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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Wake 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
Wake County 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
GENDER
Male 178 144 81.4 74.2-86.9 13 7.4 4.1-13.1 10 5.9 3.0-11.3 8 3.7 1.7- 7.8 3 1.6 0.5- 5.2
Female 243 171 67.0 59.7-73.5 33 15.6 11.0-21.6 16 7.6 4.4-12.7 12 6.1 3.1-11.5 11 3.8 2.0- 7.4
RACE
White 316 233 73.5 67.6-78.6 36 12.2 8.6-17.0 21 6.7 4.2-10.6 14 4.2 2.3- 7.5 12 3.4 1.8- 6.3
Other 99 77 76.9 65.8-85.2 9 8.9 4.4-17.0 5 6.8 2.7-16.3 6 6.4 2.5-15.4 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9
AGE
18-44 255 185 71.4 64.6-77.4 33 13.0 9.0-18.5 19 8.6 5.3-13.7 13 5.8 3.2-10.4 5 1.1 0.5- 2.8
45+ 163 127 80.5 73.2-86.2 13 7.9 4.5-13.7 7 3.0 1.3- 6.6 7 2.9 1.3- 6.3 9 5.7 2.7-11.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 111 88 76.7 66.1-84.8 8 9.4 4.5-18.6 4 4.4 1.6-11.6 5 5.6 2.2-13.5 6 3.9 1.5- 9.9
Some College + 307 224 73.7 67.8-78.9 38 12.1 8.6-16.6 22 7.7 4.8-12.0 15 4.5 2.4- 8.0 8 2.1 1.0- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 174 128 73.6 65.2-80.7 15 7.4 4.3-12.4 13 8.9 4.8-15.8 9 6.4 3.1-13.0 9 3.6 1.7- 7.6
$50,000+ 165 119 70.5 62.2-77.7 21 14.2 9.2-21.2 12 7.8 4.2-13.9 9 5.0 2.3-10.5 4 2.5 0.9- 7.1
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
New Hanover 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
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
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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