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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,654 927 5.2 4.7- 5.6 980 4.7 4.3- 5.1 1,114 5.2 4.8- 5.6 13,633 85.0 84.3-85.6
-New Hanover County 435 23 5.3 3.2- 8.8 29 6.6 4.2-10.2 15 2.7 1.5- 4.6 368 85.4 80.8-89.0
GENDER
Male 155 10 6.2 3.0-12.5 5 3.8 1.4-10.4 8 3.6 1.7- 7.4 132 86.4 78.8-91.5
Female 280 13 4.5 2.2- 9.1 24 9.3 5.7-14.6 7 1.8 0.8- 4.0 236 84.5 78.4-89.1
RACE
White 370 20 5.8 3.4-10.0 21 5.0 2.9- 8.4 12 2.6 1.4- 4.8 317 86.6 81.7-90.3
Other 65 3 3.0 0.7-11.0 8 14.2 6.4-28.9 3 3.0 0.9-10.0 51 79.8 65.5-89.1
AGE
18-44 143 4 4.6 1.6-12.7 5 3.2 1.0- 9.8 4 1.9 0.6- 5.4 130 90.3 82.1-95.0
45+ 290 19 6.0 3.7- 9.7 24 9.6 6.0-15.0 11 3.4 1.8- 6.3 236 81.0 75.1-85.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 8 3.7 1.7- 7.9 19 13.8 8.0-22.9 9 4.8 2.3- 9.6 105 77.7 68.3-84.8
Some College + 294 15 6.2 3.3-11.6 10 2.5 1.3- 4.7 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3 263 89.9 84.6-93.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 212 12 7.4 3.7-14.4 18 7.7 4.4-13.1 13 4.6 2.5- 8.2 169 80.3 72.8-86.1
$50,000+ 159 7 3.5 1.5- 7.9 7 4.6 1.9-10.6 0 0.0 . - . 145 91.9 85.6-95.6

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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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