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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,134 7,370 76.3 75.0-77.6 1,764 23.7 22.4-25.0
-Onslow County 221 169 68.5 59.5-76.3 52 31.5 23.7-40.5
GENDER
Male 93 49 49.8 36.6-63.0 44 50.2 37.0-63.4
Female 128 120 95.8 91.3-98.0 8 4.2 2.0- 8.7
RACE
White 179 134 66.8 56.6-75.6 45 33.2 24.4-43.4
Other 42 35 76.4 56.2-89.2 7 23.6 10.8-43.8
AGE
18-44 140 101 64.8 53.7-74.4 39 35.2 25.6-46.3
45+ 81 68 81.3 68.7-89.6 13 18.7 10.4-31.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 61 68.7 53.9-80.4 22 31.3 19.6-46.1
Some College + 138 108 68.4 56.8-78.1 30 31.6 21.9-43.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 88 58.5 46.4-69.7 33 41.5 30.3-53.6
$50,000+ 84 68 79.2 67.3-87.6 16 20.8 12.4-32.7

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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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