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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 548 412 70.4 65.0-75.2 80 17.1 13.0-22.1 44 10.1 7.3-13.8 12 2.5 1.3- 4.6
GENDER
Male 202 149 68.5 59.5-76.3 26 15.6 9.6-24.3 22 13.3 8.5-20.3 5 2.6 1.0- 6.4
Female 346 263 72.0 65.6-77.7 54 18.4 13.5-24.7 22 7.1 4.6-10.9 7 2.4 1.0- 5.4
RACE
White 430 322 69.5 63.3-75.1 66 18.0 13.2-23.9 31 9.6 6.5-14.0 11 2.9 1.5- 5.4
Other 114 88 74.6 63.6-83.2 12 12.2 6.4-22.1 13 11.7 6.4-20.6 1 1.5 0.2- 9.8
AGE
18-44 179 107 58.9 50.0-67.3 40 23.7 16.6-32.7 26 14.3 9.5-20.8 6 3.1 1.3- 7.0
45+ 360 298 82.6 77.6-86.6 38 9.8 7.0-13.6 18 5.7 3.4- 9.6 6 1.9 0.8- 4.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 107 84 76.4 64.5-85.2 10 8.9 4.2-18.0 9 9.9 4.7-19.6 4 4.9 1.7-13.3
Some College + 441 328 69.1 63.0-74.5 70 18.8 14.1-24.6 35 10.1 7.0-14.3 8 2.0 0.9- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 111 69.9 59.4-78.7 18 14.7 8.0-25.4 13 9.8 5.5-16.9 6 5.6 2.3-12.8
$50,000+ 324 237 68.5 61.5-74.7 53 18.8 13.5-25.5 29 11.2 7.6-16.3 5 1.5 0.6- 4.0

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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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