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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 3,228 823 25.5 23.7-27.5 2,405 74.5 72.5-76.3
-Mountain AHEC 217 47 21.0 15.4-28.1 170 79.0 71.9-84.6
GENDER
Male 91 15 14.8 8.3-25.1 76 85.2 74.9-91.7
Female 126 32 28.1 19.6-38.5 94 71.9 61.5-80.4
RACE
White 174 42 23.8 17.2-31.9 132 76.2 68.1-82.8
African American 16 3 8.1 2.3-25.1 13 91.9 74.9-97.7
Other Minorities 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 18 4 25.0 8.3-55.0 14 75.0 45.0-91.7
25-34 36 9 21.4 9.4-41.6 27 78.6 58.4-90.6
35-44 46 6 13.6 5.8-29.0 40 86.4 71.0-94.2
45-54 47 8 13.7 6.4-27.0 39 86.3 73.0-93.6
55-64 35 7 22.1 10.0-41.9 28 77.9 58.1-90.0
65-74 26 10 42.2 21.7-65.7 16 57.8 34.3-78.3
75+ 9 3 33.4 8.9-72.0 6 66.6 28.0-91.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 42 8 21.7 9.7-41.8 34 78.3 58.2-90.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 71 14 18.7 10.2-31.7 57 81.3 68.3-89.8
Some Post-H.S. 57 12 22.0 12.2-36.3 45 78.0 63.7-87.8
College Graduate 46 12 22.7 12.5-37.7 34 77.3 62.3-87.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 38 6 21.7 8.4-45.6 32 78.3 54.4-91.6
$15,000- 24,999 47 9 11.7 5.5-23.3 38 88.3 76.7-94.5
$25,000- 34,999 36 10 24.3 11.8-43.3 26 75.7 56.7-88.2
$35,000- 49,999 33 5 18.7 7.3-40.2 28 81.3 59.8-92.7
$50,000-74,999 14 3 18.8 5.7-47.1 11 81.2 52.9-94.3
$75,000+ 11 4 36.9 13.4-68.8 7 63.1 31.2-86.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 80 8 7.5 3.5-15.3 72 92.5 84.7-96.5
No 134 37 26.8 18.9-36.5 97 73.2 63.5-81.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 31 8 21.5 9.6-41.5 23 78.5 58.5-90.4
Non-Veteran 185 39 21.2 15.0-29.0 146 78.8 71.0-85.0
Currently Serving 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in entire lifetime and now smoke daily or occasionally.

^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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