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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

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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
-Onslow County 312 256 79.4 73.0-84.6 33 13.2 9.0-19.1 17 5.6 3.2- 9.6 6 1.7 0.7- 4.1
GENDER
Male 106 87 80.8 70.3-88.1 9 9.9 5.0-18.7 6 6.4 2.7-14.6 4 3.0 1.1- 8.2
Female 206 169 78.3 69.8-84.9 24 16.1 10.1-24.6 11 5.0 2.6- 9.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.6
RACE
White 244 197 78.3 70.8-84.3 26 13.7 8.8-20.7 16 6.4 3.6-11.1 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1
Other 66 57 84.1 71.4-91.8 7 11.3 5.2-22.8 1 2.3 0.3-14.3 1 2.4 0.3-15.1
AGE
18-44 133 98 73.2 63.1-81.3 22 17.9 11.3-27.2 10 7.2 3.6-13.8 3 1.8 0.5- 5.7
45+ 177 156 88.4 82.0-92.7 11 6.5 3.4-12.2 7 3.4 1.5- 7.6 3 1.7 0.5- 5.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 109 80.4 70.1-87.8 12 10.0 5.2-18.3 8 7.7 3.5-16.1 2 1.9 0.5- 7.5
Some College + 181 147 78.6 70.1-85.3 21 15.8 9.8-24.4 9 4.0 1.9- 8.2 4 1.6 0.6- 4.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 148 77.8 69.1-84.6 18 13.3 8.1-21.2 11 7.1 3.6-13.8 3 1.8 0.5- 5.7
$50,000+ 98 78 80.7 70.4-87.9 12 11.9 6.2-21.8 6 5.5 2.4-12.2 2 1.9 0.4- 8.0

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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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