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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 332 277 77.3 70.7-82.7 29 11.7 7.7-17.5 18 7.4 4.5-12.0 8 3.6 1.7- 7.8
GENDER
Male 113 88 75.4 64.7-83.7 10 10.5 5.0-20.8 10 8.4 4.4-15.5 5 5.7 2.2-14.0
Female 219 189 79.0 70.6-85.5 19 12.9 7.8-20.4 8 6.4 2.9-13.8 3 1.7 0.5- 5.5
RACE
White 237 192 72.4 64.3-79.3 22 13.7 8.6-21.1 16 9.3 5.5-15.3 7 4.6 2.0-10.1
Other 94 84 91.7 84.1-95.8 7 5.9 2.6-12.8 2 1.7 0.4- 7.8 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0
AGE
18-44 97 69 63.7 51.2-74.5 14 17.5 9.6-29.9 8 10.9 5.2-21.3 6 7.9 3.3-17.8
45+ 234 207 86.1 79.9-90.6 15 7.9 4.6-13.4 10 5.1 2.7- 9.6 2 0.8 0.2- 3.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 173 154 83.7 74.0-90.3 9 7.5 3.1-17.0 6 5.9 2.5-13.4 4 2.9 1.0- 8.1
Some College + 159 123 70.4 60.8-78.5 20 16.2 10.1-24.8 12 8.9 4.8-16.0 4 4.5 1.5-12.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 173 150 80.4 71.1-87.2 11 8.2 4.2-15.5 9 8.8 4.3-17.2 3 2.6 0.8- 8.2
$50,000+ 105 78 71.0 59.1-80.5 16 18.9 10.7-31.2 7 6.6 3.1-13.6 4 3.5 1.2- 9.5

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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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