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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,771 2,743 15.4 14.7-16.2 11,206 66.5 65.5-67.5 1,844 11.5 10.9-12.2 101 0.6 0.5- 0.8 877 5.9 5.4- 6.5
-Mecklenburg County 866 172 17.7 14.9-20.8 590 67.9 63.9-71.8 71 9.1 6.9-12.0 3 0.3 0.1- 1.2 30 4.9 3.1- 7.9
GENDER
Male 308 59 16.0 11.9-21.2 207 67.3 60.5-73.4 29 10.6 6.9-15.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 12 5.9 3.0-11.4
Female 558 113 19.2 15.9-23.1 383 68.6 63.9-73.0 42 7.7 5.5-10.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.3 18 3.9 2.1- 7.3
RACE
White 598 130 19.8 16.3-23.9 414 69.5 64.7-73.9 40 7.5 5.2-10.6 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 12 2.8 1.2- 6.3
Other 264 40 13.0 9.2-18.1 174 65.3 57.6-72.4 31 12.4 8.0-18.9 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 18 9.1 5.1-15.6
AGE
18-44 340 57 14.0 10.3-18.8 235 69.6 63.1-75.4 31 9.6 6.3-14.5 3 0.6 0.2- 2.2 14 6.1 3.1-11.6
45+ 517 112 21.6 17.9-25.9 350 66.3 61.5-70.8 40 8.7 6.3-12.1 0 0.0 . - . 15 3.3 1.9- 5.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 223 37 13.0 8.3-20.0 140 60.8 51.3-69.6 27 13.4 8.2-21.1 2 0.8 0.2- 4.0 17 12.0 6.5-21.1
Some College + 641 135 19.6 16.5-23.2 449 71.0 66.9-74.8 43 7.1 5.1- 9.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 13 2.1 1.1- 3.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 353 61 14.4 10.8-19.0 235 66.1 59.2-72.4 37 12.0 7.9-17.6 0 0.0 . - . 20 7.5 4.2-13.1
$50,000+ 381 87 21.6 17.1-26.9 274 73.8 68.3-78.6 17 4.0 2.4- 6.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 2 0.5 0.1- 1.8

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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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