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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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  Total
Respond.^
Doctor Worksite School Media Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 919 119 12.4 10.0-15.3 71 8.1 6.0-10.8 14 2.9 1.4- 5.9 523 51.9 47.4-56.3 192 24.7 20.7-29.1
-Mecklenburg County 31 6 15.8 6.1-35.2 2 7.5 1.8-26.7 0 0.0 . - . 18 49.7 26.8-72.7 5 27.1 8.9-58.6
GENDER
Male 14 3 14.6 4.1-40.4 1 6.1 0.8-34.1 0 0.0 . - . 7 45.0 18.5-74.7 3 34.4 10.4-70.2
Female 17 3 19.0 5.1-50.5 1 11.2 1.6-49.5 0 0.0 . - . 11 62.5 34.3-84.3 2 7.2 1.7-26.1
RACE
White 20 2 7.1 1.3-30.0 1 6.7 0.9-36.0 0 0.0 . - . 13 47.4 21.5-74.8 4 38.9 13.4-72.3
Other 11 4 33.3 9.3-70.9 1 9.1 1.1-46.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 54.4 18.8-85.9 1 3.2 0.4-22.2
AGE
18-44 10 1 6.0 0.8-35.1 1 8.4 1.1-43.9 0 0.0 . - . 6 55.2 19.1-86.5 2 30.4 5.5-76.6
45+ 21 5 26.8 9.9-54.8 1 6.4 0.9-34.6 0 0.0 . - . 12 43.5 21.3-68.7 3 23.3 6.0-59.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 13 2 7.7 1.3-34.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 51.1 13.5-87.5 3 41.1 8.4-84.2
Some College + 17 3 14.7 4.2-40.5 2 13.8 3.4-42.6 0 0.0 . - . 10 52.8 27.4-76.9 2 18.6 4.1-54.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 17 5 24.0 8.1-53.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 10 68.7 39.7-88.0 2 7.3 1.5-28.8
$50,000+ 9 0 0.0 . - . 2 18.1 3.7-56.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 26.6 7.1-63.3 2 55.2 18.6-86.9

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking daily or occasionally.

^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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