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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,065 3,859 76.7 75.2-78.2 1,206 23.3 21.8-24.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 95 77 72.2 53.4-85.5 18 27.8 14.5-46.6
GENDER
Male 31 25 61.9 32.9-84.3 6 38.1 15.7-67.1
Female 64 52 82.2 70.3-90.0 12 17.8 10.0-29.7
RACE
White 85 70 82.4 71.4-89.7 15 17.6 10.3-28.6
Other 10 7 31.0 7.6-71.0 3 69.0 29.0-92.4
AGE
18-44 77 68 88.9 78.7-94.5 9 11.1 5.5-21.3
45+ 18 9 32.2 11.4-63.6 9 67.8 36.4-88.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 48 38 64.8 39.5-83.8 10 35.2 16.2-60.5
Some College + 47 39 84.3 70.6-92.3 8 15.7 7.7-29.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 58 49 72.7 45.1-89.6 9 27.3 10.4-54.9
$50,000+ 18 13 66.4 39.6-85.6 5 33.6 14.4-60.4

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^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 (MAHEC): 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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