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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 371 301 80.1 75.0-84.4 44 12.7 9.2-17.2 15 3.7 2.2- 6.3 11 3.5 1.8- 6.7
GENDER
Male 141 116 81.3 73.0-87.4 16 11.7 7.0-19.1 5 3.1 1.3- 7.3 4 3.9 1.4-10.1
Female 230 185 78.9 72.2-84.3 28 13.7 9.3-19.7 10 4.3 2.2- 8.3 7 3.1 1.4- 6.8
RACE
White 337 272 80.1 74.8-84.6 40 12.7 9.1-17.5 15 4.1 2.4- 6.9 10 3.1 1.6- 5.9
Other 34 29 79.7 57.7-91.9 4 12.8 4.6-30.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.4 1.1-37.2
AGE
18-44 102 72 74.5 64.5-82.4 18 16.9 10.4-26.2 6 3.1 1.3- 7.1 6 5.5 2.3-12.7
45+ 267 228 84.1 78.4-88.5 25 9.6 6.4-14.3 9 4.1 2.1- 8.1 5 2.1 0.8- 5.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 218 185 84.7 78.4-89.5 21 9.5 6.0-14.7 7 3.0 1.3- 6.7 5 2.8 1.0- 8.0
Some College + 152 115 74.1 65.3-81.2 23 16.9 11.0-25.2 8 4.6 2.2- 9.3 6 4.4 1.9- 9.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 180 83.9 76.7-89.3 15 9.0 5.1-15.5 6 1.8 0.8- 4.1 8 5.3 2.4-11.0
$50,000+ 104 77 75.8 66.0-83.4 19 17.0 10.6-26.1 7 6.5 3.0-13.2 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1

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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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