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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 15,019 2,492 16.6 15.8-17.4 12,527 83.4 82.6-84.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 598 104 20.6 16.8-25.1 494 79.4 74.9-83.2
GENDER
Male 213 33 20.3 14.3-28.0 180 79.7 72.0-85.7
Female 385 71 20.9 16.3-26.4 314 79.1 73.6-83.7
RACE
White 503 91 20.4 16.5-25.0 412 79.6 75.0-83.5
Other 92 12 20.3 9.1-39.4 80 79.7 60.6-90.9
AGE
18-44 201 54 30.5 23.0-39.1 147 69.5 60.9-77.0
45+ 392 50 15.0 11.0-20.0 342 85.0 80.0-89.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 285 59 24.5 18.5-31.7 226 75.5 68.3-81.5
Some College + 309 44 16.9 12.3-22.7 265 83.1 77.3-87.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 343 80 29.7 23.8-36.4 263 70.3 63.6-76.2
$50,000+ 123 7 6.3 2.6-14.3 116 93.7 85.7-97.4

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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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