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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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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
-Durham County 364 292 79.6 74.4-84.0 42 11.6 8.3-15.8 23 7.0 4.5-10.7 7 1.8 0.8- 4.1
GENDER
Male 117 93 80.4 71.4-87.0 15 11.4 6.6-18.9 8 7.3 3.5-14.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4
Female 247 199 79.0 72.6-84.2 27 11.7 7.8-17.3 15 6.8 4.1-11.2 6 2.5 1.0- 6.1
RACE
White 225 170 74.3 67.3-80.2 29 12.6 8.6-18.1 20 10.3 6.5-16.0 6 2.8 1.1- 6.7
Other 136 119 86.4 78.1-91.9 13 10.3 5.6-18.1 3 2.7 0.8- 8.5 1 0.6 0.1- 3.8
AGE
18-44 151 104 69.9 61.4-77.2 27 16.5 11.2-23.5 15 10.7 6.3-17.5 5 3.0 1.1- 7.7
45+ 212 187 88.8 82.7-92.9 15 7.0 3.7-12.7 8 3.6 1.7- 7.2 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 89 84 94.1 83.9-98.0 5 5.9 2.0-16.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 275 208 74.8 68.5-80.2 37 13.4 9.5-18.6 23 9.4 6.1-14.2 7 2.4 1.0- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 137 84.9 78.0-89.8 16 8.0 4.6-13.6 8 4.5 2.2- 9.0 4 2.6 0.9- 7.4
$50,000+ 158 122 74.3 65.7-81.3 20 14.1 8.9-21.6 14 10.5 6.0-17.6 2 1.2 0.2- 5.6

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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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