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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Randolph 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
-Randolph County 356 289 80.1 74.4-84.9 35 10.5 7.2-15.2 15 4.0 2.3- 7.1 17 5.3 2.8- 9.7
GENDER
Male 126 103 81.1 71.6-87.9 13 11.9 6.5-20.6 4 2.8 0.8- 9.2 6 4.3 1.7-10.2
Female 230 186 79.3 71.8-85.3 22 9.4 5.8-14.8 11 5.1 2.8- 9.3 11 6.2 2.7-13.7
RACE
White 320 257 79.2 73.0-84.3 32 10.4 6.9-15.4 14 4.3 2.3- 7.7 17 6.1 3.3-11.1
Other 35 31 85.5 65.7-94.8 3 12.0 3.7-32.3 1 2.5 0.3-16.1 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 98 71 73.1 61.4-82.3 11 11.9 6.2-21.5 9 7.5 3.6-14.9 7 7.5 2.8-18.9
45+ 256 216 84.4 78.4-88.9 24 9.8 6.1-15.3 6 1.9 0.8- 4.4 10 4.0 2.1- 7.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 201 167 84.5 77.7-89.5 20 10.0 6.0-16.3 4 1.6 0.5- 4.6 10 3.9 1.8- 8.1
Some College + 154 121 73.8 63.8-81.9 15 11.4 6.3-19.6 11 7.4 3.8-14.1 7 7.3 2.9-17.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 151 79.5 71.5-85.7 16 10.8 6.3-18.0 8 4.7 2.0-10.6 11 5.0 2.6- 9.2
$50,000+ 113 90 77.5 66.5-85.7 10 9.5 4.7-18.3 7 4.9 2.3-10.2 6 8.1 3.0-19.9

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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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