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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,326 1,128 6.5 6.0- 7.0 7,858 47.7 46.7-48.8 4,172 25.4 24.5-26.4 369 2.1 1.8- 2.4 2,799 18.2 17.4-19.1
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 400 23 5.4 3.4- 8.5 180 43.8 38.1-49.7 115 29.8 24.7-35.4 11 2.6 1.4- 5.0 71 18.3 14.0-23.5
GENDER
Male 130 6 5.4 2.3-12.5 59 44.8 35.0-55.1 38 30.5 22.1-40.6 6 3.5 1.5- 8.3 21 15.6 9.8-24.1
Female 270 17 5.4 3.3- 8.8 121 43.2 36.4-50.2 77 29.3 23.4-36.1 5 2.0 0.8- 5.4 50 20.1 14.6-27.0
RACE
White 322 19 5.2 3.2- 8.4 149 45.4 38.9-52.0 95 30.8 25.1-37.1 10 3.1 1.6- 6.1 49 15.4 11.0-21.2
Other 76 4 6.2 1.9-18.3 31 39.0 27.1-52.4 19 24.9 15.0-38.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 21 28.9 18.4-42.2
AGE
18-44 115 6 3.6 1.5- 8.3 48 41.3 31.0-52.4 36 33.4 24.1-44.2 2 2.0 0.5- 7.8 23 19.7 12.3-30.0
45+ 284 17 6.6 3.8-11.1 131 45.3 38.8-52.0 79 27.6 22.1-33.8 9 3.1 1.5- 6.2 48 17.4 12.7-23.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 198 6 3.0 1.2- 7.6 76 37.0 29.4-45.2 60 32.1 24.8-40.4 7 3.2 1.4- 7.2 49 24.7 18.1-32.7
Some College + 202 17 7.7 4.5-12.9 104 50.5 42.3-58.7 55 27.5 20.9-35.4 4 2.1 0.8- 5.9 22 12.1 7.3-19.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 247 12 4.5 2.3- 8.5 108 42.3 35.3-49.6 76 32.6 26.0-39.9 7 2.8 1.2- 6.2 44 18.0 12.9-24.4
$50,000+ 100 7 7.3 3.2-15.5 54 52.0 40.2-63.7 25 23.6 15.7-34.1 2 2.0 0.4- 8.7 12 15.0 7.6-27.4

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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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