BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs, or government plans such as Medicare?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,226	14,750	80.9	79.9-81.8	2,476	19.1	18.2-20.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	408	342	78.3	72.1-83.4	66	21.7	16.6-27.9
GENDER
Male	148	118	72.6	61.6-81.4	30	27.4	18.6-38.4
Female	260	224	83.5	77.2-88.3	36	16.5	11.7-22.8
RACE
White	379	326	83.2	77.7-87.5	53	16.8	12.5-22.3
Other	28	16	40.2	21.1-62.8	12	59.8	37.2-78.9
AGE
18-44	134	103	69.2	58.1-78.5	31	30.8	21.5-41.9
45+	271	236	86.4	81.1-90.4	35	13.6	9.6-18.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	189	150	69.9	59.9-78.4	39	30.1	21.6-40.1
Some College +	216	189	85.3	77.9-90.5	27	14.7	9.5-22.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	273	216	73.6	66.0-80.0	57	26.4	20.0-34.0
$50,000+	89	86	93.5	77.3-98.4	3	6.5	1.6-22.7

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,226	14,750	80.9	79.9-81.8	2,476	19.1	18.2-20.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	408	342	78.3	72.1-83.4	66	21.7	16.6-27.9
GENDER
Male	148	118	72.6	61.6-81.4	30	27.4	18.6-38.4
Female	260	224	83.5	77.2-88.3	36	16.5	11.7-22.8
RACE
White	379	326	83.2	77.7-87.5	53	16.8	12.5-22.3
Other	28	16	40.2	21.1-62.8	12	59.8	37.2-78.9
AGE
18-44	134	103	69.2	58.1-78.5	31	30.8	21.5-41.9
45+	271	236	86.4	81.1-90.4	35	13.6	9.6-18.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	189	150	69.9	59.9-78.4	39	30.1	21.6-40.1
Some College +	216	189	85.3	77.9-90.5	27	14.7	9.5-22.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	273	216	73.6	66.0-80.0	57	26.4	20.0-34.0
$50,000+	89	86	93.5	77.3-98.4	3	6.5	1.6-22.7

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

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