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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 370 307 79.7 72.7-85.4 34 9.1 5.9-13.9 22 6.5 3.7-11.4 7 4.6 1.7-11.8
GENDER
Male 137 116 82.8 73.8-89.1 10 7.3 3.5-14.3 7 5.4 2.5-11.4 4 4.5 1.6-12.3
Female 233 191 77.7 67.1-85.5 24 10.4 6.0-17.5 15 7.3 3.3-15.2 3 4.6 1.0-18.5
RACE
White 321 263 76.6 68.5-83.1 29 9.8 6.1-15.5 22 7.9 4.5-13.7 7 5.6 2.1-14.2
Other 47 42 93.9 84.3-97.8 5 6.1 2.2-15.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 62 43 65.8 48.3-79.8 4 9.2 3.1-24.3 9 11.7 4.8-26.1 6 13.4 4.8-31.8
45+ 303 259 86.4 81.6-90.1 30 9.3 6.3-13.4 13 4.0 2.2- 7.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 108 94 83.0 64.9-92.8 8 5.8 2.7-12.3 5 3.7 1.3-10.1 1 7.5 1.1-37.1
Some College + 262 213 78.5 70.6-84.8 26 10.4 6.3-16.8 17 7.6 3.9-14.2 6 3.5 1.5- 8.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 152 123 74.8 62.1-84.3 18 13.5 7.0-24.5 9 10.0 3.9-23.3 2 1.7 0.4- 7.2
$50,000+ 166 137 79.7 69.1-87.4 13 7.3 3.9-13.3 11 5.0 2.6- 9.3 5 7.9 2.6-21.5

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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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