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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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  Total
Respond.^
Very satisfied Satisfied Dissatisfied Very dissatisfied
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,880 7,679 46.1 45.1-47.2 8,195 48.5 47.4-49.5 819 4.5 4.1- 4.9 187 0.9 0.8- 1.1
-Mountain AHEC 1,168 552 49.8 45.9-53.7 551 45.3 41.5-49.2 52 4.1 2.9- 5.8 13 0.8 0.3- 2.0
GENDER
Male 410 194 50.6 44.2-56.9 195 45.4 39.1-51.8 16 3.5 2.0- 6.1 5 0.5 0.2- 1.4
Female 758 358 49.1 44.3-53.8 356 45.3 40.6-50.0 36 4.6 3.0- 7.1 8 1.1 0.3- 3.6
RACE
White 1,019 495 51.5 47.5-55.6 471 44.1 40.2-48.1 43 3.6 2.5- 5.1 10 0.7 0.2- 2.2
African American 65 24 42.3 25.5-61.1 35 49.5 31.6-67.4 5 6.9 2.1-20.6 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8
Other Minorities 84 33 37.1 22.9-53.9 45 54.8 38.3-70.2 4 7.1 1.8-23.6 2 1.1 0.2- 6.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 45 12 41.1 23.1-61.9 29 55.2 35.1-73.8 4 3.6 1.2-10.6 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,121 540 50.5 46.6-54.4 520 44.5 40.6-48.4 48 4.2 2.9- 5.9 13 0.9 0.3- 2.1
AGE
18-24 59 31 53.9 37.8-69.2 25 40.0 25.7-56.3 2 3.6 0.7-15.8 1 2.5 0.3-15.6
25-34 170 69 49.2 40.1-58.4 93 47.6 38.6-56.7 7 3.2 1.4- 7.2 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3
35-44 179 76 43.0 34.3-52.0 93 53.1 44.0-61.9 8 3.3 1.5- 7.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.9
45-54 197 83 42.5 34.2-51.1 94 47.0 38.6-55.6 16 9.3 5.1-16.5 4 1.2 0.3- 3.8
55-64 213 111 54.7 46.6-62.4 87 39.5 32.0-47.5 12 5.0 2.6- 9.3 3 0.9 0.2- 3.4
65-74 178 100 62.1 53.9-69.8 74 35.9 28.4-44.1 3 1.7 0.5- 6.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7
75+ 168 80 46.9 38.3-55.7 83 51.0 42.2-59.7 4 1.9 0.6- 5.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 179 67 35.0 24.3-47.4 91 52.5 40.9-63.8 17 10.0 5.4-17.8 4 2.5 0.5-11.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 342 147 46.5 39.4-53.8 178 50.3 43.1-57.5 12 2.5 1.2- 5.0 5 0.7 0.2- 2.1
Some Post-H.S. 299 142 53.6 46.3-60.7 142 42.9 36.0-50.1 14 3.3 1.8- 6.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
College Graduate 345 195 59.7 53.3-65.7 138 37.1 31.3-43.4 9 2.9 1.3- 6.3 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 46 34.0 23.8-45.8 81 49.9 38.6-61.2 18 11.6 5.6-22.5 5 4.5 1.0-18.6
$15,000- 24,999 238 88 41.9 33.2-51.1 132 52.1 43.2-60.9 16 5.7 3.2-10.0 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2
$25,000- 34,999 164 79 47.9 38.5-57.5 78 47.5 38.1-57.2 6 4.5 1.9-10.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4
$35,000- 49,999 164 79 47.5 38.4-56.8 82 51.4 42.2-60.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 2 0.7 0.2- 3.5
$50,000-74,999 142 86 67.9 57.6-76.7 54 31.1 22.4-41.4 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 131 87 65.3 54.1-74.9 42 33.3 23.7-44.6 2 1.4 0.3- 5.7 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 389 133 35.4 28.9-42.4 207 52.6 45.7-59.4 39 9.7 6.6-14.1 10 2.3 0.8- 6.4
No 763 413 55.8 51.0-60.5 334 42.2 37.6-47.0 13 1.8 0.9- 3.7 3 0.2 0.0- 0.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 157 84 52.0 42.8-61.0 67 45.4 36.4-54.6 5 2.5 0.9- 6.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
Non-Veteran 1,011 468 49.4 45.1-53.7 484 45.3 41.1-49.6 47 4.4 3.0- 6.3 12 0.9 0.3- 2.3

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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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