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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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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
-Buncombe County 32 10 30.4 15.6-50.9 22 69.6 49.1-84.4
GENDER
Male 13 5 35.6 13.9-65.3 8 64.4 34.7-86.1
Female 19 5 23.9 9.3-49.0 14 76.1 51.0-90.7
RACE
White 23 9 38.9 20.0-61.9 14 61.1 38.1-80.0
Other 9 1 5.8 0.7-34.6 8 94.2 65.4-99.3
AGE
18-44 5 1 19.4 2.3-71.0 4 80.6 29.0-97.7
45+ 27 9 33.1 16.4-55.4 18 66.9 44.6-83.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 17 4 20.1 6.7-46.9 13 79.9 53.1-93.3
Some College + 14 6 40.9 17.6-69.2 8 59.1 30.8-82.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 22 9 46.9 25.3-69.8 13 53.1 30.2-74.7
$50,000+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .

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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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