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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,453 11,733 71.0 69.9-72.1 1,796 13.5 12.7-14.3 930 7.5 6.8- 8.2 856 6.5 5.9- 7.1 138 1.5 1.2- 1.9
-Northeast Partnership I 433 373 85.1 80.4-88.7 31 8.2 5.4-12.1 15 3.6 2.1- 6.4 12 2.7 1.4- 4.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.6
GENDER
Male 152 129 85.8 78.3-91.0 11 6.2 3.3-11.5 6 4.2 1.7- 9.9 5 2.9 1.1- 7.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3
Female 281 244 84.5 78.2-89.2 20 9.7 5.8-15.9 9 3.2 1.6- 6.3 7 2.5 1.1- 5.3 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0
RACE
White 209 175 82.5 75.7-87.7 18 10.5 6.5-16.7 7 3.2 1.5- 6.9 8 3.6 1.6- 7.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
Other 222 196 87.0 80.3-91.7 13 6.3 3.1-12.2 8 4.0 1.8- 8.6 4 1.9 0.7- 5.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2
AGE
18-44 105 85 83.7 74.2-90.2 13 11.4 6.1-20.6 4 3.0 1.1- 8.1 3 1.9 0.6- 5.9 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 323 284 85.9 80.6-89.9 18 6.1 3.8- 9.9 11 4.1 2.1- 7.9 9 3.2 1.5- 6.6 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 255 218 83.3 76.6-88.4 21 9.5 5.7-15.3 8 3.8 1.7- 8.0 7 2.8 1.2- 6.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6
Some College + 175 152 87.7 81.4-92.1 10 6.1 3.1-11.6 7 3.5 1.6- 7.5 5 2.5 1.0- 6.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 241 82.9 76.5-87.8 22 9.8 6.0-15.4 9 4.0 1.9- 8.2 7 2.5 1.1- 5.6 2 0.8 0.2- 4.2
$50,000+ 77 66 88.7 79.6-94.1 4 4.4 1.5-12.4 4 3.9 1.4-10.8 3 2.9 0.8- 9.7 0 0.0 . - .

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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, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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