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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,511 840 5.5 5.1- 6.0 989 6.0 5.6- 6.5 1,114 6.9 6.5- 7.5 11,568 81.5 80.7-82.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 577 35 5.1 3.3- 7.7 35 5.8 3.8- 8.5 62 11.2 8.3-15.0 445 78.0 73.4-81.9
GENDER
Male 203 11 5.7 2.9-11.0 15 7.3 4.2-12.6 22 10.9 6.5-17.6 155 76.1 68.3-82.5
Female 374 24 4.5 2.7- 7.4 20 4.4 2.5- 7.5 40 11.5 8.0-16.4 290 79.5 74.1-84.1
RACE
White 485 32 5.5 3.5- 8.5 26 5.8 3.7- 8.8 53 11.4 8.4-15.4 374 77.4 72.6-81.5
Other 89 3 1.8 0.5- 6.5 9 5.9 1.9-16.7 8 9.8 2.6-30.6 69 82.5 65.0-92.3
AGE
18-44 199 6 3.5 1.4- 8.6 7 4.1 1.8- 9.0 8 3.5 1.2-10.1 178 88.9 81.8-93.5
45+ 373 28 5.8 3.5- 9.4 28 6.9 4.4-10.8 54 16.3 12.0-21.8 263 70.9 64.8-76.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 271 20 6.2 3.5-11.0 16 3.6 1.9- 6.4 45 18.7 13.2-25.9 190 71.5 64.0-77.9
Some College + 302 15 4.1 2.2- 7.5 17 7.1 4.2-11.8 17 4.7 2.7- 8.2 253 84.1 78.5-88.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 334 23 5.9 3.4- 9.9 23 6.5 3.9-10.6 45 14.4 10.0-20.2 243 73.2 66.7-78.9
$50,000+ 119 4 3.0 1.0- 8.6 3 3.0 0.9- 9.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 111 93.7 86.9-97.1

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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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