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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,513 5,031 77.9 76.7-79.2 1,482 22.1 20.8-23.3
-Mountain AHEC 434 339 79.0 73.7-83.4 95 21.0 16.6-26.3
RACE
White 379 302 79.3 73.7-83.9 77 20.7 16.1-26.3
African American 17 15 94.8 78.6-98.9 2 5.2 1.1-21.4
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
40-44 46 33 66.1 46.4-81.5 13 33.9 18.5-53.6
45-54 125 97 81.3 71.8-88.1 28 18.7 11.9-28.2
55-64 96 80 84.6 74.6-91.2 16 15.4 8.8-25.4
65-74 89 78 88.6 76.7-94.8 11 11.4 5.2-23.3
75+ 78 51 64.4 50.2-76.4 27 35.6 23.6-49.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 61 43 74.3 59.6-84.9 18 25.7 15.1-40.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 132 89 69.4 58.4-78.6 43 30.6 21.4-41.6
Some Post-H.S. 122 100 80.7 69.4-88.5 22 19.3 11.5-30.6
College Graduate 118 106 88.9 80.1-94.1 12 11.1 5.9-19.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 58 41 78.5 63.0-88.7 17 21.5 11.3-37.0
$15,000- 24,999 70 53 72.8 58.4-83.7 17 27.2 16.3-41.6
$25,000- 34,999 54 35 65.8 49.2-79.3 19 34.2 20.7-50.8
$35,000- 49,999 52 42 81.0 64.1-91.1 10 19.0 8.9-35.9
$50,000-74,999 51 46 86.2 62.7-95.9 5 13.8 4.1-37.3
$75,000+ 41 36 86.0 69.6-94.3 5 14.0 5.7-30.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 187 138 79.6 71.8-85.7 49 20.4 14.3-28.2
No 238 196 79.7 72.2-85.5 42 20.3 14.5-27.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 10 9 90.6 54.0-98.8 1 9.4 1.2-46.0
Non-Veteran 423 329 78.8 73.5-83.3 94 21.2 16.7-26.5
Currently Serving 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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