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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 325 261 76.3 68.8-82.5 40 13.6 9.2-19.7 17 7.6 3.8-14.6 7 2.4 1.0- 5.4
GENDER
Male 106 89 79.0 64.5-88.6 7 7.5 3.3-16.1 6 9.9 3.2-26.8 4 3.6 1.2-10.2
Female 219 172 74.3 65.6-81.4 33 18.3 12.0-27.0 11 5.9 3.2-10.7 3 1.5 0.4- 5.0
RACE
White 226 179 74.9 65.3-82.5 28 12.6 8.2-18.9 13 9.7 4.4-20.0 6 2.8 1.1- 6.7
Other 99 82 79.2 65.4-88.4 12 15.8 7.5-30.3 4 3.5 1.2- 9.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.4
AGE
18-44 73 42 61.6 45.5-75.6 17 20.2 10.9-34.4 11 15.3 6.6-31.7 3 2.8 0.8- 9.4
45+ 250 217 85.8 80.0-90.0 23 9.4 6.1-14.4 6 2.6 1.2- 6.0 4 2.2 0.7- 6.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 114 96 79.7 65.0-89.2 11 14.3 6.2-29.5 4 3.5 1.0-11.4 3 2.5 0.7- 9.2
Some College + 211 165 74.5 65.4-81.9 29 13.3 8.9-19.4 13 9.9 4.5-20.1 4 2.3 0.8- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 154 128 81.0 70.1-88.5 16 13.8 7.2-24.9 5 2.1 0.8- 5.2 5 3.1 1.1- 8.5
$50,000+ 123 94 69.4 56.7-79.7 15 11.8 6.8-19.7 12 16.7 8.0-31.6 2 2.2 0.5- 8.3

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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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