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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 503 427 86.6 82.8-89.7 47 8.3 5.9-11.5 24 4.3 2.7- 6.9 5 0.8 0.3- 2.0
GENDER
Male 186 156 88.0 82.1-92.2 19 8.1 4.8-13.4 9 3.3 1.5- 7.1 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3
Female 317 271 85.0 79.8-89.1 28 8.4 5.6-12.6 15 5.5 3.1- 9.7 3 1.0 0.3- 3.4
RACE
White 326 272 85.9 81.0-89.7 37 9.8 6.7-14.1 14 3.5 1.9- 6.4 3 0.8 0.3- 2.6
Other 175 154 88.3 81.3-92.9 9 4.9 2.3-10.1 10 6.1 2.9-12.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9
AGE
18-44 151 125 86.8 79.6-91.8 13 6.9 3.6-13.0 11 5.3 2.6-10.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8
45+ 348 298 86.2 81.7-89.8 34 9.4 6.6-13.3 13 3.7 1.9- 6.8 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 270 229 87.6 82.7-91.2 27 7.9 5.1-12.0 12 4.1 2.2- 7.7 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7
Some College + 233 198 85.4 78.8-90.2 20 8.8 5.2-14.4 12 4.6 2.2- 9.2 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 323 278 86.3 81.1-90.3 29 8.4 5.5-12.7 14 4.7 2.5- 8.7 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
$50,000+ 118 99 87.9 81.0-92.5 12 8.2 4.5-14.5 5 2.3 0.9- 5.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3

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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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