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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

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	Total Respond.^	Past month	Past year	Past 2 years	2+ years ago	Never
North Carolina	938	211	21.7	17.9-26.1	499	53.8	49.0-58.6	109	10.1	7.8-13.0	96	11.1	8.3-14.8	23	3.3	2.0- 5.4
-Western NC	192	55	24.3	17.2-33.2	96	53.1	43.3-62.6	21	12.8	7.6-20.8	18	8.4	4.4-15.5	2	1.3	0.3- 6.1
GENDER
Male	83	21	22.6	13.1-36.2	40	50.9	36.9-64.8	12	16.7	9.0-29.1	8	7.3	3.3-15.6	2	2.4	0.5-10.8
Female	109	34	26.5	17.1-38.7	56	55.7	42.5-68.1	9	8.1	3.0-20.0	10	9.8	3.6-23.9	0	0.0	. - .
RACE
White	160	41	21.9	14.6-31.4	84	55.1	44.5-65.3	17	13.3	7.6-22.2	16	8.3	4.1-15.9	2	1.5	0.3- 6.8
African American	17	7	47.8	21.8-75.1	7	31.1	12.7-58.3	2	7.5	1.7-27.6	1	13.6	2.0-55.1	0	0.0	. - .
Other Minorities	14	7	45.4	20.5-72.8	4	36.6	13.7-67.8	2	15.8	3.9-46.8	1	2.1	0.3-14.4	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-24	2	0	0.0	. - .	2	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	2	1	33.6	3.1-89.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	66.4	11.0-96.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
35-44	14	3	28.7	5.5-73.4	6	37.7	13.4-70.4	1	6.2	0.8-34.9	3	23.6	6.3-58.5	1	3.8	0.5-24.3
45-54	31	12	24.2	10.6-46.3	11	48.0	25.1-71.7	6	23.8	8.2-52.1	2	4.0	0.9-16.1	0	0.0	. - .
55-64	52	12	14.4	6.5-29.1	24	49.6	31.3-68.0	8	17.8	7.9-35.5	7	15.0	5.7-34.2	1	3.1	0.4-19.3
65-74	52	12	23.8	11.5-43.0	31	65.0	45.6-80.4	4	8.5	2.3-26.7	5	2.7	1.0- 7.4	0	0.0	. - .
75+	37	14	43.3	25.8-62.6	21	53.1	34.3-71.0	1	1.8	0.2-11.9	1	1.9	0.3-12.5	0	0.0	. - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	55	16	31.8	17.6-50.5	22	37.1	22.7-54.2	8	14.7	5.6-33.3	9	16.4	7.4-32.4	0	0.0	. - .
H.S. or G.E.D.	60	15	17.7	7.8-35.2	31	60.1	41.8-75.9	8	14.9	6.5-30.5	5	4.5	1.2-15.5	1	2.9	0.4-18.1
Some Post-H.S.	37	12	26.5	12.4-47.9	20	58.0	36.8-76.6	3	11.8	3.4-33.6	1	1.8	0.2-11.9	1	1.9	0.3-12.3
College Graduate	39	11	24.5	12.2-43.3	23	55.3	35.6-73.5	2	8.8	1.8-33.4	3	11.4	2.6-37.9	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	46	9	19.1	7.8-39.8	24	52.8	32.8-71.9	8	15.7	6.1-34.7	5	12.4	4.3-30.6	0	0.0	. - .
$15,000- 24,999	41	13	42.9	22.6-65.9	20	40.6	21.7-62.8	2	8.9	1.8-34.0	6	7.6	2.9-18.7	0	0.0	. - .
$25,000- 34,999	16	8	27.5	11.0-53.6	6	52.0	23.9-78.9	1	15.4	2.3-59.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.1	0.7-29.7
$35,000- 49,999	17	3	3.6	1.0-12.5	10	70.6	41.1-89.2	3	20.1	5.8-50.6	1	5.7	0.8-32.7	0	0.0	. - .
$50,000-74,999	12	5	32.6	10.9-65.7	6	49.8	20.3-79.5	1	17.6	2.6-63.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
$75,000+	13	4	12.2	3.0-38.1	5	48.9	17.1-81.6	1	7.0	0.9-38.4	3	32.0	7.1-74.5	0	0.0	. - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	41	10	22.8	11.8-39.5	19	43.4	27.8-60.5	5	13.2	4.9-30.9	5	13.8	5.3-31.5	2	6.8	1.5-26.3
Guilford	35	5	13.5	5.3-30.3	20	55.2	36.8-72.3	6	19.7	8.4-39.7	3	5.5	1.7-16.8	1	6.0	0.9-32.1
Mecklenburg	39	9	19.3	9.8-34.6	21	54.4	36.9-70.8	2	4.9	1.0-20.5	4	12.8	4.1-33.4	3	8.5	2.5-25.1
Orange	25	4	11.3	3.9-28.5	11	46.5	26.2-68.0	4	13.2	4.6-32.4	6	29.1	13.1-52.6	0	0.0	. - .
Wake	30	5	14.6	5.6-33.1	20	61.5	40.0-79.3	2	7.2	1.7-26.6	2	11.3	2.3-40.5	1	5.4	0.8-29.7
Chatham/Lee	32	3	10.7	3.1-31.0	23	76.0	57.1-88.2	4	9.5	3.4-23.7	1	2.4	0.3-15.4	1	1.4	0.2- 9.7
Nash/Wilson	43	11	25.1	13.2-42.5	20	43.9	28.3-60.8	8	19.8	9.9-35.7	3	9.1	2.4-28.8	1	2.1	0.3-13.4
Craven/Pamlico	54	14	24.7	14.5-38.9	29	51.6	36.9-66.1	7	17.3	7.4-35.1	4	6.4	2.3-16.7	0	0.0	. - .
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	45	9	17.4	8.0-33.7	24	56.9	39.0-73.1	7	16.0	7.2-32.1	4	7.7	2.4-21.9	1	2.0	0.3-13.2
Appalachian/Wilkes	29	12	37.2	20.4-57.9	14	51.0	31.5-70.2	1	5.4	0.8-29.6	2	6.4	1.6-23.0	0	0.0	. - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance	32	7	15.5	7.0-30.9	17	59.4	40.7-75.7	2	5.8	1.3-22.0	4	12.7	4.5-31.1	2	6.6	1.6-23.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson	46	13	27.4	15.9-43.1	21	47.6	32.4-63.2	5	10.1	3.7-24.8	7	14.9	6.6-30.1	0	0.0	. - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	80	13	16.6	9.4-27.7	47	61.9	49.7-72.8	13	13.9	7.7-23.8	6	5.8	2.4-13.3	1	1.8	0.3-12.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	55	11	19.0	10.2-32.8	27	44.7	30.6-59.6	7	15.8	6.5-33.7	9	16.3	8.3-29.7	1	4.2	0.6-24.1
Northeast NC I	70	18	22.3	13.8-34.0	37	56.4	43.4-68.7	7	6.7	3.1-13.8	6	8.8	3.8-19.1	2	5.8	1.5-20.2
Northeast NC II	62	15	21.5	12.4-34.5	30	47.3	33.6-61.5	7	10.6	4.7-22.2	9	18.6	9.5-33.3	1	2.0	0.3-12.6
Northeastern Partnership	132	33	21.8	15.0-30.6	67	50.9	41.0-60.9	14	9.1	4.9-16.1	15	14.7	8.5-24.3	3	3.5	1.1-10.2
Mountain AHEC	129	38	30.4	20.7-42.1	62	48.6	37.5-60.0	14	11.7	6.0-21.5	13	7.3	3.5-14.4	2	2.1	0.4- 9.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	418	95	21.3	16.2-27.4	220	52.9	45.8-59.9	51	11.5	7.9-16.5	45	12.4	8.3-18.0	7	1.9	0.9- 3.9
Piedmont	328	61	21.3	15.4-28.7	183	54.6	47.0-62.0	37	8.4	5.3-13.0	33	11.0	6.8-17.4	14	4.8	2.5- 8.8

