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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston 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
-Johnston County 311 241 70.8 63.0-77.6 38 16.9 11.0-24.9 23 9.4 6.0-14.3 9 2.9 1.4- 6.0
GENDER
Male 105 70 61.3 50.1-71.4 18 19.0 11.8-29.2 11 14.1 7.7-24.3 6 5.6 2.4-12.5
Female 206 171 77.2 65.6-85.7 20 15.4 7.8-28.2 12 6.3 3.4-11.3 3 1.2 0.3- 4.9
RACE
White 257 197 72.0 64.8-78.2 32 15.0 10.3-21.3 20 9.4 5.9-14.7 8 3.6 1.7- 7.5
Other 54 44 66.6 42.1-84.6 6 23.6 7.8-52.9 3 9.2 2.9-25.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.9
AGE
18-44 98 59 58.7 45.8-70.5 21 22.5 12.5-37.1 14 14.8 8.6-24.5 4 4.0 1.5-10.3
45+ 211 181 82.2 74.2-88.1 17 12.0 6.9-19.9 9 4.5 2.3- 8.9 4 1.3 0.4- 4.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 148 121 74.7 64.1-83.0 15 13.5 7.6-22.9 8 9.5 4.6-18.5 4 2.3 0.7- 7.2
Some College + 162 120 68.0 56.6-77.6 22 19.3 10.8-32.1 15 9.3 5.4-15.7 5 3.4 1.3- 8.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 135 106 72.2 60.8-81.3 14 13.6 7.2-24.3 10 10.6 5.4-20.0 5 3.5 1.2-10.0
$50,000+ 141 106 68.2 56.3-78.1 20 20.1 11.3-33.4 11 8.5 4.6-15.4 4 3.1 1.2- 8.1

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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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