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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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 13,066 9,950 70.8 69.3-72.3 1,443 12.7 11.7-13.9 809 7.6 6.8- 8.5 767 7.6 6.7- 8.7 97 1.2 0.8- 1.9
-Mecklenburg County 609 439 66.7 61.2-71.7 78 17.8 13.7-22.9 43 6.7 4.6- 9.7 42 7.4 5.0-10.8 7 1.4 0.6- 3.4
GENDER
Male 229 159 60.3 51.8-68.2 32 20.6 14.1-29.1 15 7.4 4.0-13.2 20 9.7 5.7-16.3 3 2.0 0.6- 6.6
Female 380 280 72.4 65.8-78.2 46 15.3 10.6-21.5 28 6.1 3.9- 9.2 22 5.3 3.2- 8.7 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5
RACE
White 423 305 68.0 62.0-73.6 50 16.0 11.7-21.5 31 7.1 4.5-11.1 33 8.0 5.4-11.9 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3
Other 175 126 63.6 53.0-72.9 26 20.7 13.1-31.3 12 6.5 3.4-12.2 8 6.8 3.0-14.8 3 2.4 0.7- 8.0
AGE
18-44 190 116 59.5 50.4-67.9 37 23.8 16.7-32.6 16 6.4 3.4-11.6 18 8.6 4.9-14.7 3 1.8 0.5- 6.0
45+ 412 318 74.2 68.6-79.1 40 11.5 8.1-16.1 26 7.0 4.5-10.8 24 6.3 3.8-10.2 4 1.0 0.3- 2.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 146 96 52.2 40.5-63.7 26 30.2 19.7-43.3 12 7.9 3.7-16.2 11 9.4 4.1-20.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6
Some College + 460 341 72.0 66.5-76.9 52 13.3 9.8-17.9 31 6.3 4.1- 9.5 30 6.6 4.3- 9.9 6 1.9 0.7- 4.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 228 161 63.6 53.7-72.4 31 20.2 13.2-29.8 20 9.1 5.1-15.8 15 5.6 2.9-10.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4
$50,000+ 283 211 69.3 61.9-75.8 34 17.0 11.5-24.4 18 6.4 3.7-10.9 16 6.0 3.4-10.4 4 1.3 0.4- 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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