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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 1,550 1,215 79.8 77.2-82.2 335 20.2 17.8-22.8
-Mountain AHEC 113 88 78.6 67.6-86.6 25 21.4 13.4-32.4
GENDER
Male 46 35 79.3 62.4-89.9 11 20.7 10.1-37.6
Female 67 53 77.8 62.1-88.2 14 22.2 11.8-37.9
RACE
White 90 70 80.0 68.4-88.1 20 20.0 11.9-31.6
African American 8 5 48.4 16.7-81.5 3 51.6 18.5-83.3
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 6 6 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 22 21 96.6 78.6-99.6 1 3.4 0.4-21.4
55-64 24 16 75.6 53.0-89.5 8 24.4 10.5-47.0
65-74 28 21 66.2 40.1-85.2 7 33.8 14.8-59.9
75+ 29 20 71.4 48.0-87.1 9 28.6 12.9-52.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 21 81.3 49.3-95.1 5 18.7 4.9-50.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 42 29 67.0 46.9-82.3 13 33.0 17.7-53.1
Some Post-H.S. 23 19 85.7 61.0-95.9 4 14.3 4.1-39.0
College Graduate 21 18 86.8 64.3-96.0 3 13.2 4.0-35.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 21 68.6 38.4-88.5 5 31.4 11.5-61.6
$15,000- 24,999 16 13 75.8 41.5-93.2 3 24.2 6.8-58.5
$25,000- 34,999 10 7 68.1 29.8-91.5 3 31.9 8.5-70.2
$35,000- 49,999 15 10 61.9 31.7-85.1 5 38.1 14.9-68.3
$50,000-74,999 12 11 94.2 66.4-99.3 1 5.8 0.7-33.6
$75,000+ 3 2 76.9 23.0-97.4 1 23.1 2.6-77.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 68 52 77.1 61.7-87.6 16 22.9 12.4-38.3
No 42 34 81.1 62.9-91.5 8 18.9 8.5-37.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 26 17 70.3 46.4-86.6 9 29.7 13.4-53.6
Non-Veteran 87 71 81.9 69.4-90.0 16 18.1 10.0-30.6

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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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