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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 958 251 24.3 20.6-28.3 707 75.7 71.7-79.4
-Piedmont NC 334 89 22.1 16.9-28.3 245 77.9 71.7-83.1
GENDER
Male 129 37 19.9 13.3-28.7 92 80.1 71.3-86.7
Female 205 52 24.3 17.0-33.3 153 75.7 66.7-83.0
RACE
White 210 52 21.4 15.3-29.2 158 78.6 70.8-84.7
African American 112 36 26.3 17.1-38.1 76 73.7 61.9-82.9
Other Minorities 9 1 5.7 0.7-36.0 8 94.3 64.0-99.3
AGE
18-24 2 1 56.6 7.5-95.4 1 43.4 4.6-92.5
25-34 12 4 47.2 15.4-81.5 8 52.8 18.5-84.6
35-44 42 8 13.6 5.7-29.1 34 86.4 70.9-94.3
45-54 60 19 24.6 14.0-39.6 41 75.4 60.4-86.0
55-64 74 19 18.0 9.7-31.0 55 82.0 69.0-90.3
65-74 73 20 31.7 18.4-48.7 53 68.3 51.3-81.6
75+ 71 18 19.4 10.1-34.1 53 80.6 65.9-89.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 97 31 28.7 18.2-42.2 66 71.3 57.8-81.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 100 27 22.5 13.7-34.7 73 77.5 65.3-86.3
Some Post-H.S. 77 23 24.4 14.4-38.2 54 75.6 61.8-85.6
College Graduate 59 7 8.2 3.2-19.4 52 91.8 80.6-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 61 24 31.8 18.6-48.9 37 68.2 51.1-81.4
$15,000- 24,999 63 19 32.0 18.8-49.0 44 68.0 51.0-81.2
$25,000- 34,999 36 6 12.0 4.3-28.9 30 88.0 71.1-95.7
$35,000- 49,999 35 9 20.0 8.8-39.4 26 80.0 60.6-91.2
$50,000-74,999 22 3 5.7 1.6-18.4 19 94.3 81.6-98.4
$75,000+ 20 2 7.7 1.7-28.2 18 92.3 71.8-98.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 41 10 18.5 9.6-32.8 31 81.5 67.2-90.4
Guilford 36 13 39.8 23.8-58.3 23 60.2 41.7-76.2
Mecklenburg 39 6 17.0 7.0-35.9 33 83.0 64.1-93.0
Orange 25 7 32.3 15.3-55.7 18 67.7 44.3-84.7
Wake 31 8 19.5 9.0-37.3 23 80.5 62.7-91.0
Chatham/Lee 33 7 24.1 11.2-44.4 26 75.9 55.6-88.8
Nash/Wilson 44 12 29.5 16.6-46.8 32 70.5 53.2-83.4
Craven/Pamlico 55 12 23.8 13.4-38.6 43 76.2 61.4-86.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 45 10 22.4 11.1-40.0 35 77.6 60.0-88.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 33 9 30.6 15.7-51.1 24 69.4 48.9-84.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 32 10 24.3 12.1-42.6 22 75.7 57.4-87.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 48 13 26.3 15.3-41.3 35 73.7 58.7-84.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 79 20 24.5 15.5-36.3 59 75.5 63.7-84.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 55 16 26.0 15.6-40.1 39 74.0 59.9-84.4
Northeast NC I 72 24 34.0 22.9-47.1 48 66.0 52.9-77.1
Northeast NC II 65 15 26.3 15.3-41.3 50 73.7 58.7-84.7
Northeastern Partnership 137 39 29.3 20.9-39.4 98 70.7 60.6-79.1
Mountain AHEC 133 41 33.3 23.3-45.0 92 66.7 55.0-76.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 424 107 26.2 20.5-32.9 317 73.8 67.1-79.5
Piedmont 334 89 22.1 16.9-28.3 245 77.9 71.7-83.1
Western NC 200 55 27.4 19.8-36.7 145 72.6 63.3-80.2

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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