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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 364 277 72.5 66.3-78.0 42 12.4 8.7-17.2 19 6.7 3.9-11.5 25 7.5 4.9-11.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0
GENDER
Male 137 95 65.0 54.6-74.1 20 12.7 7.7-20.1 12 12.9 6.8-23.1 9 7.3 3.6-14.5 1 2.1 0.3-13.2
Female 227 182 78.1 70.5-84.2 22 12.2 7.5-19.2 7 2.2 1.0- 4.8 16 7.6 4.4-12.7 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 290 224 74.4 67.9-79.9 33 12.4 8.5-17.6 15 5.8 3.3-10.0 18 7.5 4.5-12.1 0 0.0 . - .
Other 70 50 68.5 53.5-80.4 9 12.9 6.0-25.7 3 7.8 2.2-23.7 7 7.8 3.3-17.2 1 2.9 0.4-18.2
AGE
18-44 98 62 65.1 53.5-75.1 18 15.4 9.1-24.8 7 8.4 3.5-18.7 10 9.2 4.8-17.0 1 1.9 0.3-12.5
45+ 261 211 78.7 72.3-83.9 24 10.1 6.4-15.4 11 5.1 2.7- 9.4 15 6.2 3.6-10.4 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 66 77.2 63.0-87.0 8 10.2 4.0-23.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 8 11.9 5.5-23.9 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 279 209 70.9 63.8-77.1 34 13.1 9.1-18.7 18 8.6 4.9-14.6 17 6.2 3.7-10.2 1 1.2 0.2- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 104 74 63.0 50.2-74.3 10 9.5 4.8-18.1 7 12.0 4.9-26.4 12 12.4 6.5-22.4 1 3.0 0.4-18.3
$50,000+ 204 160 76.4 69.1-82.5 24 12.7 8.2-18.9 8 4.5 2.2- 9.0 12 6.4 3.5-11.5 0 0.0 . - .

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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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