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

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Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,223 3,022 18.6 17.8-19.4 5,233 32.2 31.2-33.1 5,268 30.7 29.8-31.7 2,490 13.5 12.8-14.1 1,210 5.1 4.8- 5.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 408 72 20.0 15.1-26.1 120 28.4 23.1-34.3 112 27.6 22.6-33.2 69 18.2 13.7-23.7 35 5.8 3.9- 8.5
GENDER
Male 148 24 17.7 10.2-29.0 42 29.9 21.3-40.3 42 26.6 18.9-36.0 31 22.3 14.7-32.4 9 3.5 1.7- 6.9
Female 260 48 22.2 16.7-28.9 78 27.0 21.3-33.5 70 28.5 22.5-35.3 38 14.3 10.2-19.7 26 8.0 5.0-12.5
RACE
White 379 67 21.4 16.0-27.9 117 31.0 25.3-37.3 104 27.4 22.4-33.2 58 14.1 10.6-18.6 33 6.1 4.1- 9.1
Other 28 5 9.5 3.4-23.9 3 7.2 2.0-23.2 8 30.7 13.3-56.2 10 49.1 26.5-72.2 2 3.4 0.7-15.4
AGE
18-44 135 29 23.9 15.4-35.2 45 30.4 21.6-40.9 40 28.3 20.2-38.2 18 15.8 9.2-25.9 3 1.6 0.5- 5.4
45+ 270 42 16.0 11.7-21.5 73 26.2 20.8-32.4 72 27.2 21.7-33.5 51 20.6 15.6-26.9 32 9.9 6.7-14.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 189 14 7.6 4.2-13.3 51 24.8 17.9-33.3 59 31.8 24.2-40.5 41 26.3 18.6-35.7 24 9.6 6.0-14.9
Some College + 216 57 30.7 22.7-40.1 69 31.8 24.4-40.4 52 24.0 17.7-31.6 27 10.9 7.1-16.6 11 2.6 1.3- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 273 32 13.8 8.3-21.8 77 28.9 22.2-36.6 79 30.1 23.7-37.3 57 21.1 15.7-27.7 28 6.2 4.0- 9.6
$50,000+ 89 30 40.4 28.8-53.1 34 31.8 22.2-43.2 21 23.1 14.1-35.4 4 4.8 1.7-12.6 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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