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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,020 10,558 68.3 67.3-69.2 2,005 12.5 11.9-13.2 2,457 19.2 18.4-20.1
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 600 423 70.3 65.5-74.8 76 13.0 10.1-16.6 101 16.6 13.0-21.0
GENDER
Male 215 139 67.3 59.3-74.5 24 9.8 6.2-15.3 52 22.8 16.5-30.7
Female 385 284 73.0 67.1-78.1 52 15.9 11.8-21.0 49 11.2 7.9-15.6
RACE
White 505 366 71.6 66.6-76.1 71 13.8 10.7-17.6 68 14.6 11.1-19.0
Other 92 55 59.5 42.4-74.5 5 7.5 2.0-24.9 32 33.0 19.3-50.4
AGE
18-44 203 129 61.9 53.0-70.0 23 11.0 6.8-17.2 51 27.2 19.8-36.1
45+ 392 289 75.1 69.6-79.9 53 14.6 10.8-19.3 50 10.4 7.3-14.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 286 180 63.4 56.0-70.3 39 13.2 9.2-18.8 67 23.3 17.4-30.5
Some College + 310 240 76.1 69.7-81.5 37 13.0 9.2-18.2 33 10.8 7.0-16.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 345 236 67.9 61.2-73.9 38 11.5 7.9-16.5 71 20.6 15.6-26.9
$50,000+ 123 102 83.8 75.2-89.8 10 9.3 4.9-16.9 11 7.0 3.5-13.5

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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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