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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 14,601 4,806 30.2 29.3-31.1 9,795 69.8 68.9-70.7
-Mountain AHEC 919 323 32.1 28.5-35.9 596 67.9 64.1-71.5
GENDER 919 323 32.1 28.5-35.9 596 67.9 64.1-71.5
Male 330 105 29.3 23.8-35.5 225 70.7 64.5-76.2
Female 589 218 34.4 29.9-39.3 371 65.6 60.7-70.1
RACE 839 294 32.8 29.1-36.7 545 67.2 63.3-70.9
White 786 275 32.6 28.8-36.7 511 67.4 63.3-71.2
African American 50 17 34.5 20.9-51.2 33 65.5 48.8-79.1
Other Minorities 3 2 55.3 10.0-93.2 1 44.7 6.8-90.0
AGE 914 322 32.2 28.6-36.0 592 67.8 64.0-71.4
18-24 47 7 11.8 4.9-25.5 40 88.2 74.5-95.1
25-34 123 19 13.8 7.3-24.3 104 86.2 75.7-92.7
35-44 150 35 20.8 14.3-29.4 115 79.2 70.6-85.7
45-54 177 71 41.8 33.0-51.2 106 58.2 48.8-67.0
55-64 155 66 38.6 29.7-48.3 89 61.4 51.7-70.3
65-74 140 56 36.9 27.9-46.8 84 63.1 53.2-72.1
75+ 122 68 54.7 43.7-65.2 54 45.3 34.8-56.3
EDUCATION 915 321 32.0 28.4-35.8 594 68.0 64.2-71.6
Less Than H.S. 134 74 50.9 39.7-61.9 60 49.1 38.1-60.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 257 91 31.5 25.0-38.9 166 68.5 61.1-75.0
Some Post-H.S. 250 80 29.6 23.2-36.8 170 70.4 63.2-76.8
College Graduate 274 76 24.6 19.2-30.9 198 75.4 69.1-80.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME 732 251 31.0 27.1-35.3 481 69.0 64.7-72.9
Less than $15,000 116 79 61.8 48.5-73.5 37 38.2 26.5-51.5
$15,000- 24,999 163 58 34.6 25.8-44.5 105 65.4 55.5-74.2
$25,000- 34,999 122 38 30.7 21.5-41.6 84 69.3 58.4-78.5
$35,000- 49,999 127 38 29.2 20.7-39.6 89 70.8 60.4-79.3
$50,000-74,999 112 24 16.7 10.5-25.4 88 83.3 74.6-89.5
$75,000+ 92 14 13.4 7.4-23.1 78 86.6 76.9-92.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 138 53 35.8 26.6-46.2 85 64.2 53.8-73.4
Non-Veteran 777 268 31.1 27.2-35.2 509 68.9 64.8-72.8
Currently Serving 4 2 83.1 37.1-97.6 2 16.9 2.4-62.9

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*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) of the BRFSS 2002 questionnaire.

^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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