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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 382 308 77.5 71.8-82.3 40 11.2 8.0-15.5 20 7.1 4.2-11.9 14 4.1 2.3- 7.2
GENDER
Male 146 113 75.8 66.8-83.0 17 12.0 7.3-19.1 11 8.8 4.6-16.3 5 3.4 1.3- 8.5
Female 236 195 79.1 71.5-85.1 23 10.5 6.7-16.1 9 5.5 2.2-13.1 9 4.8 2.4- 9.5
RACE
White 321 257 76.7 70.4-82.0 33 10.8 7.5-15.5 18 8.2 4.8-13.8 13 4.3 2.4- 7.5
Other 59 50 82.3 67.1-91.3 6 12.4 5.3-26.5 2 1.9 0.4- 8.0 1 3.4 0.5-20.5
AGE
18-44 98 67 70.5 58.9-79.9 17 13.7 8.1-22.4 8 10.5 4.7-21.7 6 5.4 2.3-12.0
45+ 284 241 82.1 76.1-86.8 23 9.6 6.2-14.5 12 5.0 2.7- 9.2 8 3.3 1.5- 7.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 115 78.0 67.4-85.9 13 8.1 4.4-14.2 9 11.1 5.1-22.2 4 2.8 0.9- 8.8
Some College + 241 193 77.2 70.3-82.9 27 13.1 8.8-19.2 11 4.8 2.5- 9.1 10 4.9 2.5- 9.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 190 156 79.8 71.9-85.9 19 10.0 6.0-16.2 5 3.5 1.3- 8.9 10 6.7 3.4-12.7
$50,000+ 134 108 78.9 69.8-85.8 15 12.7 7.4-20.7 8 6.2 2.8-13.2 3 2.3 0.7- 6.8

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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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