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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

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Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,445 3,758 38.6 37.0-40.2 5,687 61.4 59.8-63.0
-Western NC 2,079 811 38.4 35.0-42.0 1,268 61.6 58.0-65.0
GENDER
Male 779 245 29.9 24.4-36.0 534 70.1 64.0-75.6
Female 1,300 566 46.6 42.5-50.6 734 53.4 49.4-57.5
RACE
White 1,892 732 39.0 35.4-42.7 1,160 61.0 57.3-64.6
African American 74 32 43.1 24.7-63.6 42 56.9 36.4-75.3
Other Minorities 104 43 25.6 14.8-40.4 61 74.4 59.6-85.2
AGE
18-24 136 42 31.7 21.0-44.7 94 68.3 55.3-79.0
25-34 282 120 47.8 36.6-59.1 162 52.2 40.9-63.4
35-44 343 151 40.2 32.8-48.0 192 59.8 52.0-67.2
45-54 383 178 39.0 31.4-47.1 205 61.0 52.9-68.6
55-64 355 167 46.3 38.8-54.0 188 53.7 46.0-61.2
65-74 344 105 30.2 24.2-37.0 239 69.8 63.0-75.8
75+ 220 44 22.8 15.6-32.2 176 77.2 67.8-84.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 352 110 33.4 23.1-45.6 242 66.6 54.4-76.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 645 229 34.4 29.1-40.1 416 65.6 59.9-70.9
Some Post-H.S. 547 249 46.1 39.4-52.9 298 53.9 47.1-60.6
College Graduate 528 219 38.3 32.9-44.1 309 61.7 55.9-67.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 272 99 35.7 27.7-44.5 173 64.3 55.5-72.3
$15,000- 24,999 408 162 40.7 32.8-49.2 246 59.3 50.8-67.2
$25,000- 34,999 255 105 36.9 28.8-45.8 150 63.1 54.2-71.2
$35,000- 49,999 270 114 38.0 29.3-47.6 156 62.0 52.4-70.7
$50,000-74,999 206 94 48.0 38.5-57.6 112 52.0 42.4-61.5
$75,000+ 206 100 45.4 36.3-54.8 106 54.6 45.2-63.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 169 36.0 30.9-41.4 285 64.0 58.6-69.1
Guilford 444 190 40.8 35.5-46.3 254 59.2 53.7-64.5
Mecklenburg 449 196 38.7 33.3-44.5 253 61.3 55.5-66.7
Orange 452 175 36.9 29.9-44.6 277 63.1 55.4-70.1
Wake 452 189 39.7 34.4-45.2 263 60.3 54.8-65.6
Chatham/Lee 400 146 37.1 31.0-43.6 254 62.9 56.4-69.0
Nash/Wilson 379 152 39.1 33.3-45.2 227 60.9 54.8-66.7
Craven/Pamlico 456 207 40.6 35.3-46.1 249 59.4 53.9-64.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 438 165 37.8 32.0-44.0 273 62.2 56.0-68.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 456 171 36.4 30.0-43.2 285 63.6 56.8-70.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 478 183 34.3 27.9-41.2 295 65.7 58.8-72.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 172 35.3 27.4-44.2 254 64.7 55.8-72.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 474 196 39.4 34.5-44.6 278 60.6 55.4-65.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 419 146 32.1 26.9-37.9 273 67.9 62.1-73.1
Northeast NC I 461 189 38.0 32.5-43.7 272 62.0 56.3-67.5
Northeast NC II 513 211 40.2 35.1-45.5 302 59.8 54.5-64.9
Northeastern Partnership 974 400 39.4 35.6-43.4 574 60.6 56.6-64.4
Mountain AHEC 1,308 512 38.3 34.0-42.7 796 61.7 57.3-66.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,317 1,339 36.7 34.0-39.5 1,978 63.3 60.5-66.0
Piedmont 4,049 1,608 39.6 37.4-41.9 2,441 60.4 58.1-62.6

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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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