Total
Respond.^

Past month

Past year

Past 2 years

2+ years ago

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

938

211

21.7

17.9-26.1

499

53.8

49.0-58.6

109

10.1

7.8-13.0

11.1

8.3-14.8

3.3

2.0- 5.4

-Western NC

192

24.3

17.2-33.2

53.1

43.3-62.6

12.8

7.6-20.8

8.4

4.4-15.5

1.3

0.3- 6.1

GENDER

Male

22.6

13.1-36.2

50.9

36.9-64.8

16.7

9.0-29.1

7.3

3.3-15.6

2.4

0.5-10.8

Female

109

26.5

17.1-38.7

55.7

42.5-68.1

8.1

3.0-20.0

9.8

3.6-23.9

0.0

. - .

RACE

White

160

21.9

14.6-31.4

55.1

44.5-65.3

13.3

7.6-22.2

8.3

4.1-15.9

1.5

0.3- 6.8

African American

47.8

21.8-75.1

31.1

12.7-58.3

7.5

1.7-27.6

13.6

2.0-55.1

0.0

. - .

Other Minorities

45.4

20.5-72.8

36.6

13.7-67.8

15.8

3.9-46.8

2.1

0.3-14.4

0.0

. - .

AGE

18-24

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

25-34

33.6

3.1-89.0

0.0

. - .

66.4

11.0-96.9

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

35-44

28.7

5.5-73.4

37.7

13.4-70.4

6.2

0.8-34.9

23.6

6.3-58.5

3.8

0.5-24.3

45-54

24.2

10.6-46.3

48.0

25.1-71.7

23.8

8.2-52.1

4.0

0.9-16.1

0.0

. - .

55-64

14.4

6.5-29.1

49.6

31.3-68.0

17.8

7.9-35.5

15.0

5.7-34.2

3.1

0.4-19.3

65-74

23.8

11.5-43.0

65.0

45.6-80.4

8.5

2.3-26.7

2.7

1.0- 7.4

0.0

. - .

