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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 1,555 192 11.5 9.7-13.7 1,363 88.5 86.3-90.3
-Mountain AHEC 113 12 11.2 5.2-22.5 101 88.8 77.5-94.8
GENDER
Male 46 3 5.4 1.5-17.0 43 94.6 83.0-98.5
Female 67 9 17.3 6.9-37.0 58 82.7 63.0-93.1
RACE
White 90 12 12.4 5.7-24.7 78 87.6 75.3-94.3
African American 8 0 0.0 . - . 8 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
35-44 6 1 7.0 0.7-45.2 5 93.0 54.8-99.3
45-54 22 4 32.2 9.9-67.1 18 67.8 32.9-90.1
55-64 24 1 4.9 0.7-28.1 23 95.1 71.9-99.3
65-74 28 3 5.8 1.7-18.2 25 94.2 81.8-98.3
75+ 29 3 10.5 3.2-29.3 26 89.5 70.7-96.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 6 17.9 6.7-39.8 20 82.1 60.2-93.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 42 4 14.2 3.4-44.1 38 85.8 55.9-96.6
Some Post-H.S. 23 1 5.4 0.7-30.2 22 94.6 69.8-99.3
College Graduate 21 1 5.3 0.7-29.8 20 94.7 70.2-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 5 14.6 4.8-36.8 21 85.4 63.2-95.2
$15,000- 24,999 16 0 0.0 . - . 16 100 . - .
$25,000- 34,999 10 1 17.6 2.5-64.0 9 82.4 36.0-97.5
$35,000- 49,999 15 0 0.0 . - . 15 100 . - .
$50,000-74,999 12 1 5.8 0.7-33.6 11 94.2 66.4-99.3
$75,000+ 3 1 23.1 2.6-77.0 2 76.9 23.0-97.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 68 9 16.1 6.8-33.5 59 83.9 66.5-93.2
No 42 2 2.5 0.6-10.4 40 97.5 89.6-99.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 26 2 4.8 1.1-19.1 24 95.2 80.9-98.9
Non-Veteran 87 10 13.7 5.9-28.8 77 86.3 71.2-94.1

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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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