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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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  Total
Respond.^
< 20 years 20 to 50 years 50 to 75 years 75 years and older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,259 196 7.3 6.1- 8.8 365 13.4 11.7-15.2 1,174 35.9 33.7-38.2 1,524 43.4 41.1-45.8
-Mountain AHEC 252 17 8.5 4.2-16.3 26 12.1 7.0-20.2 75 32.1 24.9-40.2 134 47.3 39.3-55.5
GENDER
Male 70 8 13.9 5.5-31.2 9 19.8 8.8-38.8 19 23.7 13.7-37.7 34 42.6 28.8-57.7
Female 182 9 5.4 1.9-14.3 17 7.7 4.2-13.6 56 36.9 28.0-46.8 100 50.0 40.6-59.4
RACE
White 228 15 7.4 3.5-15.0 22 11.6 6.4-20.3 67 33.7 26.1-42.3 124 47.2 39.0-55.7
African American 13 0 0.0 . - . 3 24.3 5.3-64.8 4 20.9 6.3-51.0 6 54.8 22.3-83.7
Other Minorities 11 2 53.3 10.7-91.6 1 3.8 0.4-28.0 4 6.9 1.4-27.6 4 36.1 5.7-84.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 2 0 0.0 . - . 1 26.5 2.2-85.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 73.5 14.8-97.8
Non-Hispanic 250 17 8.6 4.3-16.4 25 12.0 6.9-20.2 75 32.3 25.1-40.4 133 47.1 39.1-55.4
AGE
18-24 18 5 33.3 12.4-63.8 3 11.2 3.0-34.5 5 28.7 9.9-59.7 5 26.7 9.5-55.9
25-34 31 3 5.9 1.6-19.3 6 28.9 10.5-58.6 14 45.1 24.6-67.5 8 20.1 8.7-39.8
35-44 33 4 11.6 3.4-32.9 3 3.7 1.1-12.0 13 43.5 24.7-64.4 13 41.3 22.6-62.8
45-54 57 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 9 16.2 6.9-33.6 20 31.0 18.8-46.5 27 51.9 36.0-67.5
55-64 60 2 1.6 0.4- 6.5 3 5.4 1.7-15.7 9 18.3 9.0-33.5 46 74.8 59.7-85.6
65-74 29 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 9 32.5 16.6-53.9 18 65.6 44.5-81.9
75+ 23 1 1.2 0.2- 8.5 1 6.8 1.0-35.5 4 23.0 8.1-50.2 17 69.0 43.3-86.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 25 3 22.7 5.9-57.9 5 22.0 7.9-48.1 11 46.6 23.7-71.1 6 8.6 3.2-21.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 79 5 7.8 2.4-22.9 8 15.4 5.4-36.6 22 34.1 20.8-50.6 44 42.7 29.0-57.5
Some Post-H.S. 76 5 9.4 2.7-28.2 8 8.1 3.4-18.4 22 27.3 17.1-40.6 41 55.2 40.7-68.8
College Graduate 71 3 1.5 0.4- 5.2 5 8.5 2.7-23.9 20 29.3 17.9-44.0 43 60.7 45.8-73.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 21 2 24.9 4.6-69.6 0 0.0 . - . 7 43.2 17.9-72.6 12 31.9 13.9-57.8
$15,000- 24,999 56 6 13.5 3.8-38.0 11 32.9 15.8-56.1 16 18.2 9.5-32.2 23 35.4 20.4-53.8
$25,000- 34,999 34 3 3.8 1.0-13.6 2 5.5 1.0-24.8 11 39.7 22.6-59.8 18 51.0 32.1-69.6
$35,000- 49,999 41 3 10.6 2.4-36.9 4 8.3 2.7-23.2 17 43.5 26.7-62.0 17 37.5 22.1-56.1
$50,000-74,999 33 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.3 0.3- 6.2 5 22.1 8.2-47.3 26 76.5 52.0-90.8
$75,000+ 33 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 3 5.4 1.4-18.4 10 40.4 19.1-66.0 19 52.9 29.8-74.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 80 3 1.7 0.4- 6.3 7 12.6 5.6-26.0 31 46.2 32.5-60.6 39 39.4 27.3-53.0
No 170 14 11.9 5.8-23.1 19 12.1 5.8-23.4 44 25.8 18.5-34.7 93 50.2 40.1-60.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 27 2 1.3 0.3- 5.4 1 4.5 0.6-26.0 6 28.7 13.1-51.7 18 65.6 43.2-82.7
Non-Veteran 225 15 9.3 4.6-17.9 25 13.0 7.4-21.8 69 32.4 24.8-41.2 116 45.3 36.9-54.1

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*Asked only of care givers.

^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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