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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,654 927 5.2 4.7- 5.6 980 4.7 4.3- 5.1 1,114 5.2 4.8- 5.6 13,633 85.0 84.3-85.6
-Robeson County 433 22 3.7 2.3- 6.0 33 6.9 4.6-10.0 60 9.8 7.3-12.9 318 79.6 75.2-83.5
GENDER
Male 147 11 4.5 2.3- 8.8 12 5.9 3.1-10.7 14 6.0 3.3-10.5 110 83.6 76.9-88.7
Female 286 11 2.9 1.5- 5.4 21 7.9 4.8-12.6 46 13.7 10.0-18.5 208 75.5 69.5-80.7
RACE
White 176 11 4.9 2.6- 9.2 12 7.5 4.0-13.6 27 10.4 6.8-15.5 126 77.3 69.8-83.3
Other 256 11 3.1 1.5- 6.3 21 6.6 4.0-10.7 33 9.5 6.5-13.8 191 80.7 74.9-85.5
AGE
18-44 182 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 8 4.2 1.9- 9.0 15 5.1 2.9- 8.8 157 90.1 84.8-93.7
45+ 248 20 7.7 4.6-12.5 25 10.3 6.7-15.4 44 15.1 10.9-20.7 159 66.9 59.8-73.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 249 16 3.9 2.3- 6.4 20 6.7 4.1-10.8 42 12.2 8.6-17.0 171 77.3 71.2-82.4
Some College + 183 6 3.6 1.4- 8.8 13 7.1 3.8-13.0 18 6.5 3.8-10.7 146 82.8 75.7-88.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 321 14 3.4 1.8- 6.1 27 7.4 4.8-11.1 54 12.0 8.9-16.0 226 77.3 71.9-81.9
$50,000+ 58 3 5.2 1.6-15.6 3 8.0 2.3-24.4 2 2.8 0.7-10.5 50 84.0 69.3-92.4

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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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