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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 366 298 81.1 75.1-86.0 38 9.6 6.4-14.0 22 5.8 3.6- 9.1 8 3.6 1.2- 9.9
GENDER
Male 119 90 75.1 63.5-84.0 15 11.9 6.4-21.1 10 6.2 3.2-11.7 4 6.7 1.9-21.3
Female 247 208 85.8 80.1-90.0 23 7.7 4.9-12.0 12 5.4 2.8-10.3 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0
RACE
White 239 189 80.2 73.9-85.2 31 11.5 7.8-16.6 14 6.0 3.5-10.3 5 2.2 0.7- 6.8
Other 124 106 82.1 69.1-90.5 7 6.9 2.6-17.2 8 5.5 2.3-12.3 3 5.5 1.1-22.7
AGE
18-44 106 80 74.8 62.0-84.3 15 12.6 6.7-22.6 7 5.6 2.3-12.7 4 7.0 1.9-22.8
45+ 258 216 85.3 80.1-89.3 23 7.5 4.8-11.6 15 6.0 3.5-10.0 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 163 84.4 75.6-90.5 16 6.6 3.9-11.1 10 4.5 2.3- 8.6 4 4.4 1.0-17.8
Some College + 172 134 77.3 68.2-84.4 22 12.9 7.5-21.3 12 7.2 3.7-13.4 4 2.6 0.8- 8.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 199 165 82.6 73.5-89.0 17 6.1 3.6-10.2 12 6.5 3.4-12.1 5 4.8 1.2-17.8
$50,000+ 105 80 77.4 65.9-85.9 15 14.2 7.4-25.6 8 5.6 2.7-11.4 2 2.8 0.6-12.1

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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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