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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,711 11,218 79.9 79.0-80.8 1,390 11.0 10.3-11.7 736 5.9 5.4- 6.5 367 3.2 2.8- 3.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 339 266 74.8 68.8-80.1 42 14.8 10.7-20.2 18 6.0 3.5-10.2 13 4.3 2.4- 7.6
GENDER
Male 118 90 72.7 62.1-81.2 18 17.7 10.7-27.9 3 3.7 1.2-11.3 7 5.8 2.6-12.5
Female 221 176 76.4 69.0-82.5 24 12.6 8.3-18.8 15 7.8 4.2-13.8 6 3.2 1.4- 7.2
RACE
White 325 254 74.2 68.0-79.6 40 14.9 10.7-20.5 18 6.3 3.7-10.7 13 4.5 2.5- 8.0
Other 14 12 87.8 60.2-97.2 2 12.2 2.8-39.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 89 61 65.0 52.7-75.7 13 15.6 8.3-27.4 9 12.1 6.1-22.6 6 7.2 3.2-15.6
45+ 247 203 80.6 74.2-85.7 28 14.0 9.6-20.0 9 2.7 1.3- 5.8 7 2.7 1.2- 6.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 125 76.8 68.4-83.5 19 11.5 7.1-18.0 7 4.8 2.0-11.4 9 6.9 3.5-13.2
Some College + 176 139 73.5 64.4-80.9 23 17.9 11.6-26.5 10 6.5 3.2-13.0 4 2.1 0.7- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 176 75.6 68.1-81.8 20 11.2 7.1-17.1 12 6.5 3.3-12.5 12 6.8 3.7-12.0
$50,000+ 82 63 73.2 59.6-83.5 14 19.9 10.8-33.7 4 6.4 2.4-16.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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