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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 407 346 84.6 79.8-88.4 31 8.4 5.5-12.5 21 4.8 2.9- 7.6 9 2.3 1.1- 4.7
GENDER
Male 125 100 81.8 72.4-88.6 12 10.5 5.3-19.6 10 5.8 2.8-11.5 3 1.9 0.5- 7.3
Female 282 246 86.5 81.3-90.4 19 6.9 4.3-10.9 11 4.0 2.1- 7.6 6 2.5 1.1- 6.0
RACE
White 279 232 83.2 77.4-87.7 18 7.0 4.2-11.7 20 6.5 4.0-10.5 9 3.3 1.5- 6.7
Other 127 113 87.7 77.7-93.6 13 11.6 5.9-21.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 116 84 76.1 66.2-83.9 15 11.4 6.2-20.2 13 9.0 4.9-16.0 4 3.4 1.2- 9.6
45+ 287 259 90.0 85.0-93.4 15 6.2 3.4-11.0 8 2.2 1.0- 4.6 5 1.6 0.6- 4.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 180 88.0 80.7-92.7 14 8.6 4.5-15.7 4 1.2 0.4- 3.6 4 2.2 0.8- 6.5
Some College + 204 165 80.7 73.9-86.1 17 8.2 4.9-13.3 17 8.8 5.2-14.4 5 2.3 0.9- 6.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 248 212 85.4 79.6-89.8 19 8.1 4.9-13.1 14 5.6 3.2- 9.9 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9
$50,000+ 107 86 79.1 68.2-87.0 10 10.9 5.1-21.8 6 4.4 1.8-10.4 5 5.6 2.2-13.5

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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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