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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 328 257 77.7 71.9-82.6 40 12.3 8.7-17.2 24 7.2 4.6-11.0 7 2.8 1.2- 6.2
GENDER
Male 104 84 79.6 68.9-87.2 10 11.4 5.6-21.7 7 5.9 2.6-12.8 3 3.2 1.0-10.0
Female 224 173 76.6 69.4-82.5 30 12.9 8.7-18.6 17 7.9 4.7-13.1 4 2.6 0.8- 7.7
RACE
White 287 222 76.0 69.6-81.4 38 13.5 9.5-18.8 20 7.2 4.4-11.4 7 3.4 1.5- 7.5
Other 41 35 86.2 68.8-94.7 2 6.6 1.2-28.3 4 7.2 2.5-18.8 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 115 80 70.7 60.9-78.9 18 16.1 9.9-25.0 14 9.6 5.5-16.1 3 3.7 1.2-11.1
45+ 211 176 84.4 78.0-89.2 21 8.6 5.4-13.7 10 5.0 2.4- 9.9 4 2.0 0.7- 5.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 110 91 79.0 67.4-87.2 13 14.7 7.7-26.2 3 2.3 0.7- 7.0 3 4.1 1.3-12.2
Some College + 217 165 77.1 70.1-82.8 27 11.2 7.5-16.6 21 9.5 5.9-14.8 4 2.2 0.7- 6.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 100 82.2 72.2-89.2 11 9.3 4.5-18.5 8 6.4 2.8-13.7 2 2.1 0.5- 8.6
$50,000+ 169 128 76.7 68.8-83.0 23 12.6 8.1-19.0 13 7.0 3.9-12.3 5 3.7 1.4- 9.5

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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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