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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 359 294 81.6 76.2-85.9 33 8.9 6.1-12.8 18 5.4 2.9- 9.7 14 4.1 2.3- 7.3
GENDER
Male 125 97 79.0 69.6-86.1 11 7.1 3.7-13.3 10 8.6 4.0-17.5 7 5.2 2.3-11.6
Female 234 197 83.8 77.7-88.5 22 10.5 6.7-16.2 8 2.5 1.2- 5.4 7 3.1 1.4- 6.8
RACE
White 249 194 76.1 69.0-82.0 29 11.9 8.0-17.3 14 6.7 3.3-12.9 12 5.3 2.8- 9.9
Other 110 100 93.5 88.0-96.6 4 2.4 0.8- 6.7 4 2.6 0.9- 7.0 2 1.5 0.4- 5.7
AGE
18-44 125 96 75.7 65.7-83.5 13 11.0 6.3-18.7 9 7.6 3.2-16.9 7 5.7 2.5-12.5
45+ 231 196 86.4 81.1-90.4 20 7.3 4.5-11.4 8 3.4 1.6- 7.3 7 2.9 1.3- 6.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 128 114 89.8 82.7-94.2 4 2.8 0.9- 8.2 5 4.2 1.6-10.4 5 3.2 1.3- 7.6
Some College + 230 179 77.4 70.2-83.3 29 12.0 8.1-17.5 13 6.0 2.8-12.3 9 4.6 2.2- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 189 149 77.5 69.1-84.1 17 9.6 5.7-15.7 13 8.0 3.8-16.2 10 4.9 2.5- 9.1
$50,000+ 128 106 82.5 73.7-88.8 15 10.5 6.0-17.7 4 3.0 1.1- 7.9 3 4.1 1.2-12.5

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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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