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

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,513 5,031 77.9 76.7-79.2 1,482 22.1 20.8-23.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 276 214 77.8 70.9-83.4 62 22.2 16.6-29.1
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 276 214 77.8 70.9-83.4 62 22.2 16.6-29.1
RACE
White 235 186 77.9 70.6-83.7 49 22.1 16.3-29.4
Other 41 28 76.7 50.7-91.4 13 23.3 8.6-49.3
AGE
18-44 23 15 58.4 33.7-79.5 8 41.6 20.5-66.3
45+ 253 199 80.4 73.8-85.7 54 19.6 14.3-26.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 138 94 69.6 59.0-78.5 44 30.4 21.5-41.0
Some College + 137 119 84.2 74.3-90.7 18 15.8 9.3-25.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 112 73.1 63.4-81.0 41 26.9 19.0-36.6
$50,000+ 50 46 86.8 66.4-95.7 4 13.2 4.3-33.6

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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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