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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,654 927 5.2 4.7- 5.6 980 4.7 4.3- 5.1 1,114 5.2 4.8- 5.6 13,633 85.0 84.3-85.6
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 493 37 6.2 4.3- 8.9 20 2.8 1.7- 4.6 40 6.5 4.6- 9.1 396 84.4 80.7-87.5
GENDER
Male 174 12 4.7 2.5- 8.6 8 2.5 1.2- 5.2 13 5.9 3.3-10.3 141 87.0 81.4-91.1
Female 319 25 7.6 4.9-11.7 12 3.2 1.7- 5.9 27 7.1 4.7-10.6 255 82.1 77.0-86.3
RACE
White 435 31 5.8 3.9- 8.6 18 2.9 1.7- 4.8 36 6.7 4.6- 9.5 350 84.6 80.7-87.9
Other 58 6 9.1 3.6-21.3 2 2.4 0.5-10.9 4 5.4 1.8-15.5 46 83.0 69.6-91.3
AGE
18-44 170 7 3.8 1.7- 8.2 4 1.5 0.5- 4.1 6 3.1 1.3- 6.9 153 91.7 86.4-95.0
45+ 322 30 8.6 5.8-12.6 16 4.2 2.5- 7.2 34 10.0 6.9-14.1 242 77.2 71.8-81.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 279 26 6.7 4.3-10.2 17 3.7 2.2- 6.3 30 7.9 5.3-11.7 206 81.7 76.6-85.9
Some College + 212 11 5.6 2.9-10.6 3 1.6 0.5- 4.9 10 4.5 2.3- 8.5 188 88.3 82.5-92.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 311 25 7.5 4.8-11.5 16 3.8 2.2- 6.5 32 8.6 5.9-12.5 238 80.0 74.7-84.5
$50,000+ 115 4 2.4 0.8- 7.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 2 1.8 0.4- 8.3 108 95.2 89.2-97.9

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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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