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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Mountain Area Health Education Center**

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Respond.^
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,444 6,439 64.9 63.3-66.4 1,587 15.8 14.7-17.0 1,418 19.4 18.0-20.8
-Mountain AHEC 1,306 888 64.8 60.6-68.8 226 17.1 14.4-20.2 192 18.1 14.8-21.9
GENDER
Male 491 302 58.4 51.3-65.3 86 16.7 12.5-21.9 103 24.9 19.1-31.7
Female 815 586 71.0 66.5-75.1 140 17.6 14.3-21.3 89 11.5 8.6-15.1
RACE
White 1,165 808 66.5 62.3-70.5 202 17.4 14.6-20.6 155 16.1 13.1-19.7
Other 137 78 49.4 35.2-63.8 23 15.2 7.1-29.7 36 35.3 21.4-52.3
AGE
18-44 435 270 58.3 50.3-65.8 63 13.7 9.7-19.1 102 28.1 21.4-35.8
45+ 860 612 70.1 65.7-74.1 163 20.0 16.5-23.9 85 9.9 7.5-13.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 587 388 62.1 55.3-68.5 99 16.8 12.8-21.9 100 21.0 15.9-27.3
Some College + 715 497 67.2 62.0-72.0 126 17.4 14.0-21.4 92 15.4 11.5-20.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 753 494 59.7 54.2-64.9 130 17.7 14.1-22.1 129 22.6 17.9-28.2
$50,000+ 264 202 73.1 65.1-79.9 38 17.7 12.0-25.3 24 9.2 5.5-14.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 313 67.7 62.3-72.7 78 15.8 12.2-20.2 63 16.5 12.7-21.2
Guilford 444 292 66.7 61.3-71.8 86 17.7 13.9-22.3 66 15.6 11.9-20.1
Mecklenburg 448 308 64.0 57.7-69.9 81 17.1 12.8-22.5 59 18.9 14.1-24.8
Orange 452 266 55.8 48.6-62.8 80 15.4 11.2-20.8 106 28.8 23.0-35.3
Wake 452 298 61.5 55.7-67.1 76 13.8 10.7-17.6 78 24.6 19.4-30.7
Chatham/Lee 400 266 62.2 55.8-68.3 72 16.3 12.5-21.1 62 21.5 16.2-27.8
Nash/Wilson 380 284 72.5 66.8-77.6 50 11.7 8.6-15.7 46 15.8 11.6-21.1
Craven/Pamlico 456 321 65.7 59.8-71.1 80 17.6 13.7-22.3 55 16.7 12.3-22.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 332 75.5 70.5-79.9 61 13.4 10.2-17.5 44 11.1 8.1-15.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 456 311 63.6 56.1-70.5 82 20.9 14.3-29.5 63 15.5 11.7-20.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 479 329 64.6 57.2-71.4 72 15.2 10.8-20.8 78 20.2 15.2-26.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 290 56.9 44.6-68.4 64 13.1 9.2-18.3 70 30.0 17.8-45.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 475 317 62.0 56.6-67.1 87 18.0 14.4-22.3 71 20.0 15.6-25.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 419 297 68.6 62.4-74.1 68 13.0 9.9-16.9 54 18.5 13.6-24.6
Northeast NC I 461 327 66.5 59.2-73.0 73 14.8 11.1-19.4 61 18.7 12.6-26.9
Northeast NC II 513 350 63.6 58.2-68.8 75 14.1 10.8-18.2 88 22.3 17.7-27.6
Northeastern Partnership 974 677 64.6 60.3-68.7 148 14.3 11.8-17.4 149 21.0 17.3-25.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,318 2,274 61.2 58.2-64.1 546 16.5 14.5-18.8 498 22.3 19.6-25.2
Piedmont 4,049 2,729 66.4 64.2-68.6 690 15.2 13.7-16.9 630 18.4 16.6-20.4
Western NC 2,077 1,436 66.3 62.8-69.7 351 16.5 14.1-19.3 290 17.1 14.4-20.3

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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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