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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,711 11,218 79.9 79.0-80.8 1,390 11.0 10.3-11.7 736 5.9 5.4- 6.5 367 3.2 2.8- 3.7
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 416 341 80.4 75.4-84.6 32 8.8 5.9-13.0 32 8.1 5.6-11.6 11 2.7 1.4- 5.3
GENDER
Male 143 113 80.4 72.0-86.7 14 10.1 5.6-17.5 10 5.5 2.8-10.5 6 4.1 1.7- 9.5
Female 273 228 80.4 73.9-85.6 18 7.8 4.5-13.2 22 10.2 6.6-15.6 5 1.6 0.5- 4.5
RACE
White 370 299 79.6 74.3-84.1 30 9.0 5.9-13.4 31 8.5 5.8-12.2 10 2.9 1.4- 5.8
Other 46 42 86.7 65.9-95.6 2 7.3 1.5-28.7 1 4.9 0.7-27.6 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9
AGE
18-44 120 87 74.0 64.0-82.0 11 10.9 5.5-20.2 15 10.9 6.3-18.1 7 4.3 1.9- 9.4
45+ 295 253 84.5 79.1-88.8 21 7.5 4.7-11.8 17 6.3 3.8-10.3 4 1.7 0.5- 5.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 223 186 81.4 74.3-86.8 17 8.1 4.6-14.0 14 7.2 4.1-12.3 6 3.3 1.3- 7.8
Some College + 191 153 79.1 71.4-85.2 15 9.7 5.4-16.7 18 9.2 5.5-14.8 5 2.1 0.7- 5.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 257 215 80.0 73.1-85.4 15 7.6 4.2-13.6 21 9.8 6.2-15.1 6 2.6 1.1- 6.0
$50,000+ 105 83 83.6 74.9-89.8 10 8.2 4.1-15.6 7 4.3 2.0- 9.1 5 3.9 1.3-11.2

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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