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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 434 331 70.6 63.5-76.8 46 12.3 8.6-17.4 31 10.7 6.4-17.3 23 5.7 3.0-10.5 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5
GENDER
Male 156 114 63.1 50.7-74.0 15 12.9 7.0-22.6 14 14.3 6.6-28.2 11 8.4 3.4-19.3 2 1.3 0.3- 5.8
Female 278 217 76.5 69.2-82.4 31 11.9 7.7-17.9 17 7.8 4.4-13.4 12 3.6 1.9- 6.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
RACE
White 381 291 72.9 66.6-78.5 43 14.0 9.6-19.9 25 7.9 5.2-12.0 19 4.3 2.6- 7.0 3 0.9 0.2- 3.1
Other 51 38 60.4 37.7-79.3 3 5.6 1.4-19.2 6 22.2 7.5-50.0 4 11.9 3.0-37.3 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 104 66 61.2 48.1-72.8 18 16.7 9.7-27.1 11 14.0 6.4-27.9 7 7.0 2.5-18.2 2 1.2 0.3- 5.5
45+ 327 262 78.5 72.9-83.3 28 8.6 5.7-12.8 20 7.9 4.9-12.5 16 4.7 2.8- 8.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 216 157 64.6 53.6-74.3 28 12.9 8.1-19.9 16 13.9 6.7-26.3 14 8.3 3.7-17.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3
Some College + 218 174 76.8 68.3-83.5 18 11.7 6.5-20.2 15 7.4 4.4-12.2 9 3.0 1.4- 6.5 2 1.1 0.2- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 165 72.5 63.8-79.8 26 12.9 7.9-20.4 14 9.3 5.1-16.5 13 4.7 2.5- 8.6 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4
$50,000+ 129 96 69.7 58.8-78.7 16 16.6 9.3-28.0 12 9.6 5.4-16.6 4 2.7 1.0- 7.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1

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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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