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

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,763 142 10.0 8.2-12.2 581 35.9 33.0-38.8 505 26.7 24.2-29.4 535 27.4 24.9-30.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 39 4 11.7 4.2-28.2 15 35.1 20.7-52.9 14 36.7 22.0-54.4 6 16.5 6.9-34.4
GENDER
Male 18 1 4.8 0.7-27.7 7 39.0 18.3-64.6 7 41.7 20.5-66.5 3 14.5 4.2-39.6
Female 21 3 19.0 6.0-46.3 8 30.9 14.3-54.5 7 31.4 14.2-55.8 3 18.7 5.4-48.1
RACE
White 37 4 12.4 4.5-29.7 14 35.4 20.5-53.7 14 39.0 23.5-57.1 5 13.3 4.9-31.2
Other 2 0 0.0 . - . 1 31.3 2.8-88.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 68.7 12.0-97.2
AGE
18-44 8 2 28.3 7.1-67.0 6 71.7 33.0-92.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 31 2 5.7 1.4-20.8 9 22.0 10.4-40.6 14 49.9 31.2-68.5 6 22.4 9.6-44.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 22 3 13.6 4.1-36.8 7 33.1 15.3-57.7 9 39.1 20.2-61.9 3 14.1 3.9-40.2
Some College + 17 1 8.6 1.2-41.8 8 38.2 17.9-63.6 5 33.0 13.3-61.4 3 20.2 6.1-49.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 31 3 9.7 3.0-27.1 11 34.4 18.5-54.7 12 41.6 24.3-61.2 5 14.4 5.6-32.5
$50,000+ 5 0 0.0 . - . 4 82.1 32.7-97.7 1 17.9 2.3-67.3 0 0.0 . - .

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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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