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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 9,300 1,637 19.8 18.4-21.2 7,663 80.2 78.8-81.6
-Western NC 2,054 441 26.1 22.7-29.8 1,613 73.9 70.2-77.3
GENDER
Male 769 326 45.4 39.6-51.5 443 54.6 48.5-60.4
Female 1,285 115 7.7 5.9-10.1 1,170 92.3 89.9-94.1
RACE
White 1,873 413 27.2 23.7-31.1 1,460 72.8 68.9-76.3
African American 71 9 14.6 5.9-31.7 62 85.4 68.3-94.1
Other Minorities 102 18 15.3 4.7-39.7 84 84.7 60.3-95.3
AGE
18-24 135 31 26.5 17.7-37.5 104 73.5 62.5-82.3
25-34 282 80 36.0 24.7-49.1 202 64.0 50.9-75.3
35-44 342 76 24.5 18.0-32.4 266 75.5 67.6-82.0
45-54 380 65 25.4 17.8-34.9 315 74.6 65.1-82.2
55-64 349 64 22.5 16.2-30.4 285 77.5 69.6-83.8
65-74 339 73 22.4 16.8-29.1 266 77.6 70.9-83.2
75+ 215 51 25.1 17.7-34.3 164 74.9 65.7-82.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 341 107 41.2 30.3-53.1 234 58.8 46.9-69.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 640 151 28.0 22.6-34.1 489 72.0 65.9-77.4
Some Post-H.S. 541 107 22.4 17.3-28.5 434 77.6 71.5-82.7
College Graduate 526 74 16.1 12.1-21.1 452 83.9 78.9-87.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 268 73 35.1 26.7-44.6 195 64.9 55.4-73.3
$15,000- 24,999 403 83 26.5 18.9-35.7 320 73.5 64.3-81.1
$25,000- 34,999 253 65 33.1 24.2-43.4 188 66.9 56.6-75.8
$35,000- 49,999 269 54 24.9 18.0-33.3 215 75.1 66.7-82.0
$50,000-74,999 205 46 25.2 17.8-34.5 159 74.8 65.5-82.2
$75,000+ 205 29 12.1 7.5-19.0 176 87.9 81.0-92.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 83 22.5 18.0-27.7 365 77.5 72.3-82.0
Guilford 443 59 13.8 10.4-18.1 384 86.2 81.9-89.6
Mecklenburg 443 48 13.3 9.3-18.7 395 86.7 81.3-90.7
Orange 450 56 12.7 9.4-17.0 394 87.3 83.0-90.6
Wake 446 50 12.0 8.8-16.3 396 88.0 83.7-91.2
Chatham/Lee 392 60 18.7 13.3-25.8 332 81.3 74.2-86.7
Nash/Wilson 369 52 15.3 10.9-21.1 317 84.7 78.9-89.1
Craven/Pamlico 448 65 15.0 11.4-19.4 383 85.0 80.6-88.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 427 100 25.9 21.1-31.3 327 74.1 68.7-78.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 452 97 24.6 18.8-31.4 355 75.4 68.6-81.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 67 17.2 12.6-23.1 404 82.8 76.9-87.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 423 98 32.2 21.4-45.4 325 67.8 54.6-78.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 468 118 25.0 20.6-30.0 350 75.0 70.0-79.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 98 24.0 19.5-29.2 313 76.0 70.8-80.5
Northeast NC I 451 74 16.7 13.0-21.2 377 83.3 78.8-87.0
Northeast NC II 504 77 16.4 12.7-20.9 427 83.6 79.1-87.3
Northeastern Partnership 955 151 16.5 13.7-19.7 804 83.5 80.3-86.3
Mountain AHEC 1,292 272 27.3 22.9-32.2 1,020 72.7 67.8-77.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,255 579 18.2 16.0-20.7 2,676 81.8 79.3-84.0
Piedmont 3,991 617 19.0 17.1-20.9 3,374 81.0 79.1-82.9

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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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