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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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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
-Northeast Partnership II 406 336 82.8 78.2-86.7 36 9.0 6.2-12.8 24 5.3 3.4- 8.2 10 2.9 1.5- 5.7
GENDER
Male 126 107 82.8 73.8-89.1 7 7.7 3.6-15.7 6 4.3 1.8-10.0 6 5.3 2.3-11.7
Female 280 229 82.9 77.6-87.1 29 10.0 6.8-14.4 18 6.0 3.6- 9.8 4 1.2 0.4- 3.3
RACE
White 268 215 80.5 74.6-85.2 25 8.3 5.4-12.3 21 7.6 4.7-12.0 7 3.7 1.7- 8.0
Other 137 120 86.2 77.6-91.8 11 10.2 5.3-18.6 3 1.8 0.5- 6.2 3 1.8 0.5- 6.8
AGE
18-44 89 69 80.3 69.8-87.8 10 10.4 5.1-20.1 7 6.4 2.8-13.8 3 2.9 0.8- 9.5
45+ 315 266 84.0 78.8-88.2 25 8.2 5.3-12.5 17 4.8 2.8- 8.1 7 3.0 1.3- 6.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 211 175 81.5 74.6-86.9 20 9.9 6.1-15.6 9 4.4 2.1- 8.8 7 4.2 1.8- 9.4
Some College + 195 161 84.3 77.6-89.2 16 8.0 4.4-14.0 15 6.2 3.5-10.8 3 1.5 0.5- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 241 211 87.7 82.2-91.7 15 5.6 3.2- 9.5 9 2.9 1.4- 5.9 6 3.8 1.7- 8.6
$50,000+ 105 78 74.8 64.3-83.1 13 13.1 7.1-22.8 12 10.5 5.6-18.7 2 1.5 0.3- 6.7

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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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