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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,478 6,768 68.9 67.7-70.0 2,710 31.1 30.0-32.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 386 286 74.1 68.2-79.2 100 25.9 20.8-31.8
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 386 286 74.1 68.2-79.2 100 25.9 20.8-31.8
RACE
White 322 247 76.3 70.3-81.4 75 23.7 18.6-29.7
Other 64 39 53.3 33.4-72.1 25 46.7 27.9-66.6
AGE
18-44 124 46 39.5 29.5-50.4 78 60.5 49.6-70.5
45+ 258 237 93.9 89.5-96.6 21 6.1 3.4-10.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 185 129 69.9 61.0-77.5 56 30.1 22.5-39.0
Some College + 199 156 77.2 69.0-83.7 43 22.8 16.3-31.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 227 153 65.2 57.1-72.5 74 34.8 27.5-42.9
$50,000+ 67 57 78.3 62.3-88.7 10 21.7 11.3-37.7

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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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