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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,555 833 53.5 50.3-56.6 722 46.5 43.4-49.7
-Mountain AHEC 113 61 46.6 34.9-58.7 52 53.4 41.3-65.1
GENDER
Male 46 23 43.2 26.9-61.0 23 56.8 39.0-73.1
Female 67 38 50.2 34.3-66.1 29 49.8 33.9-65.7
RACE
White 90 49 47.3 34.7-60.3 41 52.7 39.7-65.3
African American 8 5 50.7 17.7-83.1 3 49.3 16.9-82.3
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 6 3 30.5 4.5-80.4 3 69.5 19.6-95.5
45-54 22 15 62.4 30.2-86.4 7 37.6 13.6-69.8
55-64 24 11 39.1 19.3-63.4 13 60.9 36.6-80.7
65-74 28 13 48.1 26.0-70.9 15 51.9 29.1-74.0
75+ 29 16 44.8 23.9-67.8 13 55.2 32.2-76.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 10 30.2 12.6-56.5 16 69.8 43.5-87.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 42 21 46.1 27.0-66.4 21 53.9 33.6-73.0
Some Post-H.S. 23 16 57.4 31.3-79.9 7 42.6 20.1-68.7
College Graduate 21 14 59.4 34.2-80.5 7 40.6 19.5-65.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 9 25.9 9.4-53.9 17 74.1 46.1-90.6
$15,000- 24,999 16 8 29.5 11.9-56.3 8 70.5 43.7-88.1
$25,000- 34,999 10 5 43.9 15.1-77.6 5 56.1 22.4-84.9
$35,000- 49,999 15 11 62.1 30.9-85.8 4 37.9 14.2-69.1
$50,000-74,999 12 8 63.8 28.6-88.6 4 36.2 11.4-71.4
$75,000+ 3 2 54.3 9.6-93.0 1 45.7 7.0-90.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 68 36 40.3 26.4-56.0 32 59.7 44.0-73.6
No 42 23 53.1 34.5-70.9 19 46.9 29.1-65.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 26 15 52.5 29.9-74.1 11 47.5 25.9-70.1
Non-Veteran 87 46 44.2 31.1-58.2 41 55.8 41.8-68.9

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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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