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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,492 123 8.2 6.7-10.0 513 37.4 34.3-40.7 404 27.2 24.4-30.2 452 27.2 24.5-30.0
-Mountain AHEC 107 7 6.7 2.5-16.4 35 29.7 19.3-42.6 27 30.7 19.9-44.1 38 33.0 22.9-44.9
GENDER
Male 43 1 2.9 0.4-18.2 15 29.2 14.5-50.1 14 37.9 21.6-57.4 13 30.0 16.5-48.1
Female 64 6 10.4 3.5-27.4 20 30.1 17.6-46.6 13 23.4 11.2-42.6 25 36.0 22.6-52.1
RACE
White 87 5 6.3 2.1-17.2 28 30.0 19.0-44.0 25 32.7 21.1-47.0 29 30.9 20.7-43.4
African American 8 1 12.0 1.6-53.7 1 16.0 2.2-61.9 1 7.5 1.0-40.6 5 64.4 27.6-89.6
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 6 1 1.3 0.1-12.4 5 98.7 87.6-99.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 21 2 9.2 1.7-37.2 15 56.7 27.0-82.3 4 34.0 11.0-68.3 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 22 0 0.0 . - . 9 47.5 23.6-72.6 12 47.4 24.0-72.1 1 5.1 0.7-29.1
65-74 26 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.3 1.6-16.7 8 36.0 15.8-62.8 14 58.6 33.6-79.9
75+ 28 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.1 0.2- 4.5 3 13.8 3.3-42.4 23 85.2 57.7-96.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 24 1 6.7 0.9-35.9 9 41.3 16.4-71.5 6 30.4 11.0-60.7 8 21.6 8.6-44.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 41 2 3.8 0.8-16.4 13 23.8 11.7-42.6 12 45.9 26.1-67.1 14 26.5 13.5-45.4
Some Post-H.S. 22 3 14.3 3.2-46.2 5 25.1 8.9-53.6 5 17.2 5.8-41.2 9 43.3 21.4-68.2
College Graduate 20 1 1.9 0.2-12.6 8 33.2 14.6-59.1 4 19.3 6.5-45.1 7 45.6 22.9-70.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 2 3.0 0.7-12.1 9 35.6 12.7-67.9 8 37.8 16.1-65.8 7 23.7 9.0-49.2
$15,000- 24,999 15 2 7.1 1.1-35.3 5 51.2 21.9-79.7 2 5.5 1.1-23.6 6 36.2 14.0-66.3
$25,000- 34,999 9 1 14.4 1.9-58.8 4 31.5 8.1-70.7 2 21.3 3.7-65.7 2 32.8 8.3-72.6
$35,000- 49,999 15 0 0.0 . - . 4 27.1 8.5-59.8 5 33.1 11.8-64.6 6 39.8 15.5-70.5
$50,000-74,999 11 0 0.0 . - . 7 37.2 13.2-69.9 2 34.1 8.4-74.6 2 28.6 7.1-67.7
$75,000+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 31.2 3.8-84.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 68.8 16.0-96.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 66 3 3.5 0.8-13.4 22 34.1 19.8-52.0 17 31.9 18.3-49.7 24 30.5 18.6-45.7
No 39 4 12.6 3.6-35.4 12 22.5 11.4-39.6 10 30.8 15.0-52.9 13 34.1 18.8-53.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 25 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.8 1.9-21.2 9 44.8 23.3-68.5 12 48.4 26.5-70.8
Non-Veteran 82 7 9.5 3.7-22.7 31 39.5 25.9-54.9 18 24.6 13.8-39.9 26 26.4 16.4-39.5

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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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