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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg 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 6,698 4,693 67.6 65.8-69.4 706 11.4 10.3-12.7 479 7.6 6.6- 8.7 767 12.5 11.3-13.9 53 0.8 0.5- 1.2
Mecklenburg County 446 338 69.0 62.9-74.5 38 11.2 7.2-17.0 23 5.6 3.5- 9.0 41 11.2 7.8-16.0 6 3.0 1.2- 7.0
GENDER
Male 160 118 67.3 56.7-76.4 12 12.2 5.9-23.6 9 5.2 2.4-10.9 19 13.3 7.9-21.4 2 2.0 0.5- 7.8
Female 286 220 70.6 63.4-77.0 26 10.1 6.7-15.0 14 6.0 3.3-10.8 22 9.2 5.7-14.7 4 4.0 1.3-11.4
RACE
White 268 225 79.9 71.3-86.5 22 12.3 6.8-21.2 9 3.6 1.5- 8.5 12 4.1 2.2- 7.8 0 0.0 . - .
Other 174 110 54.9 45.7-63.8 15 9.6 5.0-17.7 14 8.3 4.7-14.2 29 20.4 13.6-29.4 6 6.8 2.8-15.3
AGE
18-44 239 181 66.3 57.9-73.9 19 12.1 6.7-21.0 14 6.2 3.4-11.1 20 11.1 6.7-18.1 5 4.2 1.6-10.3
45+ 203 153 73.6 66.1-79.9 19 9.6 5.9-15.1 9 4.6 2.2- 9.5 21 11.6 7.4-17.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 86 54.2 43.1-64.9 13 7.2 3.9-13.2 10 8.2 4.0-16.1 29 24.9 16.6-35.6 4 5.5 1.8-15.6
Some College + 303 251 77.6 69.6-83.9 25 13.5 7.9-22.0 13 4.2 2.2- 7.6 12 3.3 1.8- 6.1 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 196 136 61.7 51.2-71.1 20 14.9 7.8-26.4 11 4.9 2.5- 9.1 24 12.6 7.9-19.6 5 6.0 2.3-14.5
$50,000+ 148 130 85.7 77.7-91.2 11 9.8 5.3-17.5 6 3.7 1.5- 8.6 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 413 290 68.5 62.8-73.6 42 11.4 8.1-15.8 26 6.4 4.1- 9.7 52 13.0 9.4-17.5 3 0.8 0.2- 3.3
Forsyth 461 360 78.9 74.3-82.9 41 8.5 6.0-11.8 24 5.5 3.5- 8.5 35 7.1 4.9-10.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
Guilford 421 303 68.8 62.6-74.3 42 10.3 7.3-14.4 32 10.2 6.4-15.8 41 10.3 6.9-15.0 3 0.4 0.1- 1.5
Henderson/Transylvania 472 333 71.1 65.6-76.1 58 11.8 8.7-15.9 27 6.3 4.0- 9.6 53 10.7 7.6-15.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6
Orange 439 338 77.4 71.8-82.2 42 10.8 7.3-15.6 31 6.2 4.2- 9.2 23 4.9 3.1- 7.7 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8
Pitt 416 293 68.4 62.9-73.5 56 15.1 11.6-19.4 27 7.2 4.8-10.7 36 8.7 6.0-12.4 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7
Randolph 426 279 65.0 58.4-71.0 42 9.9 7.1-13.7 39 10.0 7.0-14.0 64 14.7 10.4-20.4 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
Robeson 441 274 59.3 52.9-65.3 48 10.9 7.0-16.5 47 13.0 9.0-18.4 67 15.8 11.9-20.7 5 1.0 0.4- 2.7
Wake 429 337 75.7 69.9-80.6 37 9.0 6.3-12.8 26 7.6 4.5-12.5 25 6.3 3.9-10.1 4 1.4 0.4- 4.1
Western NC 654 424 66.0 61.6-70.1 62 9.5 7.1-12.7 47 6.9 4.9- 9.7 113 16.7 13.7-20.3 8 0.8 0.4- 1.9
Piedmont NC 881 603 66.9 62.8-70.8 97 11.0 8.7-13.8 64 6.9 5.2- 9.2 113 14.8 11.8-18.4 4 0.4 0.1- 1.2
Eastern NC 799 521 64.1 59.9-68.2 101 14.0 11.1-17.4 66 8.8 6.6-11.6 104 12.5 9.9-15.7 7 0.6 0.3- 1.4

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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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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