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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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Earlier you said you had child/children under age 18. Are any of the child/children under age 13?

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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
-Mountain AHEC 273 206 74.7 67.6-80.7 67 25.3 19.3-32.4
GENDER
Male 90 64 71.9 60.0-81.4 26 28.1 18.6-40.0
Female 183 142 76.8 67.7-84.0 41 23.2 16.0-32.3
RACE
White 221 164 74.0 66.3-80.5 57 26.0 19.5-33.7
African American 17 14 86.7 62.4-96.2 3 13.3 3.8-37.6
Other Minorities 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 24 19 84.3 64.8-94.0 5 15.7 6.0-35.2
25-34 81 80 99.9 99.5- 100 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
35-44 106 76 66.6 54.5-76.9 30 33.4 23.1-45.5
45-54 42 22 55.6 36.5-73.2 20 44.4 26.8-63.5
55-64 13 5 37.0 13.7-68.6 8 63.0 31.4-86.3
65-74 4 2 62.1 15.1-93.8 2 37.9 6.2-84.9
75+ 2 1 18.7 1.4-78.6 1 81.3 21.4-98.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 32 24 72.0 49.0-87.3 8 28.0 12.7-51.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 93 66 68.4 55.6-78.9 27 31.6 21.1-44.4
Some Post-H.S. 73 60 81.2 65.6-90.7 13 18.8 9.3-34.4
College Graduate 74 55 77.7 65.3-86.6 19 22.3 13.4-34.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 31 21 72.4 48.2-88.1 10 27.6 11.9-51.8
$15,000- 24,999 54 42 71.2 52.5-84.7 12 28.8 15.3-47.5
$25,000- 34,999 40 31 74.3 54.4-87.5 9 25.7 12.5-45.6
$35,000- 49,999 47 35 76.8 60.5-87.7 12 23.2 12.3-39.5
$50,000-74,999 42 32 73.6 53.0-87.4 10 26.4 12.6-47.0
$75,000+ 31 21 68.7 46.5-84.7 10 31.3 15.3-53.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 66 44 57.3 41.4-71.8 22 42.7 28.2-58.6
No 207 162 79.1 71.3-85.2 45 20.9 14.8-28.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 21 14 72.6 43.5-90.1 7 27.4 9.9-56.5
Non-Veteran 248 190 75.4 68.0-81.6 58 24.6 18.4-32.0
Currently Serving 4 2 34.5 4.9-84.3 2 65.5 15.7-95.1

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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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