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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Wake 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
Wake County 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
GENDER
Male 173 130 76.6 68.8-82.9 20 9.3 5.7-15.0 14 8.7 4.8-15.4 9 5.3 2.7-10.3 0 0.0 . - .
Female 238 196 83.9 78.1-88.3 18 6.6 4.0-10.9 9 3.6 1.8- 7.3 14 5.2 2.8- 9.4 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6
RACE
White 310 260 85.0 80.0-88.8 26 7.3 4.9-10.8 11 3.3 1.6- 6.6 13 4.5 2.5- 8.0 0 0.0 . - .
Other 95 62 67.5 55.5-77.6 10 9.1 4.1-18.8 12 14.7 7.9-25.7 10 7.6 3.7-15.1 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8
AGE
18-44 252 205 81.5 75.3-86.4 20 6.2 3.9- 9.9 14 7.1 3.9-12.5 12 4.7 2.5- 8.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3
45+ 156 118 76.5 68.0-83.3 18 12.0 6.9-19.9 9 5.0 2.5-10.1 11 6.5 3.3-12.3 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 105 75 75.0 64.0-83.4 7 6.5 2.5-15.7 7 6.9 2.8-15.9 16 11.6 6.6-19.8 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 303 249 82.1 76.7-86.5 31 8.7 6.0-12.6 15 6.0 3.3-10.5 7 2.7 1.2- 5.9 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 173 122 70.3 61.3-78.0 20 10.0 5.8-16.7 12 8.4 4.3-16.0 19 11.3 6.9-18.1 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 163 144 90.1 84.4-93.8 12 6.8 3.7-12.0 4 2.2 0.8- 5.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 0 0.0 . - .
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 . - .
Durham 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
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
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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