BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County): (Do you currently take any vitamin pills or supplements?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,811	9,140	59.0	58.0-60.1	5,671	41.0	39.9-42.0
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	590	361	59.1	54.0-64.0	229	40.9	36.0-46.0
GENDER
Male	207	99	47.1	39.2-55.2	108	52.9	44.8-60.8
Female	383	262	69.3	63.3-74.7	121	30.7	25.3-36.7
RACE
White	496	318	61.4	56.1-66.5	178	38.6	33.5-43.9
Other	91	43	42.0	27.2-58.3	48	58.0	41.7-72.8
AGE
18-44	200	99	48.6	40.1-57.2	101	51.4	42.8-59.9
45+	385	257	64.9	58.6-70.6	128	35.1	29.4-41.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	280	144	50.9	43.3-58.3	136	49.1	41.7-56.7
Some College +	306	215	66.4	59.4-72.6	91	33.6	27.4-40.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	341	194	54.3	47.5-61.0	147	45.7	39.0-52.5
$50,000+	121	91	71.8	61.4-80.3	30	28.2	19.7-38.6

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,811	9,140	59.0	58.0-60.1	5,671	41.0	39.9-42.0
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	590	361	59.1	54.0-64.0	229	40.9	36.0-46.0
GENDER
Male	207	99	47.1	39.2-55.2	108	52.9	44.8-60.8
Female	383	262	69.3	63.3-74.7	121	30.7	25.3-36.7
RACE
White	496	318	61.4	56.1-66.5	178	38.6	33.5-43.9
Other	91	43	42.0	27.2-58.3	48	58.0	41.7-72.8
AGE
18-44	200	99	48.6	40.1-57.2	101	51.4	42.8-59.9
45+	385	257	64.9	58.6-70.6	128	35.1	29.4-41.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	280	144	50.9	43.3-58.3	136	49.1	41.7-56.7
Some College +	306	215	66.4	59.4-72.6	91	33.6	27.4-40.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	341	194	54.3	47.5-61.0	147	45.7	39.0-52.5
$50,000+	121	91	71.8	61.4-80.3	30	28.2	19.7-38.6

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

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