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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,227 12,723 68.9 67.9-70.0 1,693 8.3 7.8- 8.8 2,811 22.8 21.8-23.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 406 309 72.2 65.8-77.9 46 8.5 6.1-11.8 51 19.3 14.0-25.9
GENDER
Male 147 101 62.7 51.7-72.5 18 7.6 4.5-12.5 28 29.7 20.2-41.4
Female 259 208 80.7 74.3-85.7 28 9.3 6.0-14.3 23 10.0 6.3-15.4
RACE
White 378 295 76.4 69.9-81.8 43 8.7 6.2-12.3 40 14.9 10.0-21.5
Other 27 14 34.4 18.1-55.4 3 6.8 1.8-23.2 10 58.8 37.2-77.4
AGE
18-44 133 93 62.2 50.9-72.4 11 5.9 2.9-11.6 29 31.9 22.1-43.6
45+ 270 214 81.4 75.9-85.9 35 11.0 7.7-15.6 21 7.6 4.8-11.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 188 147 72.5 63.1-80.3 14 4.9 2.7- 8.7 27 22.6 15.1-32.4
Some College + 216 161 72.0 62.8-79.7 31 11.3 7.4-16.8 24 16.7 9.9-26.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 273 206 68.5 60.0-75.9 27 7.7 4.9-12.0 40 23.8 16.7-32.7
$50,000+ 89 71 81.0 70.0-88.6 11 8.7 4.4-16.5 7 10.3 4.6-21.3

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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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