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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^		 0-3 months 4-11 months 1 year 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,324 983 20.4 18.6-22.3 893 18.1 16.4-19.9 1,010 18.3 16.7-19.9 1,715 30.7 28.8-32.6 723 12.6 11.3-14.0
-Piedmont NC 2,299 442 20.9 18.4-23.5 384 18.7 16.2-21.4 437 18.8 16.6-21.2 736 29.9 27.3-32.5 300 11.8 10.2-13.7
GENDER
Male 719 139 20.3 16.2-25.1 123 21.0 16.6-26.2 126 16.0 12.7-20.0 225 29.2 25.0-33.9 106 13.4 10.5-17.1
Female 1,580 303 21.3 18.4-24.4 261 17.0 14.4-19.9 311 20.8 18.0-23.8 511 30.3 27.3-33.5 194 10.7 8.8-12.8
RACE
White 1,775 333 21.1 18.3-24.1 288 17.7 15.0-20.8 328 18.1 15.7-20.7 576 31.1 28.2-34.2 250 12.0 10.2-14.1
African American 413 88 21.0 15.8-27.4 72 19.7 14.4-26.5 92 21.3 16.4-27.1 122 26.4 20.8-32.8 39 11.6 7.6-17.2
Other Minorities 85 18 20.1 11.1-33.6 21 29.0 17.0-45.0 12 18.8 9.2-34.4 25 20.5 11.3-34.4 9 11.6 4.6-26.3
AGE
18-24 113 28 30.1 18.9-44.3 30 32.9 20.7-48.0 24 19.8 11.2-32.5 29 16.8 9.8-27.3 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0
25-34 360 84 22.5 17.0-29.3 68 20.8 15.4-27.5 79 20.3 15.5-26.1 99 27.7 21.9-34.3 30 8.7 5.6-13.3
35-44 538 113 19.2 15.2-23.9 103 17.9 13.9-22.8 89 16.9 13.0-21.7 166 32.0 26.9-37.7 67 13.9 10.2-18.8
45-54 528 93 18.3 14.1-23.5 86 19.0 14.4-24.5 104 18.1 14.2-22.8 183 34.1 28.8-39.8 62 10.5 7.3-14.9
55-64 400 73 20.8 15.7-27.1 57 13.6 9.5-19.0 74 18.8 14.0-24.7 141 34.5 28.4-41.0 55 12.4 8.8-17.2
65-74 232 36 17.8 12.0-25.7 30 11.8 7.6-17.9 44 20.9 14.2-29.7 75 29.3 22.2-37.7 47 20.1 13.8-28.2
75+ 112 12 17.7 10.0-29.6 9 7.4 3.3-15.6 21 20.5 12.6-31.6 37 23.2 15.6-33.2 33 31.2 21.3-43.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 209 40 22.5 14.8-32.7 29 15.1 9.0-24.5 44 23.0 15.6-32.6 61 20.3 14.0-28.5 35 19.1 12.3-28.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 587 109 20.2 15.8-25.5 99 21.9 16.4-28.5 108 16.5 12.7-21.2 208 32.4 27.3-37.9 63 9.1 6.5-12.5
Some Post-H.S. 581 122 25.1 19.9-31.2 99 19.0 14.3-24.8 109 17.4 13.4-22.4 187 30.3 25.3-35.8 64 8.2 5.9-11.3
College Graduate 920 171 17.6 14.6-21.1 156 17.2 14.0-20.9 176 20.2 16.9-24.0 280 30.6 26.7-34.8 137 14.4 11.6-17.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 162 28 14.4 9.0-22.3 26 16.5 9.8-26.6 36 24.4 16.0-35.3 48 29.1 20.5-39.6 24 15.5 9.4-24.4
$15,000- 24,999 328 68 26.4 19.1-35.2 66 22.2 15.7-30.4 59 20.6 14.6-28.3 100 21.0 15.9-27.2 35 9.8 5.9-15.9
$25,000- 34,999 230 42 18.2 11.7-27.3 38 21.8 14.0-32.4 51 21.5 14.3-31.0 75 27.6 20.3-36.2 24 10.9 6.1-18.7
$35,000- 49,999 359 74 23.8 18.1-30.6 58 15.9 11.3-21.9 61 18.4 13.4-24.7 133 36.1 29.6-43.1 33 5.8 3.5- 9.4
$50,000-74,999 328 57 20.7 14.4-28.9 60 19.2 14.0-25.6 59 16.0 11.4-21.9 97 28.1 22.0-35.1 55 16.1 11.6-21.9
