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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,654 927 5.2 4.7- 5.6 980 4.7 4.3- 5.1 1,114 5.2 4.8- 5.6 13,633 85.0 84.3-85.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 396 18 5.5 2.5-11.6 26 4.9 3.0- 7.7 32 7.1 4.9-10.3 320 82.5 76.9-87.1
GENDER
Male 144 6 6.5 1.7-21.2 6 3.6 1.3- 9.1 16 8.2 4.8-13.8 116 81.8 70.9-89.2
Female 252 12 4.6 2.4- 8.5 20 6.1 3.7- 9.9 16 6.1 3.5-10.3 204 83.2 77.6-87.7
RACE
White 367 15 5.1 2.1-12.3 24 5.2 3.2- 8.4 30 7.6 5.1-11.1 298 82.0 75.9-86.9
Other 28 3 9.1 2.6-26.8 2 1.9 0.4- 7.9 2 3.4 0.7-15.4 21 85.6 68.2-94.3
AGE
18-44 130 4 6.2 1.6-21.3 4 1.8 0.6- 5.5 6 3.3 1.4- 7.5 116 88.7 77.1-94.9
45+ 263 14 4.9 2.7- 8.6 22 7.9 4.7-12.8 26 10.9 7.2-16.2 201 76.4 69.9-81.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 183 8 3.6 1.7- 7.4 15 7.4 4.1-13.2 18 8.0 4.7-13.2 142 81.0 73.8-86.6
Some College + 211 10 7.2 2.5-19.2 10 2.4 1.2- 4.7 14 6.4 3.6-11.0 177 84.0 74.5-90.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 266 17 8.0 3.6-16.9 22 6.4 3.8-10.5 23 7.4 4.7-11.6 204 78.2 70.3-84.4
$50,000+ 89 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.1 0.5- 8.3 4 4.7 1.7-12.4 83 93.2 85.1-97.0

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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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