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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 378 313 76.5 70.2-81.9 27 9.9 6.2-15.3 25 9.2 5.9-14.1 13 4.4 2.4- 8.0
GENDER
Male 134 111 77.0 65.8-85.3 8 9.5 3.9-21.4 10 9.8 5.1-18.1 5 3.7 1.4- 9.2
Female 244 202 76.2 68.3-82.6 19 10.1 6.3-15.9 15 8.8 4.7-15.7 8 4.9 2.2-10.7
RACE
White 341 281 75.7 68.9-81.5 25 10.2 6.3-16.2 23 10.0 6.3-15.4 12 4.1 2.2- 7.5
Other 36 31 82.0 60.6-93.1 2 7.6 1.8-26.7 2 3.9 0.8-16.8 1 6.5 0.9-34.1
AGE
18-44 69 42 59.8 45.4-72.7 13 19.1 10.1-33.1 8 13.9 6.5-27.0 6 7.3 2.9-16.9
45+ 306 268 84.8 79.3-89.0 14 5.3 3.0- 9.2 17 7.0 4.3-11.2 7 3.0 1.3- 6.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 148 77.8 68.8-84.7 13 8.8 4.8-15.5 11 9.0 4.8-16.4 5 4.4 1.5-11.9
Some College + 201 165 75.6 66.3-83.0 14 10.7 5.6-19.4 14 9.4 5.0-16.8 8 4.4 2.0- 9.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 187 162 81.6 72.4-88.2 9 5.9 2.9-11.7 10 8.1 3.7-16.9 6 4.4 1.7-10.9
$50,000+ 123 91 70.3 59.2-79.5 16 15.7 8.5-27.2 13 11.7 6.7-19.9 3 2.2 0.7- 6.9

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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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