$75,000+ 450 78 17.5 13.4-22.5 75 16.0 11.9-21.1 91 20.3 15.9-25.5 146 34.2 28.8-40.2 60 11.9 8.6-16.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 266 55 23.2 17.5-30.0 31 11.6 7.6-17.2 53 20.3 15.3-26.6 94 33.9 27.5-41.0 33 10.9 7.5-15.7
Guilford 285 54 20.1 15.0-26.4 43 16.5 11.9-22.4 60 21.1 16.2-27.0 88 30.1 24.3-36.6 40 12.2 8.5-17.0
Mecklenburg 285 51 17.4 13.0-22.9 48 20.1 14.1-27.7 59 21.5 16.4-27.7 92 30.5 24.8-36.9 35 10.5 7.4-14.8
Orange 264 52 24.1 14.7-36.9 51 16.8 11.8-23.3 45 23.6 14.2-36.6 81 26.7 19.7-35.1 35 8.8 5.8-13.0
Wake 269 63 23.9 18.5-30.3 44 17.3 12.6-23.4 46 17.9 12.6-24.7 86 30.5 24.5-37.1 30 10.5 7.1-15.1
Chatham/Lee 189 20 14.9 7.3-27.8 33 15.6 10.6-22.4 47 22.4 15.9-30.5 59 32.2 24.0-41.7 30 14.9 9.8-22.0
Nash/Wilson 220 25 12.0 7.8-17.9 36 15.6 9.8-24.0 48 23.1 17.0-30.6 76 34.1 27.1-41.9 35 15.1 10.6-21.2
Craven/Pamlico 275 50 20.7 15.0-28.0 49 17.0 12.0-23.5 47 15.9 11.7-21.3 85 32.1 25.8-39.0 44 14.3 10.3-19.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 239 47 23.2 16.8-31.2 36 15.2 10.7-21.1 47 17.5 12.8-23.6 81 33.6 25.5-42.8 28 10.4 7.0-15.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 251 43 15.5 11.1-21.4 59 29.8 20.6-41.0 45 14.9 10.7-20.4 72 27.5 20.8-35.3 32 12.3 8.3-17.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 250 49 18.4 11.7-27.7 36 23.5 10.3-45.2 48 16.8 11.2-24.5 88 32.1 23.0-42.8 29 9.2 5.4-15.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 251 52 20.2 13.4-29.2 46 29.1 14.0-50.8 43 12.0 8.0-17.8 70 24.6 16.9-34.3 40 14.1 9.1-21.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 243 41 16.2 11.7-21.9 35 15.4 10.9-21.3 53 19.9 14.8-26.2 77 34.4 27.7-41.8 37 14.2 10.1-19.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 232 46 18.7 13.5-25.2 45 18.6 13.4-25.3 36 16.2 11.2-22.8 71 32.6 24.2-42.2 34 14.0 9.7-19.7
Northeast NC I 231 45 21.9 15.9-29.5 43 19.8 14.5-26.5 39 17.3 12.1-24.0 78 31.8 25.5-38.8 26 9.2 6.1-13.6
Northeast NC II 277 46 19.3 14.0-25.9 41 14.1 10.0-19.5 52 19.0 14.3-24.7 104 37.0 30.7-43.9 34 10.6 7.3-15.1
Northeastern Partnership 508 91 20.2 16.0-25.1 84 16.0 12.6-20.1 91 18.4 14.7-22.7 182 35.3 30.5-40.4 60 10.1 7.6-13.4
Mountain AHEC 753 142 17.4 14.1-21.2 113 15.1 11.4-19.7 148 20.8 17.1-25.1 237 32.3 27.8-37.1 113 14.4 11.4-18.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,843 321 20.5 17.2-24.1 309 16.9 14.2-20.0 339 17.0 14.4-19.9 619 32.0 28.7-35.5 255 13.7 11.1-16.7
Piedmont 2,299 442 20.9 18.4-23.5 384 18.7 16.2-21.4 437 18.8 16.6-21.2 736 29.9 27.3-32.5 300 11.8 10.2-13.7
Western NC 1,182 220 18.3 15.2-22.0 200 18.1 14.6-22.2 234 18.9 15.9-22.3 360 31.2 27.3-35.4 168 13.4 11.0-16.3

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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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