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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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Respond.^
Not allowed anywhere Allowed in some places Allowed anywhere No rules about smoking
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,761 10,413 72.3 71.5-73.2 1,234 8.1 7.6- 8.7 1,062 7.0 6.5- 7.5 2,052 12.6 12.0-13.2
-Mountain AHEC 928 626 68.1 64.2-71.8 84 8.6 6.6-11.2 75 9.3 6.9-12.3 143 14.0 11.6-16.8
GENDER
Male 334 216 66.8 60.4-72.6 35 9.7 6.5-14.3 28 9.3 5.7-14.6 55 14.2 10.6-18.8
Female 594 410 69.3 64.5-73.8 49 7.6 5.4-10.7 47 9.2 6.5-13.0 88 13.8 10.8-17.5
RACE
White 795 545 68.8 64.6-72.6 66 8.1 6.0-10.8 61 8.8 6.4-11.9 123 14.4 11.8-17.4
African American 50 26 53.5 37.2-69.1 11 20.3 10.1-36.7 4 10.4 3.5-26.8 9 15.8 7.1-31.5
Other Minorities 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 48 32 75.0 60.0-85.7 10 14.7 7.0-28.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 5 9.5 3.6-22.6
25-34 123 96 77.1 64.1-86.4 9 4.7 2.0-10.8 8 12.7 5.2-27.9 10 5.5 2.7-10.8
35-44 152 103 67.9 58.6-75.9 21 11.6 7.0-18.7 16 12.5 7.4-20.2 12 8.0 4.3-14.5
45-54 179 119 65.9 56.6-74.2 15 6.6 3.7-11.6 15 10.5 5.6-19.0 30 16.9 11.1-25.1
55-64 156 101 64.5 54.6-73.3 15 12.9 6.8-23.1 11 8.1 4.2-15.2 29 14.5 9.6-21.3
65-74 142 98 70.8 61.0-79.0 9 5.7 2.4-12.8 11 6.8 3.3-13.6 24 16.8 10.6-25.5
75+ 123 73 57.4 46.4-67.8 5 6.5 2.5-15.9 13 8.3 4.4-15.0 32 27.8 18.9-39.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 136 69 55.0 43.7-65.7 16 10.6 5.1-20.9 17 15.3 8.3-26.5 34 19.1 12.6-28.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 262 164 63.9 56.5-70.7 28 10.1 6.4-15.5 29 12.5 8.1-18.9 41 13.4 9.5-18.7
Some Post-H.S. 250 182 72.9 65.7-79.1 21 9.1 5.5-14.7 14 4.7 2.5- 8.9 33 13.3 8.9-19.4
College Graduate 276 211 76.0 69.0-81.8 16 4.7 2.8- 7.9 15 7.3 3.6-14.1 34 12.0 8.3-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 118 62 58.6 46.3-69.9 13 12.1 5.3-25.1 16 11.2 5.8-20.4 27 18.2 11.6-27.3
$15,000- 24,999 162 104 62.9 52.8-72.0 19 11.3 6.3-19.3 12 10.7 5.2-20.7 27 15.1 9.7-22.7
$25,000- 34,999 124 78 60.1 49.2-70.1 13 9.5 5.0-17.3 12 11.3 6.0-20.3 21 19.1 11.8-29.4
$35,000- 49,999 127 83 64.6 54.0-73.9 10 6.7 3.2-13.5 12 11.2 6.0-19.9 22 17.6 10.9-27.1
$50,000-74,999 113 95 83.7 74.0-90.2 5 6.1 2.3-15.2 4 2.5 0.8- 7.2 9 7.8 3.8-15.4
$75,000+ 93 76 82.8 72.8-89.7 6 4.3 1.8-10.0 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 10 12.2 6.4-22.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 319 200 61.8 54.6-68.5 29 10.6 6.7-16.4 31 10.4 6.4-16.4 59 17.2 12.7-22.9
No 594 418 71.1 66.4-75.4 53 7.6 5.5-10.5 43 8.8 6.1-12.5 80 12.5 9.8-15.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 139 92 68.2 58.3-76.8 8 4.8 2.2-10.2 8 7.3 3.0-16.8 31 19.6 13.2-28.1
Non-Veteran 785 530 68.0 63.7-72.0 76 9.4 7.1-12.5 67 9.7 7.2-13.0 112 12.9 10.4-15.9
Currently Serving 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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