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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 598 449 67.9 62.1-73.2 77 14.2 10.7-18.7 43 10.4 7.4-14.6 25 4.3 2.7- 6.8 4 3.1 0.9-10.5
GENDER
Male 227 155 58.9 49.7-67.5 34 16.5 10.9-24.2 28 14.7 9.8-21.4 8 4.1 1.9- 8.8 2 5.8 1.5-20.1
Female 371 294 76.7 70.2-82.1 43 12.0 8.3-17.1 15 6.3 3.1-12.4 17 4.5 2.7- 7.5 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
RACE
White 459 348 72.2 66.4-77.3 57 13.5 9.7-18.5 32 9.8 6.6-14.3 20 4.2 2.6- 6.7 2 0.4 0.1- 1.4
Other 134 98 58.9 46.0-70.7 18 14.3 7.9-24.5 11 12.3 6.3-22.8 5 4.8 1.8-12.3 2 9.7 2.5-30.6
AGE
18-44 216 140 59.0 50.2-67.2 36 17.3 11.8-24.6 25 13.8 9.0-20.6 12 4.8 2.5- 8.8 3 5.2 1.4-17.3
45+ 373 304 80.8 75.7-85.0 39 9.8 7.0-13.7 17 5.7 3.3- 9.6 12 3.5 1.9- 6.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 128 91 57.6 43.1-70.9 18 10.9 5.8-19.7 8 13.0 6.1-25.4 9 6.8 2.9-15.1 2 11.7 3.1-35.3
Some College + 470 358 71.2 65.5-76.4 59 15.3 11.2-20.6 35 9.6 6.5-13.9 16 3.5 2.1- 5.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 120 57.2 44.9-68.8 21 8.5 5.1-13.9 14 14.6 8.0-25.1 14 8.6 4.8-15.2 3 11.0 3.1-32.5
$50,000+ 340 262 71.0 64.1-77.1 46 17.2 12.2-23.7 22 8.5 5.3-13.6 9 3.0 1.4- 6.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6

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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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