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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 423 355 82.8 77.5-87.0 40 10.3 7.1-14.6 18 3.9 2.3- 6.6 10 3.0 1.2- 7.3
GENDER
Male 148 127 83.6 74.3-90.0 14 9.8 5.4-17.1 4 2.6 0.9- 7.5 3 3.9 1.0-14.4
Female 275 228 82.1 75.7-87.1 26 10.6 6.6-16.7 14 5.1 2.8- 9.1 7 2.2 1.0- 4.9
RACE
White 370 307 82.9 77.9-87.1 36 10.0 6.8-14.5 18 4.8 2.8- 8.1 9 2.2 1.1- 4.5
Other 50 45 80.6 59.3-92.2 4 12.3 4.4-29.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.1 1.0-36.0
AGE
18-44 87 60 69.2 56.2-79.8 15 17.1 9.4-29.0 6 6.1 2.5-14.0 6 7.6 2.6-20.4
45+ 333 292 89.2 85.2-92.2 25 7.1 4.7-10.6 12 2.9 1.6- 5.3 4 0.9 0.3- 2.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 158 134 80.6 69.9-88.2 14 10.5 5.3-19.6 7 4.6 1.9-10.7 3 4.3 1.0-16.5
Some College + 264 220 84.3 78.8-88.5 26 10.1 6.7-15.1 11 3.4 1.8- 6.4 7 2.2 0.9- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 217 182 82.8 74.9-88.6 19 11.0 6.2-18.7 10 4.2 1.9- 9.0 6 1.9 0.8- 4.7
$50,000+ 141 116 83.7 76.5-89.0 15 9.5 5.6-15.6 7 4.6 2.2- 9.5 3 2.2 0.7- 7.0

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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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