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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 344 290 81.7 76.4-86.0 27 9.4 6.3-13.8 17 5.5 3.3- 9.1 10 3.4 1.8- 6.5
GENDER
Male 112 98 84.4 74.7-90.8 8 9.1 4.5-17.8 3 3.8 1.1-12.0 3 2.8 0.9- 8.3
Female 232 192 79.8 73.2-85.2 19 9.6 6.0-15.0 14 6.7 3.9-11.4 7 3.9 1.7- 8.4
RACE
White 284 239 80.7 74.7-85.6 20 8.9 5.6-13.8 16 6.4 3.8-10.7 9 3.9 2.0- 7.6
Other 59 50 86.0 73.2-93.2 7 11.7 5.1-24.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4
AGE
18-44 71 55 76.3 63.6-85.6 7 10.4 4.8-21.1 5 7.6 3.0-18.2 4 5.7 2.0-15.2
45+ 272 234 83.7 77.9-88.2 20 9.0 5.7-14.1 12 4.7 2.6- 8.6 6 2.5 1.1- 5.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 145 85.5 78.1-90.7 14 8.9 5.0-15.3 5 2.9 1.1- 7.1 3 2.8 0.8- 8.6
Some College + 177 145 78.4 70.5-84.7 13 9.9 5.7-16.5 12 7.8 4.2-14.0 7 3.9 1.8- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 178 84.2 77.6-89.1 17 9.4 5.6-15.3 7 3.3 1.5- 6.9 6 3.2 1.3- 7.5
$50,000+ 92 77 78.9 67.6-87.0 7 10.2 4.8-20.1 5 7.3 2.9-17.0 3 3.6 1.2-10.8

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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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