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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 1,559 425 26.0 23.3-28.9 1,134 74.0 71.1-76.7
-Mountain AHEC 113 36 31.0 20.8-43.6 77 69.0 56.4-79.2
GENDER
Male 46 19 37.4 21.6-56.5 27 62.6 43.5-78.4
Female 67 17 24.3 13.6-39.6 50 75.7 60.4-86.4
RACE
White 90 29 31.5 20.5-45.1 61 68.5 54.9-79.5
African American 8 3 31.1 8.6-68.4 5 68.9 31.6-91.4
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 3 2 62.2 11.8-95.3 1 37.8 4.7-88.2
35-44 6 1 7.8 0.8-48.1 5 92.2 51.9-99.2
45-54 22 10 28.7 11.5-55.5 12 71.3 44.5-88.5
55-64 24 7 40.7 19.2-66.4 17 59.3 33.6-80.8
65-74 28 6 21.3 7.1-48.8 22 78.7 51.2-92.9
75+ 29 10 37.1 18.0-61.3 19 62.9 38.7-82.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 12 60.8 34.9-81.8 14 39.2 18.2-65.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 42 11 20.7 9.8-38.5 31 79.3 61.5-90.2
Some Post-H.S. 23 8 25.4 10.6-49.6 15 74.6 50.4-89.4
College Graduate 21 5 24.1 8.8-51.3 16 75.9 48.7-91.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 10 56.5 30.4-79.4 16 43.5 20.6-69.6
$15,000- 24,999 16 5 14.5 4.8-36.3 11 85.5 63.7-95.2
$25,000- 34,999 10 4 43.1 14.6-77.1 6 56.9 22.9-85.4
$35,000- 49,999 15 2 18.1 4.0-54.4 13 81.9 45.6-96.0
$50,000-74,999 12 5 19.5 5.7-49.5 7 80.5 50.5-94.3
$75,000+ 3 1 23.1 2.6-77.0 2 76.9 23.0-97.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 68 26 40.7 25.8-57.5 42 59.3 42.5-74.2
No 42 8 11.1 4.9-23.4 34 88.9 76.6-95.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 26 10 29.4 13.1-53.6 16 70.6 46.4-86.9
Non-Veteran 87 26 31.7 19.7-46.7 61 68.3 53.3-80.3

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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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