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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 1,556 1,106 72.0 69.1-74.7 450 28.0 25.3-30.9
-Mountain AHEC 113 82 73.1 60.6-82.7 31 26.9 17.3-39.4
GENDER
Male 46 33 75.6 55.6-88.5 13 24.4 11.5-44.4
Female 67 49 70.4 53.8-82.9 18 29.6 17.1-46.2
RACE
White 90 62 71.0 57.5-81.6 28 29.0 18.4-42.5
African American 8 7 92.5 59.4-99.0 1 7.5 1.0-40.6
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 3 1 37.8 4.7-88.2 2 62.2 11.8-95.3
35-44 6 3 70.3 20.2-95.7 3 29.7 4.3-79.8
45-54 22 19 88.5 64.2-97.1 3 11.5 2.9-35.8
55-64 24 20 74.4 42.9-91.9 4 25.6 8.1-57.1
65-74 28 22 79.8 56.5-92.3 6 20.2 7.7-43.5
75+ 29 17 62.6 38.6-81.6 12 37.4 18.4-61.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 19 71.0 37.2-91.0 7 29.0 9.0-62.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 42 33 83.3 65.5-92.9 9 16.7 7.1-34.5
Some Post-H.S. 23 16 62.3 36.0-82.9 7 37.7 17.1-64.0
College Graduate 21 13 66.6 41.2-85.0 8 33.4 15.0-58.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 19 70.7 35.8-91.3 7 29.3 8.7-64.2
$15,000- 24,999 16 10 60.8 30.5-84.5 6 39.2 15.5-69.5
$25,000- 34,999 10 7 67.7 29.4-91.3 3 32.3 8.7-70.6
$35,000- 49,999 15 13 81.9 45.6-96.0 2 18.1 4.0-54.4
$50,000-74,999 12 9 90.8 67.2-97.9 3 9.2 2.1-32.8
$75,000+ 3 2 54.3 9.6-93.0 1 45.7 7.0-90.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 68 49 76.2 59.1-87.7 19 23.8 12.3-40.9
No 42 32 72.8 52.6-86.6 10 27.2 13.4-47.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 26 18 77.9 55.4-90.9 8 22.1 9.1-44.6
Non-Veteran 87 64 71.1 55.8-82.8 23 28.9 17.2-44.2

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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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