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

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,771 2,743 15.4 14.7-16.2 11,206 66.5 65.5-67.5 1,844 11.5 10.9-12.2 101 0.6 0.5- 0.8 877 5.9 5.4- 6.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 400 55 11.8 8.5-16.1 273 66.9 60.5-72.7 48 14.4 10.0-20.4 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7 20 6.3 3.7-10.6
GENDER
Male 144 13 7.9 4.0-15.2 106 66.9 55.6-76.6 15 15.6 8.3-27.3 0 0.0 . - . 10 9.6 4.8-18.3
Female 256 42 15.3 10.9-21.2 167 66.8 59.9-73.1 33 13.4 9.3-19.0 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2 10 3.3 1.6- 6.6
RACE
White 371 49 11.6 8.2-16.0 260 71.3 65.1-76.8 44 13.1 9.0-18.7 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 15 3.6 2.1- 6.4
Other 28 6 14.9 5.4-35.0 13 32.5 16.2-54.6 3 20.1 5.0-54.6 1 2.2 0.3-14.6 5 30.3 12.4-57.2
AGE
18-44 133 15 11.0 6.1-19.0 90 63.2 52.1-73.2 18 17.8 10.3-29.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 8 7.1 3.1-15.7
45+ 264 40 12.7 9.0-17.7 182 70.7 64.1-76.5 29 10.8 7.2-16.0 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 11 5.4 2.8-10.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 185 19 11.4 6.4-19.2 123 60.8 51.1-69.7 29 17.6 11.1-26.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 12 9.9 5.1-18.4
Some College + 213 36 12.3 8.4-17.5 149 72.2 63.7-79.4 18 11.5 6.2-20.4 2 0.8 0.2- 3.0 8 3.2 1.4- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 270 37 12.5 8.3-18.4 176 62.9 54.8-70.3 37 16.3 10.8-23.7 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9 17 7.7 4.3-13.7
$50,000+ 88 13 10.8 5.9-18.9 68 80.9 70.9-88.1 6 7.3 3.2-16.0 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 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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