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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,654 927 5.2 4.7- 5.6 980 4.7 4.3- 5.1 1,114 5.2 4.8- 5.6 13,633 85.0 84.3-85.6
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 501 29 5.7 3.5- 9.2 35 5.3 3.6- 7.7 41 6.4 4.4- 9.1 396 82.7 78.4-86.3
GENDER
Male 157 8 6.0 2.4-14.1 12 5.3 2.8- 9.7 11 4.8 2.3- 9.5 126 83.9 75.8-89.6
Female 344 21 5.4 3.3- 8.6 23 5.3 3.3- 8.3 30 7.6 5.0-11.4 270 81.7 76.8-85.8
RACE
White 337 21 5.5 3.4- 8.9 25 5.6 3.5- 8.7 24 5.0 3.1- 8.0 267 83.9 79.1-87.7
Other 164 8 6.0 2.1-16.0 10 4.7 2.4- 9.1 17 9.0 5.0-15.4 129 80.4 71.0-87.3
AGE
18-44 177 4 3.6 1.0-12.0 9 3.3 1.5- 7.1 5 1.9 0.6- 5.4 159 91.2 84.1-95.3
45+ 322 25 7.6 4.8-11.7 26 7.0 4.6-10.6 36 10.4 7.1-15.0 235 74.9 69.1-80.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 266 19 7.6 4.2-13.5 18 4.2 2.4- 7.1 29 8.5 5.5-13.0 200 79.7 73.0-85.0
Some College + 235 10 3.0 1.5- 6.0 17 6.8 4.0-11.2 12 3.4 1.8- 6.6 196 86.8 81.6-90.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 312 20 5.1 3.0- 8.6 24 5.7 3.6- 8.9 30 7.0 4.6-10.6 238 82.1 76.9-86.4
$50,000+ 117 2 1.6 0.4- 6.1 6 4.9 2.0-11.5 2 1.5 0.3- 6.7 107 92.1 85.0-96.0

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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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