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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,763 142 10.0 8.2-12.2 581 35.9 33.0-38.8 505 26.7 24.2-29.4 535 27.4 24.9-30.0
-Mecklenburg County 67 4 7.3 2.6-19.0 20 32.0 20.4-46.3 27 41.6 28.2-56.3 16 19.1 11.0-31.2
GENDER
Male 24 1 4.0 0.5-24.0 8 30.6 14.1-54.1 11 52.4 29.6-74.2 4 13.0 4.4-32.8
Female 43 3 9.9 3.0-28.4 12 33.1 18.9-51.3 16 33.1 19.9-49.6 12 23.9 12.7-40.4
RACE
White 44 2 6.3 1.5-22.4 11 27.3 14.6-45.3 20 48.2 31.1-65.8 11 18.2 9.2-32.8
Other 22 2 10.0 2.1-36.4 8 39.2 19.3-63.4 7 28.6 12.9-52.2 5 22.2 8.3-47.5
AGE
18-44 2 1 63.5 9.8-96.5 1 36.5 3.5-90.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 65 3 5.0 1.5-15.5 19 31.8 20.0-46.5 27 43.3 29.5-58.2 16 19.9 11.4-32.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 25 1 1.9 0.2-12.6 7 26.8 11.3-51.1 7 39.4 17.2-67.1 10 31.9 14.8-55.9
Some College + 41 3 10.9 3.6-28.8 12 34.2 19.7-52.3 20 43.7 28.4-60.3 6 11.2 4.7-24.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 32 3 13.7 4.1-36.8 9 30.9 15.6-52.0 8 21.6 10.0-40.6 12 33.8 18.5-53.5
$50,000+ 24 1 4.0 0.6-24.1 8 32.2 15.1-55.9 15 63.7 40.3-82.1 0 0.0 . - .

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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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