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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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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 15,611 11,931 72.0 70.8-73.1 1,711 12.9 12.1-13.8 945 7.4 6.8- 8.2 902 6.6 5.9- 7.4 122 1.0 0.8- 1.3
-New Hanover County 369 293 72.8 64.4-79.9 36 12.1 7.4-19.3 24 10.9 5.9-19.3 14 3.7 2.0- 6.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5
GENDER
Male 145 103 62.8 49.5-74.4 15 15.9 8.0-29.2 18 17.3 8.5-31.8 8 3.7 1.6- 8.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1
Female 224 190 83.7 76.8-88.8 21 8.0 4.9-12.9 6 4.1 1.6- 9.9 6 3.7 1.5- 8.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2
RACE
White 318 253 74.9 66.4-81.8 32 10.3 6.7-15.6 20 10.4 5.1-20.1 12 4.1 2.1- 7.8 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9
Other 48 37 63.3 38.6-82.5 4 20.3 5.7-51.7 4 13.2 3.9-36.7 2 2.3 0.5-10.1 1 0.8 0.1- 6.0
AGE
18-44 82 61 69.2 54.2-81.1 11 16.7 7.5-33.1 6 9.7 4.0-22.0 4 4.3 1.5-12.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 285 230 75.1 65.1-83.1 25 9.0 5.7-14.0 18 11.8 5.2-24.6 10 3.4 1.7- 6.5 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 104 82 66.2 48.4-80.4 8 16.3 5.7-38.6 8 12.7 5.2-27.8 6 4.7 1.7-12.3 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 264 210 75.4 66.0-82.9 28 10.5 6.6-16.3 16 10.2 4.5-21.4 8 3.3 1.5- 7.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 124 68.6 55.0-79.5 16 15.0 6.6-30.6 11 11.1 5.3-21.8 8 5.0 2.2-10.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6
$50,000+ 161 130 79.7 71.3-86.2 17 10.9 6.4-18.0 10 6.7 3.2-13.2 3 2.2 0.5- 8.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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