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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson 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
-Robeson County 308 257 82.4 76.6-87.0 26 8.1 5.2-12.2 17 6.5 3.7-11.2 8 3.1 1.4- 6.5
GENDER
Male 110 97 89.1 80.9-94.0 3 2.2 0.7- 7.3 5 4.0 1.5-10.3 5 4.7 1.8-11.8
Female 198 160 76.7 68.4-83.4 23 13.0 8.3-19.8 12 8.6 4.3-16.3 3 1.7 0.5- 5.6
RACE
White 113 91 79.1 68.6-86.8 11 11.5 5.7-21.7 8 7.4 3.5-15.0 3 2.1 0.7- 6.3
Other 192 164 83.5 76.0-89.0 14 6.6 3.7-11.3 9 6.3 2.9-13.2 5 3.6 1.5- 8.8
AGE
18-44 75 61 82.9 71.1-90.5 8 7.5 3.3-16.0 4 6.8 2.3-18.3 2 2.9 0.7-11.1
45+ 231 195 82.5 76.2-87.4 17 7.9 4.8-12.9 13 6.3 3.6-11.0 6 3.2 1.4- 7.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 150 79.7 71.1-86.2 14 8.7 4.8-15.0 11 8.3 4.1-16.2 4 3.3 1.2- 9.1
Some College + 128 106 85.9 78.4-91.1 12 7.3 3.9-13.4 6 4.1 1.8- 9.0 4 2.7 0.9- 7.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 178 79.2 71.5-85.2 21 9.1 5.5-14.6 13 7.9 4.1-14.6 6 3.8 1.6- 8.8
$50,000+ 53 46 88.1 76.3-94.4 2 4.4 1.1-16.0 3 4.9 1.5-14.6 2 2.6 0.7-10.1

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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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