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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,763 142 10.0 8.2-12.2 581 35.9 33.0-38.8 505 26.7 24.2-29.4 535 27.4 24.9-30.0
-Mountain AHEC 101 9 7.1 3.3-14.4 29 34.5 23.0-48.2 27 19.9 12.5-30.0 36 38.5 27.5-50.8
GENDER
Male 41 2 3.3 0.7-14.9 11 37.5 20.3-58.5 10 16.3 7.7-31.5 18 42.9 26.3-61.3
Female 60 7 11.6 5.1-24.5 18 31.0 18.9-46.4 17 24.0 13.7-38.7 18 33.3 20.4-49.3
RACE
White 85 7 7.6 3.4-16.1 21 27.8 17.1-42.0 22 20.3 12.3-31.5 35 44.3 32.1-57.3
African American 10 1 4.1 0.5-27.9 5 76.5 40.9-93.9 3 15.6 3.5-48.5 1 3.8 0.4-26.7
Other Minorities 6 1 3.9 0.4-29.3 3 74.5 26.2-96.0 2 21.6 2.9-71.9 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 0 0.0 . - . 2 56.5 8.9-94.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 43.5 5.5-91.1
Non-Hispanic 97 9 7.6 3.6-15.5 27 34.2 22.4-48.3 27 21.3 13.5-32.1 34 36.9 25.9-49.4
AGE
18-24 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 5 3 36.0 6.8-81.2 2 64.0 18.8-93.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 7 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 16 3 11.5 2.9-35.8 9 70.2 41.7-88.6 4 18.3 5.5-46.5 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 20 0 0.0 . - . 7 26.5 10.0-53.9 12 68.6 41.7-86.9 1 4.9 0.7-28.4
65-74 27 1 2.7 0.4-17.2 4 16.8 6.2-38.2 10 27.9 13.4-49.1 12 52.7 31.7-72.7
75+ 24 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 23 99.2 94.3-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 23 2 2.7 0.6-12.2 9 47.3 22.3-73.8 3 6.8 1.9-22.0 9 43.1 19.4-70.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 29 2 8.7 2.1-29.8 8 36.6 16.2-63.4 11 28.7 13.7-50.5 8 25.9 11.7-47.9
Some Post-H.S. 27 3 8.9 2.7-26.0 7 29.2 12.1-55.2 6 19.7 8.2-40.2 11 42.2 23.2-63.8
College Graduate 21 2 5.7 1.3-21.4 5 28.6 11.4-55.7 6 20.0 6.8-46.1 8 45.6 23.5-69.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 22 1 4.5 0.6-26.6 5 18.2 6.1-43.2 8 31.2 14.3-55.3 8 46.0 22.6-71.4
$15,000- 24,999 27 3 7.3 1.8-25.0 9 35.2 16.9-59.3 4 8.4 2.2-26.7 11 49.1 27.7-70.8
$25,000- 34,999 7 0 0.0 . - . 2 22.2 5.0-60.9 3 42.7 12.2-80.0 2 35.1 8.9-75.1
$35,000- 49,999 15 3 13.8 3.4-41.8 2 31.5 7.9-71.1 5 25.8 8.7-55.9 5 29.0 10.0-59.9
$50,000-74,999 7 0 0.0 . - . 3 56.1 18.8-87.5 2 27.4 6.0-69.0 2 16.6 3.2-54.2
$75,000+ 7 0 0.0 . - . 3 35.9 8.9-76.3 1 1.8 0.2-13.7 3 62.3 22.7-90.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 59 6 8.8 3.6-20.0 17 31.7 18.9-48.0 14 16.5 8.8-28.8 22 43.0 28.8-58.6
No 36 2 1.9 0.4- 9.3 12 44.2 23.4-67.2 10 20.7 9.0-40.7 12 33.2 17.1-54.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 17 1 6.5 0.9-34.6 1 8.5 1.2-41.6 4 19.0 6.3-45.0 11 66.0 39.4-85.3
Non-Veteran 83 8 7.3 3.2-15.5 28 41.7 28.2-56.6 23 20.1 12.0-31.7 24 30.9 20.0-44.3

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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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