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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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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
-Buncombe County 436 30 6.2 4.2- 9.2 232 48.1 42.1-54.2 108 27.2 21.9-33.2 12 2.3 1.1- 4.4 54 16.2 11.2-22.8
GENDER
Male 155 10 5.0 2.5- 9.6 83 47.7 37.8-57.8 36 26.2 18.2-36.2 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 25 20.2 11.9-32.2
Female 281 20 7.5 4.6-11.9 149 48.6 41.8-55.4 72 28.2 22.1-35.2 11 3.6 1.8- 6.9 29 12.2 8.0-18.2
RACE
White 370 25 6.2 4.0- 9.5 198 49.7 43.4-56.0 91 26.0 20.9-31.9 10 2.5 1.2- 5.1 46 15.6 10.9-21.7
Other 66 5 6.1 2.1-16.3 34 41.5 26.1-58.7 17 32.1 17.3-51.7 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0 8 19.1 6.2-45.7
AGE
18-44 164 11 5.5 2.9-10.2 74 40.1 31.3-49.5 46 30.8 22.6-40.4 5 2.5 0.9- 6.4 28 21.2 13.3-32.1
45+ 271 19 7.2 4.5-11.3 157 58.6 52.0-65.0 62 22.6 17.6-28.4 7 2.0 0.9- 4.2 26 9.7 6.1-15.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 169 9 5.4 2.6-10.7 80 33.9 25.7-43.3 47 30.8 21.6-41.9 4 2.1 0.7- 6.1 29 27.9 17.4-41.4
Some College + 264 21 6.8 4.2-10.8 150 57.0 49.6-64.1 60 24.8 18.9-31.9 8 2.4 1.0- 5.5 25 9.0 5.7-14.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 252 14 5.5 3.1- 9.6 126 45.6 37.8-53.6 68 30.9 23.7-39.3 8 2.1 0.9- 4.6 36 15.9 10.8-22.9
$50,000+ 120 8 6.8 3.1-14.4 76 62.3 52.3-71.3 25 21.1 14.3-30.1 3 3.7 1.1-11.8 8 6.0 2.8-12.4

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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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