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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 364 268 68.3 60.2-75.3 51 15.4 9.9-23.0 25 9.6 5.5-16.2 13 3.5 1.7- 7.0 7 3.2 1.3- 7.5
GENDER
Male 117 86 69.9 57.7-79.8 13 10.4 5.3-19.2 9 8.6 3.4-20.4 5 5.3 1.8-14.5 4 5.9 1.9-16.5
Female 247 182 67.2 56.4-76.5 38 18.7 10.9-30.2 16 10.3 5.1-19.6 8 2.4 1.2- 4.8 3 1.5 0.4- 4.9
RACE
White 314 232 70.1 61.6-77.4 48 18.3 11.8-27.5 19 6.2 3.6-10.3 12 4.3 2.1- 8.6 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5
Other 49 35 59.6 39.5-77.0 3 4.0 1.0-14.5 6 23.9 9.4-48.9 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 4 11.8 3.8-30.9
AGE
18-44 143 97 61.3 49.3-72.0 23 18.3 9.9-31.2 11 11.2 5.1-22.8 6 4.1 1.5-10.6 6 5.2 2.1-12.7
45+ 218 169 77.7 70.5-83.5 27 11.3 7.4-16.9 14 7.6 4.2-13.4 7 2.9 1.3- 6.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 102 73.4 62.1-82.3 13 8.6 4.5-15.7 6 4.5 1.8-10.8 5 5.3 1.7-15.5 6 8.2 3.2-19.3
Some College + 231 165 65.4 54.7-74.7 38 19.1 11.4-30.1 19 12.4 6.6-22.2 8 2.6 1.2- 5.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 142 99 65.0 53.9-74.7 21 14.2 8.6-22.4 9 6.6 3.0-13.9 9 7.3 3.0-16.7 4 6.8 2.3-19.0
$50,000+ 178 134 70.7 58.6-80.4 24 16.4 8.3-29.9 15 10.1 5.1-18.8 3 1.6 0.5- 5.2 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0

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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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