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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 8,095 6,276 75.3 74.0-76.5 1,819 24.7 23.5-26.0
-Mountain AHEC 466 359 74.4 68.8-79.2 107 25.6 20.8-31.2
GENDER
Male 182 114 60.9 51.9-69.2 68 39.1 30.8-48.1
Female 284 245 87.6 82.3-91.4 39 12.4 8.6-17.7
RACE
White 393 310 75.1 69.1-80.2 83 24.9 19.8-30.9
African American 27 22 82.8 59.5-94.1 5 17.2 5.9-40.5
Other Minorities 2 1 58.6 8.1-95.8 1 41.4 4.2-91.9
AGE
18-24 27 20 82.2 64.1-92.2 7 17.8 7.8-35.9
25-34 98 77 79.6 66.7-88.3 21 20.4 11.7-33.3
35-44 117 90 75.1 64.4-83.5 27 24.9 16.5-35.6
45-54 131 107 76.4 64.9-85.0 24 23.6 15.0-35.1
55-64 74 48 56.7 42.0-70.3 26 43.3 29.7-58.0
65-74 17 15 74.6 39.3-93.0 2 25.4 7.0-60.7
75+ 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 41 24 61.3 41.5-78.0 17 38.7 22.0-58.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 120 92 69.6 57.4-79.5 28 30.4 20.5-42.6
Some Post-H.S. 133 100 73.1 63.0-81.3 33 26.9 18.7-37.0
College Graduate 172 143 83.2 74.4-89.4 29 16.8 10.6-25.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 28 19 79.6 57.2-91.9 9 20.4 8.1-42.8
$15,000- 24,999 81 65 74.2 58.7-85.4 16 25.8 14.6-41.3
$25,000- 34,999 70 53 71.9 56.7-83.3 17 28.1 16.7-43.3
$35,000- 49,999 79 64 76.9 62.1-87.0 15 23.1 13.0-37.9
$50,000-74,999 79 63 76.5 63.0-86.2 16 23.5 13.8-37.0
$75,000+ 66 55 82.5 68.9-91.0 11 17.5 9.0-31.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 89 69 79.5 67.1-88.0 20 20.5 12.0-32.9
No 372 287 73.5 67.3-79.0 85 26.5 21.0-32.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 45 33 61.4 41.9-77.9 12 38.6 22.1-58.1
Non-Veteran 417 323 75.8 70.1-80.7 94 24.2 19.3-29.9
Currently Serving 4 3 88.4 40.2-98.9 1 11.6 1.1-59.8

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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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