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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 1,849 487 27.1 24.5-29.8 1,362 72.9 70.2-75.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 40 14 38.8 23.5-56.5 26 61.2 43.5-76.5
GENDER
Male 18 7 38.4 18.3-63.5 11 61.6 36.5-81.7
Female 22 7 39.1 19.0-63.8 15 60.9 36.2-81.0
RACE
White 38 13 39.2 23.5-57.5 25 60.8 42.5-76.5
Other 2 1 31.3 2.8-88.0 1 68.7 12.0-97.2
AGE
18-44 8 2 24.7 5.8-63.7 6 75.3 36.3-94.2
45+ 32 12 43.7 25.9-63.2 20 56.3 36.8-74.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 23 7 37.9 18.9-61.4 16 62.1 38.6-81.1
Some College + 17 7 40.2 18.6-66.4 10 59.8 33.6-81.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 32 11 35.4 19.6-55.2 21 64.6 44.8-80.4
$50,000+ 5 1 17.9 2.3-67.3 4 82.1 32.7-97.7

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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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