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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,446 8,077 82.6 81.2-83.9 1,369 17.4 16.1-18.8
-Western NC 2,080 1,714 78.1 74.8-81.1 366 21.9 18.9-25.2
GENDER
Male 779 625 74.2 68.6-79.1 154 25.8 20.9-31.4
Female 1,301 1,089 81.8 78.1-85.0 212 18.2 15.0-21.9
RACE
White 1,893 1,586 80.7 77.6-83.5 307 19.3 16.5-22.4
African American 74 59 61.9 38.3-80.9 15 38.1 19.1-61.7
Other Minorities 104 62 44.4 26.6-63.8 42 55.6 36.2-73.4
AGE
18-24 136 85 56.0 43.8-67.5 51 44.0 32.5-56.2
25-34 282 204 74.2 64.9-81.7 78 25.8 18.3-35.1
35-44 343 263 74.8 66.3-81.7 80 25.2 18.3-33.7
45-54 383 305 77.1 68.4-84.0 78 22.9 16.0-31.6
55-64 355 304 82.3 74.8-88.0 51 17.7 12.0-25.2
65-74 344 328 95.3 90.8-97.7 16 4.7 2.3- 9.2
75+ 220 210 93.5 87.1-96.8 10 6.5 3.2-12.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 352 263 70.4 60.8-78.4 89 29.6 21.6-39.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 645 516 74.7 68.7-79.9 129 25.3 20.1-31.3
Some Post-H.S. 547 456 79.2 72.1-84.8 91 20.8 15.2-27.9
College Graduate 529 473 87.9 83.2-91.5 56 12.1 8.5-16.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 272 185 62.0 52.8-70.4 87 38.0 29.6-47.2
$15,000- 24,999 408 290 67.0 58.4-74.6 118 33.0 25.4-41.6
$25,000- 34,999 255 206 75.4 65.5-83.2 49 24.6 16.8-34.5
$35,000- 49,999 270 238 81.3 70.0-89.1 32 18.7 10.9-30.0
$50,000-74,999 206 199 95.5 89.3-98.2 7 4.5 1.8-10.7
$75,000+ 206 198 95.1 88.0-98.0 8 4.9 2.0-12.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 383 81.2 76.3-85.4 71 18.8 14.6-23.7
Guilford 446 396 85.1 79.9-89.1 50 14.9 10.9-20.1
Mecklenburg 449 404 84.9 79.3-89.2 45 15.1 10.8-20.7
Orange 452 414 84.9 75.8-90.9 38 15.1 9.1-24.2
Wake 453 397 81.5 75.6-86.3 56 18.5 13.7-24.4
Chatham/Lee 400 337 81.1 75.4-85.7 63 18.9 14.3-24.6
Nash/Wilson 380 333 83.3 77.9-87.6 47 16.7 12.4-22.1
Craven/Pamlico 455 412 88.3 83.3-92.0 43 11.7 8.0-16.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 438 376 83.7 78.9-87.6 62 16.3 12.4-21.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 456 365 74.7 67.7-80.6 91 25.3 19.4-32.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 477 401 79.4 73.5-84.2 76 20.6 15.8-26.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 345 67.4 52.6-79.4 81 32.6 20.6-47.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 476 387 78.8 73.9-83.0 89 21.2 17.0-26.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 420 342 75.9 69.8-81.1 78 24.1 18.9-30.2
Northeast NC I 459 387 79.2 71.3-85.4 72 20.8 14.6-28.7
Northeast NC II 512 432 81.6 76.8-85.6 80 18.4 14.4-23.2
Northeastern Partnership 971 819 80.8 76.7-84.3 152 19.2 15.7-23.3
Mountain AHEC 1,308 1,090 79.6 75.7-83.0 218 20.4 17.0-24.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,315 2,815 81.6 79.0-84.0 500 18.4 16.0-21.0
Piedmont 4,051 3,548 84.2 82.3-86.0 503 15.8 14.0-17.7

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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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