75+

43.3

25.8-62.6

53.1

34.3-71.0

1.8

0.2-11.9

1.9

0.3-12.5

0.0

. - .

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

31.8

17.6-50.5

37.1

22.7-54.2

14.7

5.6-33.3

16.4

7.4-32.4

0.0

. - .

H.S. or G.E.D.

17.7

7.8-35.2

60.1

41.8-75.9

14.9

6.5-30.5

4.5

1.2-15.5

2.9

0.4-18.1

Some Post-H.S.

26.5

12.4-47.9

58.0

36.8-76.6

11.8

3.4-33.6

1.8

0.2-11.9

1.9

0.3-12.3

College Graduate

24.5

12.2-43.3

55.3

35.6-73.5

8.8

1.8-33.4

11.4

2.6-37.9

0.0

. - .

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

19.1

7.8-39.8

52.8

32.8-71.9

15.7

6.1-34.7

12.4

4.3-30.6

0.0

. - .

$15,000- 24,999

42.9

22.6-65.9

40.6

21.7-62.8

8.9

1.8-34.0

7.6

2.9-18.7

0.0

. - .

$25,000- 34,999

27.5

11.0-53.6

52.0

23.9-78.9

15.4

2.3-59.0

0.0

. - .

5.1

0.7-29.7

$35,000- 49,999

3.6

1.0-12.5

70.6

41.1-89.2

20.1

5.8-50.6

5.7

0.8-32.7

0.0

. - .

$50,000-74,999

32.6

10.9-65.7

49.8

20.3-79.5

17.6

2.6-63.2

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

$75,000+

12.2

3.0-38.1

48.9

17.1-81.6

7.0

0.9-38.4

32.0

7.1-74.5

0.0

. - .

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

22.8

11.8-39.5

43.4

27.8-60.5

13.2

4.9-30.9

13.8

5.3-31.5

6.8

1.5-26.3

Guilford

13.5

5.3-30.3

55.2

36.8-72.3

19.7

8.4-39.7

5.5

1.7-16.8

6.0

0.9-32.1

Mecklenburg

19.3

9.8-34.6

54.4

36.9-70.8

4.9

1.0-20.5

12.8

4.1-33.4

8.5

2.5-25.1

Orange

11.3

3.9-28.5

46.5

26.2-68.0

13.2

4.6-32.4

29.1

13.1-52.6

0.0

. - .

Wake

14.6

5.6-33.1

61.5

40.0-79.3

7.2

1.7-26.6

11.3

2.3-40.5

5.4

0.8-29.7

Chatham/Lee

10.7

3.1-31.0

76.0

57.1-88.2

9.5

3.4-23.7

2.4

0.3-15.4

1.4

0.2- 9.7

Nash/Wilson

25.1

13.2-42.5

43.9

28.3-60.8

19.8

9.9-35.7

9.1

2.4-28.8

2.1

0.3-13.4

Craven/Pamlico

24.7

14.5-38.9

51.6

36.9-66.1

17.3

7.4-35.1

6.4

2.3-16.7

0.0

. - .

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

17.4

8.0-33.7

56.9

39.0-73.1

16.0

7.2-32.1

7.7

2.4-21.9

2.0

0.3-13.2

Appalachian/Wilkes

37.2

20.4-57.9

51.0

31.5-70.2

5.4

0.8-29.6

6.4

1.6-23.0

0.0

. - .

Franklin/Gran./Vance

15.5

7.0-30.9

59.4

40.7-75.7

5.8

1.3-22.0

12.7

4.5-31.1

6.6

1.6-23.1

Graham/Swain/Jackson

27.4

15.9-43.1

47.6

32.4-63.2

10.1

3.7-24.8

14.9

6.6-30.1

0.0

. - .

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

16.6

9.4-27.7

61.9

49.7-72.8

13.9

7.7-23.8

5.8

2.4-13.3

1.8

0.3-12.0

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

19.0

10.2-32.8

44.7

30.6-59.6

15.8

6.5-33.7

16.3

8.3-29.7

4.2

0.6-24.1

Northeast NC I

22.3

13.8-34.0

56.4

43.4-68.7

6.7

3.1-13.8

8.8

3.8-19.1

5.8

1.5-20.2

Northeast NC II

21.5

12.4-34.5

47.3

33.6-61.5

10.6

4.7-22.2

18.6

9.5-33.3

2.0

0.3-12.6

Northeastern Partnership

132

21.8

15.0-30.6

50.9

41.0-60.9

9.1

4.9-16.1

14.7

8.5-24.3

3.5

1.1-10.2

Mountain AHEC

129

30.4

20.7-42.1

48.6

37.5-60.0

11.7

6.0-21.5

7.3

3.5-14.4

2.1

0.4- 9.2

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

418

21.3

16.2-27.4

220

52.9

45.8-59.9

11.5

7.9-16.5

12.4

8.3-18.0

1.9

0.9- 3.9

Piedmont

328

21.3

15.4-28.7

183

54.6

47.0-62.0

8.4

5.3-13.0

11.0

6.8-17.4

4.8

2.5- 8.8

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Western 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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