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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for New Hanover County

Substance Abuse

Has any close family member received treatment for a substance abuse problem?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,905 868 14.2 12.8-15.7 5,037 85.8 84.3-87.2
New Hanover County 384 75 17.2 13.3-21.8 309 82.8 78.2-86.7
GENDER
Male 157 21 12.5 7.8-19.3 136 87.5 80.7-92.2
Female 227 54 22.8 17.4-29.2 173 77.2 70.8-82.6
RACE
White 329 67 19.7 15.3-24.8 262 80.3 75.2-84.7
Other 51 8 7.7 3.3-17.2 43 92.3 82.8-96.7
AGE
18-44 181 34 14.7 9.9-21.3 147 85.3 78.7-90.1
45+ 199 41 20.4 15.0-27.3 158 79.6 72.7-85.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 119 19 12.6 7.8-19.9 100 87.4 80.1-92.2
Some College + 262 56 19.5 14.5-25.8 206 80.5 74.2-85.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 198 39 15.6 10.7-22.1 159 84.4 77.9-89.3
$50,000+ 129 27 19.4 13.1-27.6 102 80.6 72.4-86.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 402 63 16.8 12.8-21.6 339 83.2 78.4-87.2
Cumberland 411 53 12.6 8.8-17.9 358 87.4 82.1-91.2
Durham 384 63 18.2 12.8-25.2 321 81.8 74.8-87.2
Forsyth 438 65 15.1 11.7-19.3 373 84.9 80.7-88.3
Gaston 440 61 13.4 10.2-17.5 379 86.6 82.5-89.8
Guilford 390 66 15.8 12.1-20.4 324 84.2 79.6-87.9
Mecklenburg 410 62 15.3 11.7-19.9 348 84.7 80.1-88.3
Onslow 416 65 19.9 13.8-27.7 351 80.1 72.3-86.2
Wake 407 49 10.6 7.7-14.3 358 89.4 85.7-92.3
Western NC 595 69 11.6 8.9-14.9 526 88.4 85.1-91.1
Piedmont NC 641 96 15.8 12.3-20.0 545 84.2 80.0-87.7
Eastern NC 587 81 13.0 10.1-16.6 506 87.0 83.4-89.9

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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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