1-36.6

3.1

0.4-19.2

3.4

0.5-21.0

3.2

1.0- 9.3

45-54

75.4

58.0-87.2

9.0

3.7-20.5

2.8

0.4-17.2

0.5

0.1- 3.8

12.3

4.0-32.0

55-64

69.6

53.2-82.3

14.7

7.1-28.0

2.0

0.3-12.9

0.0

. - .

13.6

5.1-31.8

65-74

73.5

57.0-85.3

18.0

8.4-34.5

0.0

. - .

1.0

0.2- 4.5

7.6

2.8-18.9

75+

64.5

48.2-78.0

17.6

8.9-31.9

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

17.9

8.3-34.3

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

69.6

55.1-81.0

11.3

5.5-21.8

0.0

. - .

0.5

0.1- 2.4

18.6

9.3-33.7

H.S. or G.E.D.

79.4

68.0-87.5

16.1

9.1-27.0

1.7

0.2-11.1

0.0

. - .

2.8

1.2- 6.5

Some Post-H.S.

66.8

51.6-79.2

10.3

4.5-21.9

4.9

1.4-15.6

3.6

0.9-13.6

14.3

6.1-30.1

College Graduate

65.1

47.6-79.3

23.8

12.8-39.8

0.0

. - .

0.5

0.1- 3.9

10.6

3.1-30.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

57.5

38.6-74.5

15.3

6.0-33.8

5.8

1.4-20.7

0.0

. - .

21.3

8.7-43.5

$15,000- 24,999

82.4

68.0-91.1

15.2

7.1-29.7

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

2.4

0.7- 8.6

$25,000- 34,999

68.3

45.9-84.6

14.1

5.8-30.3

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

17.6

5.6-43.7

$35,000- 49,999

77.3

57.6-89.5

13.6

5.4-30.2

5.6

0.8-30.7

1.1

0.1- 7.6

2.4

0.6- 9.8

$50,000-74,999

61.2

35.3-81.9

14.0

5.0-33.5

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

24.9

8.4-54.3

$75,000+

75.0

49.3-90.2

10.5

2.6-34.4

0.0

. - .

9.0

2.1-31.5

5.5

0.7-31.2

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

62.1

44.5-77.0

21.6

10.7-38.7

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

16.3

6.8-34.1

Guilford

65.1

46.3-80.2

27.3

14.0-46.6

0.0

. - .

1.2

0.2- 8.2

6.3

1.7-20.6

Mecklenburg

67.8

47.9-82.8

21.3

9.0-42.4

3.9

0.5-23.1

3.1

0.4-19.0

4.0

1.0-14.8

Orange

49.3

27.7-71.1

21.8

8.6-45.1

10.8

1.6-47.5

0.0

. - .

18.2

5.8-44.4

Wake

50.4

30.6-70.0

27.8

14.1-47.5

5.4

0.8-29.9

5.0

0.7-28.0

11.5

2.4-40.7

Chatham/Lee

80.7

60.8-91.8

3.6

0.9-13.6

0.0

. - .

1.8

0.2-11.8

14.0

4.6-35.5

Nash/Wilson

71.1

52.4-84.6

8.1

2.6-22.9

11.1

2.8-34.6

0.0

. - .

9.7

3.9-22.3

Craven/Pamlico

87.9

75.5-94.5

6.6

2.0-19.1

0.8

0.1- 5.2

4.8

1.5-14.3

0.0

. - .

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

76.1

53.7-89.8

18.5

6.3-43.3

0.0

. - .

2.1

0.3-13.8

3.2

0.7-13.8

Appalachian/Wilkes

81.4

63.1-91.8

6.1

1.5-22.5

1.6

0.2-10.8

3.1

0.4-19.1

7.7

1.9-26.4

Franklin/Gran./Vance

83.4

66.8-92.6

13.1

5.0-29.8

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

3.5

0.8-13.5

Graham/Swain/Jackson

63.3

46.7-77.3

17.6

8.0-34.6

1.8

0.3-11.9

0.0

. - .

17.2

8.0-33.2

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

72.7

60.1-82.4

14.0

6.9-26.5

3.3

0.9-11.1

2.0

0.3-12.6

8.1

3.8-16.5

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

75.5

60.7-86.0

13.6

5.9-28.2

2.7

0.6-10.7

0.0

. - .

8.2

3.2-19.4

Northeast NC I

68.2

53.6-79.9

10.8

4.2-24.8

8.7

2.9-22.9

2.0

0.3-13.1

10.3

4.5-22.0

Northeast NC II

82.8

69.8-90.9

9.6

3.8-22.1

1.0

0.1- 6.9

0.0

. - .

6.6

2.4-17.1

Northeastern Partnership

133

105

77.2

67.7-84.6

10.0

5.2-18.5

3.9

1.5-10.1

0.8

0.1- 5.4

8.0

4.1-15.0

Mountain AHEC

133

73.7

63.5-81.8

12.0

6.9-20.0

3.6

1.0-12.6

0.0

. - .

10.7

6.1-18.3

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

412

315

74.1

67.4-79.8

12.2

8.1-17.9

2.7

1.4- 5.0

1.0

0.4- 2.7

10.0

6.4-15.3

Piedmont

323

227

70.8

63.6-77.0

15.0

10.8-20.4

1.7

0.6- 4.8

1.2

0.4- 3.6

11.3

7.1-17.7

Western NC

199

147

73.4

64.0-81.0

11.5

6.6-19.3

5.1

2.0-12.4

0.3

0.0- 2.0

9.8

5.6-16.7

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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Respondents who reported having no feet excluded for this table.

^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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