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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,842 979 54.7 51.8-57.5 863 45.3 42.5-48.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 40 20 49.6 33.0-66.3 20 50.4 33.7-67.0
GENDER
Male 18 10 46.1 23.9-69.9 8 53.9 30.1-76.1
Female 22 10 53.3 31.0-74.3 12 46.7 25.7-69.0
RACE
White 38 19 50.7 33.6-67.7 19 49.3 32.3-66.4
Other 2 1 31.3 2.8-88.0 1 68.7 12.0-97.2
AGE
18-44 8 5 54.4 21.0-84.2 3 45.6 15.8-79.0
45+ 32 15 48.0 29.8-66.7 17 52.0 33.3-70.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 23 10 46.6 26.0-68.5 13 53.4 31.5-74.0
Some College + 17 10 54.5 28.9-77.8 7 45.5 22.2-71.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 32 14 41.2 24.4-60.3 18 58.8 39.7-75.6
$50,000+ 5 4 82.1 32.7-97.7 1 17.9 2.3-67.3

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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: 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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