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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Durham County

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  Total
Respond.#
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,033 4,314 69.4 67.5-71.2 632 10.7 9.6-11.9 415 8.0 6.9- 9.4 648 11.5 10.2-12.8 24 0.4 0.2- 0.8
Durham County 389 275 71.1 65.3-76.3 46 12.8 9.1-17.7 28 6.1 4.0- 9.2 35 8.7 6.1-12.4 5 1.2 0.5- 3.2
GENDER
Male 143 94 68.5 58.4-77.1 19 14.2 8.3-23.3 11 5.2 2.7- 9.8 15 9.8 5.7-16.4 4 2.3 0.8- 6.2
Female 246 181 73.8 67.1-79.6 27 11.4 7.6-16.7 17 7.0 4.0-12.0 20 7.6 4.7-12.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
RACE
White 211 159 74.5 67.3-80.6 18 8.6 5.0-14.3 14 6.4 3.6-11.0 19 9.8 6.1-15.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4
Other 171 111 67.9 58.3-76.1 27 16.6 10.6-25.0 13 5.8 3.0-10.9 16 8.0 4.6-13.7 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8
AGE
18-44 212 152 70.5 62.5-77.4 29 15.9 10.5-23.3 16 6.1 3.4-10.6 14 7.1 4.1-12.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6
45+ 171 119 72.1 63.4-79.5 15 7.3 4.1-12.4 12 6.3 3.3-11.6 21 11.6 7.2-18.2 4 2.7 0.9- 7.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 123 70 58.4 47.9-68.2 18 15.3 8.8-25.1 10 7.2 3.4-14.7 22 16.5 10.5-25.0 3 2.6 0.7- 8.5
Some College + 266 205 77.1 70.3-82.7 28 11.6 7.5-17.7 18 5.6 3.3- 9.2 13 5.1 2.8- 9.0 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 127 69.1 61.1-76.2 27 13.4 8.8-19.9 14 4.7 2.6- 8.3 23 11.6 7.4-17.7 2 1.1 0.3- 4.6
$50,000+ 131 106 77.7 66.8-85.8 10 10.3 4.7-21.1 8 6.5 3.1-13.2 5 3.8 1.5- 9.6 2 1.7 0.4- 7.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 408 284 68.4 62.7-73.5 38 10.4 7.3-14.5 33 7.9 5.1-12.0 53 13.4 9.9-17.9 0 0.0 . - .
Cumberland 416 294 72.7 66.3-78.3 63 14.4 10.3-19.8 27 5.6 3.7- 8.5 32 7.3 4.8-11.0 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 451 336 75.0 70.2-79.3 45 10.2 7.3-13.9 25 5.9 3.8- 9.0 42 8.5 6.1-11.8 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3
Gaston 455 305 66.8 61.6-71.6 42 9.5 6.7-13.4 37 8.6 5.9-12.3 68 13.8 10.7-17.6 3 1.3 0.4- 4.4
Guilford 404 294 71.3 65.8-76.2 41 12.5 8.9-17.4 29 6.7 4.5-10.0 39 9.1 6.4-12.7 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0
Mecklenburg 419 332 77.3 72.3-81.6 41 11.4 8.2-15.7 21 5.0 3.2- 7.7 25 6.3 4.1- 9.6 0 0.0 . - .
New Hanover 399 291 67.6 59.8-74.6 44 10.8 7.6-15.1 20 4.9 2.9- 8.2 41 15.3 9.1-24.6 3 1.3 0.3- 5.3
Onslow 428 318 74.4 67.3-80.4 39 7.7 5.4-10.9 26 6.4 4.2- 9.8 44 11.4 6.5-19.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
Wake 411 326 80.0 75.1-84.1 38 8.1 5.6-11.5 23 6.4 3.9-10.1 23 5.3 3.3- 8.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
Western NC 596 412 68.7 64.3-72.7 50 8.6 6.4-11.5 47 8.1 5.9-11.0 85 14.0 11.2-17.3 2 0.6 0.1- 3.2
Piedmont NC 656 440 66.0 61.2-70.5 71 10.9 8.4-14.2 46 8.0 5.5-11.6 95 14.4 11.5-17.9 4 0.7 0.2- 1.9
Eastern NC 601 407 65.6 60.6-70.2 74 11.3 8.7-14.6 53 11.3 8.2-15.4 66 11.7 8.8-15.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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