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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No No, boderline diabetes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,044 1,559 9.6 9.0-10.1 137 0.7 0.6- 0.9 13,170 88.7 88.1-89.3 178 1.0 0.8- 1.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 600 74 11.2 8.3-14.9 6 0.9 0.4- 2.0 514 87.2 83.4-90.2 6 0.8 0.3- 2.1
GENDER
Male 214 27 12.5 8.0-19.0 0 0.0 . - . 185 86.5 79.9-91.1 2 1.1 0.3- 4.2
Female 386 47 10.0 6.8-14.7 6 1.6 0.7- 3.8 329 87.8 83.0-91.3 4 0.5 0.2- 1.8
RACE
White 505 58 11.9 8.8-16.0 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2 438 86.4 82.3-89.7 5 0.8 0.3- 2.3
Other 92 15 2.8 1.5- 5.5 2 1.5 0.4- 6.3 74 95.4 91.2-97.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.8
AGE
18-44 203 6 2.7 0.9- 8.0 5 1.8 0.7- 4.6 192 95.5 90.5-97.9 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 392 68 16.6 12.3-22.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 317 81.8 76.4-86.2 6 1.3 0.5- 3.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 287 45 13.0 8.6-19.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 237 86.1 79.9-90.6 2 0.2 0.0- 1.3
Some College + 309 28 9.2 6.0-13.9 3 1.1 0.4- 3.3 274 88.5 83.5-92.1 4 1.3 0.4- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 346 40 10.5 7.0-15.5 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 299 87.8 82.7-91.5 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6
$50,000+ 123 13 8.7 4.4-16.4 2 1.7 0.4- 6.5 106 88.3 80.1-93.3 2 1.3 0.2- 7.7

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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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