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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for New Hanover County

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  Total
Respond.#
None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,098 4,420 73.9 72.1-75.5 459 7.6 6.6- 8.6 502 7.7 6.7- 8.7 403 6.5 5.6- 7.5 314 4.4 3.7- 5.2
New Hanover County 396 285 75.7 70.4-80.2 33 7.2 4.9-10.5 27 6.0 4.0- 9.1 28 5.8 3.9- 8.7 23 5.3 3.3- 8.3
GENDER
Male 162 127 81.0 73.4-86.9 11 5.4 2.8-10.2 9 5.5 2.8-10.6 9 4.2 2.1- 8.4 6 3.8 1.6- 8.9
Female 234 158 69.2 62.3-75.4 22 9.3 5.8-14.7 18 6.7 4.1-10.8 19 7.7 4.7-12.3 17 7.0 4.3-11.4
RACE
White 335 240 74.6 69.2-79.3 29 7.7 5.1-11.4 24 7.2 4.7-10.9 23 5.8 3.7- 8.9 19 4.8 3.0- 7.6
Other 55 41 80.7 64.4-90.6 3 5.3 1.5-17.0 3 1.8 0.4- 6.9 5 6.3 2.2-16.6 3 5.9 1.6-19.7
AGE
18-44 184 121 73.2 64.9-80.1 14 6.5 3.5-11.6 18 7.5 4.5-12.3 18 7.0 4.1-11.6 13 5.8 3.2-10.3
45+ 205 158 78.2 71.1-83.9 18 8.0 4.8-13.1 9 4.5 2.1- 9.3 10 4.6 2.4- 8.8 10 4.8 2.2- 9.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 127 86 70.5 61.0-78.5 7 5.0 2.1-11.2 8 4.8 2.2-10.1 11 8.5 4.5-15.4 15 11.2 6.4-19.0
Some College + 266 196 78.0 71.6-83.3 26 8.4 5.4-12.9 19 6.7 4.1-10.9 17 4.5 2.7- 7.5 8 2.4 1.1- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 144 75.9 68.0-82.3 16 6.3 3.4-11.1 13 5.5 2.9-10.2 16 7.0 4.0-11.8 14 5.4 3.0- 9.4
$50,000+ 130 97 77.3 68.8-84.0 12 9.2 5.0-16.3 10 7.4 3.9-13.8 8 4.6 2.2- 9.4 3 1.5 0.4- 5.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 414 291 69.8 64.4-74.8 33 9.5 6.2-14.2 38 9.3 6.5-13.1 33 7.0 4.8-10.1 19 4.3 2.6- 7.0
Cumberland 423 312 77.5 72.1-82.1 30 6.1 4.1- 9.1 31 8.6 5.8-12.5 30 4.9 3.2- 7.3 20 3.0 1.8- 4.9
Durham 393 278 73.2 67.5-78.1 29 8.3 5.5-12.5 48 11.0 8.0-14.8 24 5.1 3.2- 8.0 14 2.5 1.3- 4.5
Forsyth 451 336 77.0 72.4-81.0 28 5.3 3.5- 7.9 40 8.0 5.7-11.1 21 5.3 3.2- 8.4 26 4.5 2.9- 7.0
Gaston 461 319 70.2 65.2-74.8 30 6.5 4.3- 9.5 40 10.2 7.2-14.4 38 6.6 4.7- 9.3 34 6.5 4.5- 9.3
Guilford 408 291 73.9 69.0-78.3 30 6.6 4.5- 9.7 37 8.4 5.9-11.8 27 5.2 3.5- 7.8 23 5.9 3.8- 8.9
Mecklenburg 423 304 71.1 65.7-76.0 34 7.3 5.1-10.4 45 11.6 8.2-16.1 26 7.3 4.9-10.9 14 2.7 1.5- 4.8
Onslow 429 325 79.2 74.5-83.3 26 5.7 3.8- 8.6 25 4.8 3.1- 7.3 29 5.1 3.4- 7.6 24 5.1 3.1- 8.3
Wake 421 315 74.7 69.6-79.2 46 11.2 8.2-15.1 26 6.7 4.4-10.1 20 4.8 2.9- 7.8 14 2.6 1.5- 4.8
Western NC 608 448 73.5 69.3-77.3 43 8.0 5.8-10.9 44 6.8 4.9- 9.5 38 6.5 4.6- 9.2 35 5.2 3.6- 7.5
Piedmont NC 663 477 73.2 68.8-77.1 57 8.3 6.2-11.0 52 7.1 5.0-10.0 47 7.9 5.8-10.9 30 3.5 2.3- 5.3
Eastern NC 608 439 74.7 70.4-78.6 40 6.0 4.1- 8.7 49 7.0 5.0- 9.7 42 6.1 4.2- 8.8 38 6.2 4.2- 9.0

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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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