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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 410 332 73.1 64.7-80.1 42 13.4 8.6-20.3 17 5.9 2.8-12.0 17 7.4 3.5-14.7 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1
GENDER
Male 161 124 66.1 53.4-76.8 18 16.9 9.3-28.8 9 8.2 3.2-19.2 9 8.7 3.5-19.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
Female 249 208 79.8 68.4-87.8 24 10.0 5.1-18.4 8 3.8 1.1-12.1 8 6.1 1.8-19.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
RACE
White 349 281 70.8 61.4-78.8 39 15.2 9.6-23.3 14 6.3 2.8-13.7 13 7.3 3.1-16.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4
Other 59 49 83.4 67.1-92.5 3 4.6 1.1-16.8 3 4.3 1.0-16.6 4 7.8 2.2-24.3 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 87 60 61.0 46.1-74.1 12 16.6 8.4-30.1 7 9.9 3.9-22.7 8 12.6 5.2-27.4 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 317 266 83.7 77.2-88.6 30 10.6 6.3-17.3 10 2.4 1.2- 4.8 9 2.7 1.3- 5.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 128 101 71.9 55.7-83.9 13 12.7 5.4-27.1 6 3.2 1.0- 9.1 8 12.2 4.3-30.0 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 282 231 73.6 63.6-81.6 29 13.7 8.1-22.2 11 7.3 3.1-16.2 9 5.0 1.8-13.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 131 71.4 58.1-81.8 23 10.0 5.8-16.8 8 6.4 2.2-17.5 10 12.2 4.8-27.7 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 175 147 75.0 62.4-84.5 13 13.1 6.2-25.5 9 8.7 3.3-21.2 5 2.8 1.0- 7.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9

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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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