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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Iredell County

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  Total
Respond.^
Past 12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,528 9,149 74.4 73.0-75.9 1,210 13.0 12.0-14.2 775 8.4 7.5- 9.4 394 4.1 3.4- 4.9
-Iredell County 387 321 78.2 71.9-83.4 33 12.0 7.9-17.7 22 7.1 4.4-11.2 11 2.7 1.4- 5.2
GENDER
Male 152 124 75.8 65.0-84.0 14 14.0 7.7-24.2 12 9.5 5.0-17.3 2 0.7 0.2- 3.2
Female 235 197 80.6 73.2-86.4 19 9.9 5.7-16.8 10 4.7 2.4- 9.2 9 4.7 2.3- 9.4
RACE
White 335 279 78.6 71.7-84.1 29 13.1 8.4-19.7 20 6.7 4.1-10.7 7 1.7 0.8- 3.8
Other 51 42 79.6 61.6-90.4 3 2.5 0.8- 7.8 2 9.5 2.4-31.1 4 8.4 2.9-22.3
AGE
18-44 97 60 64.1 51.4-75.1 19 20.6 12.2-32.6 12 11.1 5.9-19.9 6 4.2 1.7- 9.9
45+ 289 260 89.6 84.9-92.9 14 5.0 2.9- 8.6 10 3.9 1.9- 7.7 5 1.5 0.6- 3.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 140 70.6 59.8-79.4 20 19.2 11.4-30.3 10 7.4 3.5-15.0 5 2.9 1.1- 7.1
Some College + 212 181 84.1 77.1-89.2 13 6.5 3.6-11.3 12 6.8 3.6-12.4 6 2.6 1.0- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 182 146 75.3 64.7-83.5 15 12.3 6.4-22.4 14 8.2 4.2-15.2 7 4.2 1.8- 9.3
$50,000+ 141 121 80.9 71.0-88.0 12 12.2 6.5-21.9 5 5.8 2.4-13.2 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8

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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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