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

Healthy Days

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  Total
Respond.^
None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,755 10,857 74.7 73.8-75.5 918 6.0 5.6- 6.5 1,043 7.1 6.6- 7.7 920 6.1 5.6- 6.6 1,017 6.1 5.7- 6.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 353 240 66.5 59.7-72.7 23 6.3 4.0- 9.7 24 7.1 4.6-10.9 29 10.4 5.8-17.9 37 9.7 6.7-13.8
GENDER
Male 133 96 69.6 57.6-79.4 7 3.8 1.7- 8.2 6 4.8 2.0-11.2 11 12.5 5.1-27.4 13 9.3 5.0-16.5
Female 220 144 63.3 56.0-70.1 16 8.9 5.2-14.7 18 9.5 5.9-15.0 18 8.3 4.9-13.5 24 10.1 6.5-15.2
RACE
White 335 230 68.7 62.9-74.0 22 6.5 4.1-10.2 23 7.7 4.9-11.7 26 7.8 5.1-11.6 34 9.3 6.4-13.4
Other 17 10 47.9 18.0-79.4 1 4.1 0.5-25.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 34.7 8.2-76.0 3 13.3 3.4-40.4
AGE
18-44 129 77 59.6 49.8-68.7 13 9.6 5.5-16.3 11 9.6 5.0-17.5 13 9.8 5.4-16.9 15 11.5 6.5-19.4
45+ 224 163 70.7 61.0-78.8 10 4.3 2.1- 8.7 13 5.6 3.1- 9.9 16 10.8 4.7-23.1 22 8.6 5.2-13.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 131 63.5 53.4-72.5 8 4.9 2.3-10.0 13 7.7 4.2-13.6 19 14.2 7.1-26.6 22 9.8 6.0-15.6
Some College + 160 109 70.7 62.5-77.8 15 8.3 4.8-13.8 11 6.4 3.4-11.5 10 5.2 2.6- 9.8 15 9.5 5.4-16.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 143 61.5 52.4-69.8 16 7.6 4.5-12.7 16 8.3 4.9-13.8 19 12.6 6.2-24.1 26 10.0 6.5-15.0
$50,000+ 61 47 80.1 68.1-88.3 4 5.3 1.8-14.2 7 9.3 4.3-19.1 2 3.5 0.9-13.4 1 1.9 0.3-12.0

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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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