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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,811 9,140 59.0 58.0-60.1 5,671 41.0 39.9-42.0
-Durham County 406 273 62.5 56.6-68.1 133 37.5 31.9-43.4
GENDER
Male 148 91 56.7 47.1-65.8 57 43.3 34.2-52.9
Female 258 182 68.0 61.0-74.3 76 32.0 25.7-39.0
RACE
White 230 178 74.6 67.7-80.5 52 25.4 19.5-32.3
Other 171 93 49.9 40.6-59.2 78 50.1 40.8-59.4
AGE
18-44 196 115 55.2 46.6-63.5 81 44.8 36.5-53.4
45+ 208 157 72.1 64.4-78.7 51 27.9 21.3-35.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 113 55 43.3 32.5-54.8 58 56.7 45.2-67.5
Some College + 293 218 71.6 65.1-77.4 75 28.4 22.6-34.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 108 56.0 46.8-64.8 76 44.0 35.2-53.2
$50,000+ 143 112 75.3 66.3-82.5 31 24.7 17.5-33.7

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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