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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,134 7,370 76.3 75.0-77.6 1,764 23.7 22.4-25.0
-Durham County 294 249 78.3 70.5-84.5 45 21.7 15.5-29.5
GENDER
Male 113 86 67.8 55.7-77.9 27 32.2 22.1-44.3
Female 181 163 91.1 85.2-94.8 18 8.9 5.2-14.8
RACE
White 163 150 91.3 84.6-95.2 13 8.7 4.8-15.4
Other 128 96 66.4 54.1-76.8 32 33.6 23.2-45.9
AGE
18-44 180 149 75.4 65.2-83.3 31 24.6 16.7-34.8
45+ 113 100 86.1 75.2-92.6 13 13.9 7.4-24.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 70 45 49.9 34.6-65.2 25 50.1 34.8-65.4
Some College + 224 204 91.6 86.6-94.9 20 8.4 5.1-13.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 133 101 65.8 53.5-76.3 32 34.2 23.7-46.5
$50,000+ 140 129 91.8 85.0-95.6 11 8.2 4.4-15.0

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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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