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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 16,771 2,743 15.4 14.7-16.2 11,206 66.5 65.5-67.5 1,844 11.5 10.9-12.2 101 0.6 0.5- 0.8 877 5.9 5.4- 6.5
-Buncombe County 441 88 19.3 15.0-24.4 301 63.7 57.1-69.8 26 9.4 5.2-16.3 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5 23 6.9 4.0-11.6
GENDER
Male 156 28 17.7 11.4-26.4 101 57.5 46.7-67.7 14 14.2 6.8-27.1 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0 11 9.4 4.5-18.7
Female 285 60 20.9 15.8-27.1 200 69.9 63.1-75.9 12 4.7 2.3- 9.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 12 4.3 2.2- 8.2
RACE
White 373 79 21.3 16.4-27.1 255 66.0 59.5-72.0 17 5.0 2.8- 8.6 3 0.9 0.3- 3.1 19 6.8 3.6-12.5
Other 68 9 11.2 5.0-23.0 46 54.2 35.9-71.5 9 27.6 11.9-52.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.9 2.3-18.9
AGE
18-44 166 21 14.3 8.8-22.6 121 64.3 53.6-73.7 13 12.7 6.1-24.6 2 0.9 0.2- 4.2 9 7.8 3.5-16.3
45+ 274 67 26.0 20.5-32.3 179 62.8 56.1-69.1 13 5.1 2.8- 9.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 14 5.7 3.1-10.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 172 24 11.4 7.2-17.5 114 55.6 44.1-66.6 16 18.1 8.9-33.3 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 16 14.1 7.4-25.0
Some College + 266 62 23.9 17.9-31.2 186 69.4 62.0-75.9 10 3.8 1.9- 7.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 7 2.2 1.0- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 254 38 17.5 11.8-25.0 181 65.5 57.0-73.2 20 10.5 5.7-18.5 3 1.2 0.4- 4.2 12 5.3 2.8-10.0
$50,000+ 120 30 22.3 15.4-31.1 84 72.9 63.7-80.5 4 3.5 1.3- 9.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2

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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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