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

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Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,627 2,623 18.2 17.4-19.0 12,004 81.8 81.0-82.6
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 579 93 18.1 14.5-22.3 486 81.9 77.7-85.5
GENDER
Male 202 23 14.2 9.4-21.0 179 85.8 79.0-90.6
Female 377 70 21.4 16.7-27.1 307 78.6 72.9-83.3
RACE
White 486 86 19.6 15.7-24.3 400 80.4 75.7-84.3
Other 90 7 6.4 2.1-18.0 83 93.6 82.0-97.9
AGE
18-44 199 63 32.8 25.3-41.3 136 67.2 58.7-74.7
45+ 375 30 9.1 6.1-13.3 345 90.9 86.7-93.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 272 30 12.5 8.3-18.3 242 87.5 81.7-91.7
Some College + 303 62 23.2 17.9-29.5 241 76.8 70.5-82.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 336 50 16.3 12.0-21.8 286 83.7 78.2-88.0
$50,000+ 118 31 28.4 19.7-38.9 87 71.6 61.1-80.3

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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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