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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,510 2,649 19.5 18.5-20.5 12,861 80.5 79.5-81.5
-Union County 404 71 18.5 14.2-23.6 333 81.5 76.4-85.8
GENDER
Male 149 54 29.7 21.8-39.1 95 70.3 60.9-78.2
Female 255 17 6.4 3.7-11.1 238 93.6 88.9-96.3
RACE
White 339 59 19.6 14.9-25.3 280 80.4 74.7-85.1
Other 62 12 15.5 7.5-29.1 50 84.5 70.9-92.5
AGE
18-44 132 28 18.1 12.0-26.3 104 81.9 73.7-88.0
45+ 267 43 19.2 13.9-25.9 224 80.8 74.1-86.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 35 20.8 13.7-30.2 108 79.2 69.8-86.3
Some College + 260 36 17.1 12.1-23.7 224 82.9 76.3-87.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 28 13.7 8.6-21.1 133 86.3 78.9-91.4
$50,000+ 180 36 25.4 18.6-33.8 144 74.6 66.2-81.4

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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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