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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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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 II 497 389 72.6 66.2-78.2 43 11.2 7.2-17.1 23 4.8 2.9- 7.7 34 8.7 5.5-13.5 8 2.6 1.0- 6.5
GENDER
Male 176 133 63.8 53.0-73.4 16 15.1 8.0-26.7 7 4.4 1.9-10.1 17 12.8 7.1-22.1 3 3.8 1.1-12.4
Female 321 256 81.2 76.0-85.5 27 7.4 5.0-11.0 16 5.2 3.0- 8.7 17 4.7 2.7- 8.1 5 1.4 0.6- 3.6
RACE
White 330 254 73.3 65.9-79.6 27 10.2 5.9-17.0 14 4.2 2.2- 8.0 30 10.5 6.6-16.4 5 1.7 0.6- 4.7
Other 165 133 71.3 58.8-81.1 16 13.0 6.1-25.6 9 5.8 2.8-11.7 4 5.8 1.8-17.6 3 4.1 1.0-15.5
AGE
18-44 127 86 61.3 49.5-71.9 14 15.8 8.1-28.6 9 5.3 2.5-11.0 14 13.6 7.3-23.9 4 3.9 1.1-13.2
45+ 368 302 81.8 76.8-86.0 29 7.5 5.1-11.0 14 4.4 2.3- 8.1 19 4.6 2.7- 7.8 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 278 209 69.6 60.8-77.2 26 10.8 5.8-19.3 11 4.7 2.2- 9.5 27 11.3 6.9-18.1 5 3.6 1.2-10.7
Some College + 219 180 76.7 67.0-84.2 17 11.8 6.2-21.3 12 5.0 2.7- 9.0 7 5.2 1.8-14.1 3 1.3 0.4- 4.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 293 224 68.9 60.1-76.5 29 13.9 8.2-22.6 13 4.7 2.3- 9.1 22 10.9 6.2-18.4 5 1.7 0.6- 4.5
$50,000+ 129 107 80.6 69.6-88.3 9 9.3 3.6-21.8 8 6.0 2.9-11.8 5 4.1 1.6-10.1 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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