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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,020 10,558 68.3 67.3-69.2 2,005 12.5 11.9-13.2 2,457 19.2 18.4-20.1
-Mountain AHEC 945 667 70.1 66.2-73.7 128 13.0 10.7-15.9 150 16.9 13.9-20.3
GENDER
Male 345 233 67.3 60.9-73.1 32 9.1 6.1-13.4 80 23.6 18.3-29.7
Female 600 434 72.5 67.9-76.7 96 16.5 13.1-20.5 70 11.0 8.3-14.5
RACE
White 809 583 71.4 67.5-75.1 119 13.8 11.2-16.8 107 14.8 11.9-18.2
African American 51 41 79.8 61.9-90.6 4 11.2 3.4-31.3 6 9.0 3.4-21.7
Other Minorities 3 2 68.4 15.9-96.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 31.6 3.9-84.1
AGE
18-24 48 27 54.1 37.6-69.7 1 2.3 0.3-14.9 20 43.6 28.3-60.2
25-34 126 75 55.8 43.8-67.2 16 12.9 7.0-22.5 35 31.3 20.8-44.1
35-44 154 104 67.7 58.3-76.0 26 13.6 8.7-20.6 24 18.7 12.0-27.9
45-54 182 135 76.2 68.0-82.9 14 7.9 4.2-14.4 33 15.8 10.6-23.1
55-64 162 123 76.7 68.1-83.6 26 15.2 9.8-22.7 13 8.1 4.2-15.1
65-74 141 102 71.5 61.5-79.8 22 18.8 11.9-28.5 17 9.7 5.3-17.1
75+ 127 96 77.3 67.2-84.9 23 18.0 11.1-27.9 8 4.7 2.1-10.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 143 78 56.9 45.9-67.2 26 15.6 9.8-24.0 39 27.5 18.6-38.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 264 179 65.7 58.1-72.6 32 12.4 8.3-18.2 53 21.8 16.0-29.0
Some Post-H.S. 255 191 73.4 66.2-79.5 38 15.5 10.7-21.8 26 11.2 7.2-16.8
College Graduate 279 216 78.1 71.3-83.7 32 10.0 6.7-14.7 31 11.8 7.4-18.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 120 79 60.3 47.5-71.8 17 15.6 8.3-27.3 24 24.1 14.7-36.9
$15,000- 24,999 165 106 65.2 55.5-73.9 20 9.3 5.6-15.0 39 25.5 17.7-35.3
$25,000- 34,999 125 79 63.6 52.7-73.3 19 15.8 9.2-25.8 27 20.6 13.3-30.5
$35,000- 49,999 129 95 74.5 64.6-82.4 15 9.7 5.4-16.7 19 15.8 9.5-25.3
$50,000-74,999 115 102 89.2 80.8-94.2 6 5.2 2.2-12.0 7 5.6 2.3-13.1
$75,000+ 94 71 75.9 64.8-84.4 14 15.7 8.8-26.4 9 8.3 4.1-16.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 323 227 72.2 65.7-77.8 56 14.6 10.7-19.7 40 13.2 9.1-18.8
No 594 425 70.0 65.1-74.5 66 12.0 9.1-15.6 103 18.0 14.2-22.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 142 104 75.8 66.6-83.2 21 13.9 8.3-22.2 17 10.3 5.9-17.5
Non-Veteran 798 560 68.8 64.5-72.8 107 12.9 10.4-16.0 131 18.2 14.9-22.2
Currently Serving 4 3 77.1 21.5-97.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 22.9 2.4-78.5

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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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