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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson 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
-Robeson County 330 288 87.4 82.6-91.1 17 4.8 2.8- 8.1 12 4.0 2.2- 7.2 13 3.8 1.9- 7.5
GENDER
Male 111 98 88.3 79.8-93.5 3 2.8 0.8- 9.3 7 5.3 2.4-11.0 3 3.6 1.0-11.8
Female 219 190 86.6 80.6-90.9 14 6.8 3.9-11.4 5 2.7 1.0- 7.1 10 3.9 1.9- 8.0
RACE
White 147 122 81.4 72.8-87.7 9 6.9 3.3-13.9 5 4.8 1.9-11.4 11 7.0 3.5-13.2
Other 182 166 92.7 87.8-95.7 8 3.6 1.7- 7.4 7 3.5 1.6- 7.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
AGE
18-44 98 79 85.5 76.9-91.2 5 3.0 1.2- 7.4 8 6.6 3.0-13.8 6 4.9 2.0-11.4
45+ 229 207 89.0 82.7-93.3 11 5.4 2.8-10.2 4 2.4 0.9- 6.4 7 3.1 1.0- 9.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 187 171 92.5 87.2-95.8 9 4.9 2.3-10.1 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8 5 1.3 0.5- 3.4
Some College + 142 116 80.4 71.3-87.1 8 4.7 2.2- 9.4 10 7.8 4.0-14.6 8 7.2 3.1-15.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 244 211 85.9 79.7-90.4 12 4.8 2.5- 8.9 12 5.4 3.0- 9.7 9 3.9 1.6- 8.9
$50,000+ 45 40 92.1 80.8-97.0 2 3.1 0.7-11.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.9 1.3-16.1

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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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