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Total Respond.^ |
Once | Twice | Three times | 4 or more times | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 3,548 | 797 | 23.2 | 21.5-25.1 | 538 | 14.4 | 13.1-15.9 | 350 | 9.5 | 8.4-10.8 | 1,112 | 29.2 | 27.4-31.1 | 751 | 23.6 | 21.8-25.6 |
Have Health Insurance | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 2,704 | 596 | 23.3 | 21.3-25.4 | 444 | 16.0 | 14.3-17.8 | 291 | 10.4 | 9.0-11.8 | 939 | 32.5 | 30.4-34.8 | 434 | 17.8 | 16.0-19.8 |
No | 842 | 201 | 23.0 | 19.6-27.0 | 94 | 10.2 | 8.0-13.0 | 59 | 7.3 | 5.2-10.0 | 172 | 20.0 | 16.7-23.7 | 316 | 39.5 | 35.2-44.0 |
Body Mass Index | ||||||||||||||||
Underweight | 83 | 16 | 25.5 | 14.5-41.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 7.3-25.4 | 7 | 8.0 | 3.2-18.7 | 31 | 35.8 | 24.3-49.2 | 15 | 16.6 | 9.4-27.7 |
Recommended Range | 1,366 | 348 | 25.6 | 22.7-28.7 | 197 | 14.0 | 11.9-16.5 | 135 | 9.5 | 7.7-11.7 | 376 | 26.0 | 23.3-29.0 | 310 | 24.8 | 21.9-28.0 |
Overweight | 1,221 | 257 | 22.3 | 19.4-25.4 | 207 | 15.9 | 13.5-18.6 | 129 | 9.9 | 8.0-12.1 | 350 | 26.3 | 23.4-29.6 | 278 | 25.6 | 22.4-29.1 |
Obese | 762 | 149 | 20.3 | 16.9-24.1 | 106 | 13.1 | 10.5-16.3 | 67 | 9.7 | 7.4-12.7 | 324 | 40.7 | 36.3-45.2 | 116 | 16.2 | 13.1-19.8 |
Current Smoker | ||||||||||||||||
No | 370 | 79 | 25.0 | 19.5-31.4 | 49 | 13.3 | 9.6-18.2 | 27 | 6.9 | 4.3-10.9 | 142 | 32.0 | 26.7-37.8 | 73 | 22.8 | 17.5-29.2 |
Yes | 3,178 | 718 | 23.0 | 21.2-24.9 | 489 | 14.6 | 13.1-16.1 | 323 | 9.8 | 8.6-11.2 | 970 | 28.9 | 26.9-30.9 | 678 | 23.7 | 21.8-25.8 |
Binge Drinker | ||||||||||||||||
No | 2,936 | 637 | 22.6 | 20.7-24.6 | 438 | 14.3 | 12.8-16.0 | 307 | 10.1 | 8.9-11.5 | 993 | 32.3 | 30.2-34.4 | 561 | 20.7 | 18.8-22.8 |
Yes | 532 | 139 | 26.4 | 22.0-31.4 | 90 | 14.5 | 11.5-18.3 | 37 | 6.8 | 4.4-10.4 | 105 | 16.8 | 13.4-21.0 | 161 | 35.4 | 30.4-40.8 |
Heavy Drinker | ||||||||||||||||
No | 3,251 | 724 | 23.1 | 21.3-25.0 | 496 | 14.6 | 13.1-16.1 | 320 | 9.3 | 8.2-10.6 | 1,052 | 30.4 | 28.5-32.4 | 659 | 22.6 | 20.7-24.6 |
Yes | 235 | 56 | 23.4 | 17.3-30.8 | 31 | 10.5 | 6.8-15.9 | 27 | 13.7 | 8.4-21.4 | 49 | 17.1 | 12.2-23.5 | 72 | 35.3 | 27.9-43.4 |
Fair/Poor Health Status | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 865 | 93 | 12.6 | 9.9-15.9 | 98 | 12.3 | 9.9-15.3 | 76 | 8.6 | 6.5-11.4 | 497 | 55.1 | 50.9-59.3 | 101 | 11.3 | 9.0-14.1 |
No | 2,670 | 704 | 26.5 | 24.4-28.7 | 437 | 15.1 | 13.5-16.8 | 274 | 9.8 | 8.5-11.3 | 609 | 21.4 | 19.5-23.4 | 646 | 27.2 | 25.0-29.6 |
Current Asthma | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 317 | 36 | 10.1 | 6.7-14.9 | 34 | 11.2 | 7.7-16.2 | 35 | 11.9 | 8.3-16.9 | 177 | 50.8 | 43.7-57.8 | 35 | 16.0 | 10.7-23.3 |
No | 3,206 | 758 | 24.4 | 22.6-26.4 | 503 | 14.8 | 13.3-16.4 | 312 | 9.3 | 8.2-10.7 | 923 | 27.1 | 25.2-29.1 | 710 | 24.3 | 22.4-26.4 |
Diabetes | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 279 | 19 | 9.9 | 5.1-18.3 | 27 | 8.3 | 5.3-12.8 | 30 | 9.4 | 6.1-14.2 | 186 | 65.5 | 57.6-72.7 | 17 | 6.8 | 3.9-11.8 |
Yes, During Pregnancy | 33 | 9 | 33.4 | 17.1-54.9 | 3 | 4.4 | 1.3-13.6 | 3 | 9.6 | 2.9-27.7 | 14 | 40.0 | 22.9-59.8 | 4 | 12.6 | 4.2-32.3 |
No | 3,179 | 754 | 24.2 | 22.3-26.1 | 502 | 15.1 | 13.6-16.7 | 309 | 9.4 | 8.2-10.7 | 888 | 26.1 | 24.2-28.0 | 726 | 25.3 | 23.4-27.4 |
No, Bordeline Diabetes | 57 | 15 | 26.7 | 15.4-42.2 | 6 | 11.2 | 4.4-25.9 | 8 | 20.8 | 8.6-42.4 | 24 | 34.7 | 22.1-49.8 | 4 | 6.6 | 2.3-17.4 |
*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days.
^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 (MAHEC): 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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