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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Stokes/Surry/Yadkin Counties

Tobacco Indicators

In the past 12 months, have you seen a doctor, nurse, or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,258 1,571 65.0 61.6-68.3 687 35.0 31.7-38.4
-Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 142 97 65.3 55.2-74.2 45 34.7 25.8-44.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 111 86 68.4 56.4-78.4 25 31.6 21.6-43.6
Guilford 89 65 77.0 65.7-85.4 24 23.0 14.6-34.3
Mecklenburg 89 65 66.4 52.3-78.0 24 33.6 22.0-47.7
Orange 59 35 52.7 32.5-72.0 24 47.3 28.0-67.5
Wake 67 52 73.6 55.7-86.1 15 26.4 13.9-44.3
Chatham/Lee 92 55 48.9 36.9-60.9 37 51.1 39.1-63.1
Nash/Wilson 89 65 70.0 57.4-80.2 24 30.0 19.8-42.6
Craven/Pamlico 113 89 76.8 66.8-84.4 24 23.2 15.6-33.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 120 75 49.1 36.1-62.2 45 50.9 37.8-63.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 111 78 64.7 50.7-76.5 33 35.3 23.5-49.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 106 74 47.2 26.0-69.5 32 52.8 30.5-74.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 136 86 58.9 48.8-68.3 50 41.1 31.7-51.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 112 70 58.7 47.7-69.0 42 41.3 31.0-52.3
Northeast NC I 105 80 78.0 68.0-85.6 25 22.0 14.4-32.0
Northeast NC II 132 95 67.4 56.4-76.8 37 32.6 23.2-43.6
Northeastern Partnership 237 175 70.6 62.3-77.8 62 29.4 22.2-37.7
Mountain AHEC 316 234 63.0 50.3-74.1 82 37.0 25.9-49.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 834 584 67.6 62.1-72.6 250 32.4 27.4-37.9
Piedmont 882 607 64.9 60.0-69.6 275 35.1 30.4-40.0
Western NC 542 380 60.5 51.8-68.5 162 39.5 31.5-48.2

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Stokes/Surry/Yadkin Counties. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking regularly within the past year.

^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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