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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 9,439 1,478 14.9 13.8-16.1 7,961 85.1 83.9-86.2
-Western NC 2,074 331 18.0 14.9-21.6 1,743 82.0 78.4-85.1
GENDER
Male 777 99 16.2 11.2-22.9 678 83.8 77.1-88.8
Female 1,297 232 19.7 16.3-23.7 1,065 80.3 76.3-83.7
RACE
White 1,887 291 18.0 14.6-21.8 1,596 82.0 78.2-85.4
African American 74 17 16.4 8.2-30.3 57 83.6 69.7-91.8
Other Minorities 104 20 19.1 8.3-38.1 84 80.9 61.9-91.7
AGE
18-24 135 20 19.8 11.0-32.9 115 80.2 67.1-89.0
25-34 282 49 23.3 12.4-39.3 233 76.7 60.7-87.6
35-44 342 71 20.4 14.6-27.7 271 79.6 72.3-85.4
45-54 382 78 17.6 12.3-24.5 304 82.4 75.5-87.7
55-64 353 56 21.7 15.0-30.3 297 78.3 69.7-85.0
65-74 343 33 8.4 5.5-12.9 310 91.6 87.1-94.5
75+ 220 18 6.4 3.7-10.7 202 93.6 89.3-96.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 350 78 31.2 20.6-44.2 272 68.8 55.8-79.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 643 103 16.5 12.4-21.6 540 83.5 78.4-87.6
Some Post-H.S. 546 93 19.3 13.9-26.2 453 80.7 73.8-86.1
College Graduate 528 53 7.4 5.2-10.5 475 92.6 89.5-94.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 270 84 34.2 25.8-43.7 186 65.8 56.3-74.2
$15,000- 24,999 407 94 24.4 17.6-32.6 313 75.6 67.4-82.4
$25,000- 34,999 254 36 15.7 9.3-25.4 218 84.3 74.6-90.7
$35,000- 49,999 269 27 13.4 7.2-23.5 242 86.6 76.5-92.8
$50,000-74,999 206 7 3.5 1.3- 9.2 199 96.5 90.8-98.7
$75,000+ 205 8 4.6 1.5-12.9 197 95.4 87.1-98.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 69 16.2 12.5-20.7 385 83.8 79.3-87.5
Guilford 443 59 15.2 11.4-20.0 384 84.8 80.0-88.6
Mecklenburg 448 57 13.8 10.4-18.3 391 86.2 81.7-89.6
Orange 452 52 15.1 9.7-22.6 400 84.9 77.4-90.3
Wake 453 63 17.0 12.7-22.5 390 83.0 77.5-87.3
Chatham/Lee 400 58 12.4 9.3-16.3 342 87.6 83.7-90.7
Nash/Wilson 379 65 19.7 15.4-24.9 314 80.3 75.1-84.6
Craven/Pamlico 456 63 14.0 10.5-18.5 393 86.0 81.5-89.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 73 15.0 11.5-19.2 364 85.0 80.8-88.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 455 75 20.2 13.6-28.7 380 79.8 71.3-86.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 479 95 18.2 14.0-23.3 384 81.8 76.7-86.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 425 72 18.9 10.6-31.4 353 81.1 68.6-89.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 476 109 23.7 19.5-28.6 367 76.3 71.4-80.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 420 89 21.0 16.7-26.0 331 79.0 74.0-83.3
Northeast NC I 459 77 16.7 13.0-21.1 382 83.3 78.9-87.0
Northeast NC II 514 88 17.6 13.9-22.0 426 82.4 78.0-86.1
Northeastern Partnership 973 165 17.3 14.5-20.5 808 82.7 79.5-85.5
Mountain AHEC 1,305 196 16.2 12.3-21.0 1,109 83.8 79.0-87.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,318 564 15.0 13.1-17.1 2,754 85.0 82.9-86.9
Piedmont 4,047 583 14.1 12.6-15.8 3,464 85.9 84.2-87.4

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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included

^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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