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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Robeson 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
Robeson County 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
GENDER
Male 175 103 52.9 43.2-62.4 18 11.3 5.4-22.2 25 17.3 10.7-26.7 26 16.9 10.9-25.3 3 1.6 0.5- 5.0
Female 266 171 66.3 59.5-72.5 30 10.5 7.0-15.3 22 8.2 5.0-13.1 41 14.6 10.6-19.9 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5
RACE
White 175 121 67.8 58.4-76.0 16 8.8 5.1-14.9 15 10.0 4.9-19.5 21 12.1 7.4-19.1 2 1.3 0.2- 6.1
Other 261 149 53.9 45.7-61.8 32 12.3 6.9-21.0 31 14.7 9.5-22.0 46 18.3 12.9-25.2 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0
AGE
18-44 172 108 57.0 46.8-66.7 21 12.7 6.4-23.7 20 14.6 8.5-24.0 20 14.0 8.4-22.5 3 1.7 0.5- 5.2
45+ 265 163 61.2 54.0-67.9 27 9.2 6.1-13.7 26 11.3 7.0-17.7 47 17.9 13.2-23.9 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 273 148 53.2 45.7-60.5 30 9.1 6.0-13.4 36 15.9 10.4-23.4 55 20.6 15.1-27.4 4 1.3 0.4- 3.8
Some College + 166 126 70.7 58.4-80.6 18 14.3 6.3-29.3 10 7.6 3.7-15.1 11 6.8 3.5-12.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 289 174 55.5 47.6-63.2 36 12.3 7.3-20.1 34 15.4 10.0-22.8 42 15.9 11.0-22.3 3 1.0 0.3- 3.4
$50,000+ 43 35 86.4 73.7-93.5 4 5.5 2.0-14.5 2 4.8 1.1-18.5 2 3.3 0.8-12.3 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
Mecklenburg 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
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
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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