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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,771 2,743 15.4 14.7-16.2 11,206 66.5 65.5-67.5 1,844 11.5 10.9-12.2 101 0.6 0.5- 0.8 877 5.9 5.4- 6.5
-Mountain AHEC 1,161 228 18.6 15.8-21.8 769 65.5 61.6-69.1 100 10.0 7.7-12.9 8 0.7 0.3- 1.4 56 5.3 3.8- 7.4
GENDER
Male 407 67 15.2 11.3-20.1 263 63.3 56.9-69.4 47 13.3 9.2-18.8 4 0.8 0.3- 2.1 26 7.4 4.6-11.7
Female 754 161 21.6 17.9-25.9 506 67.3 62.7-71.6 53 7.1 4.9-10.0 4 0.6 0.2- 1.6 30 3.4 2.3- 5.2
RACE
White 1,011 202 18.3 15.5-21.5 677 67.7 63.8-71.3 76 8.1 6.2-10.6 8 0.8 0.4- 1.6 48 5.1 3.5- 7.4
African American 64 13 24.7 11.5-45.4 39 50.1 32.0-68.2 8 19.9 6.8-45.8 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.3 1.7-15.5
Other Minorities 86 13 17.2 7.6-34.2 53 54.8 38.4-70.2 16 20.9 10.0-38.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 7.2 2.3-20.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 45 10 26.2 11.5-49.3 25 51.5 31.9-70.6 7 14.0 4.5-35.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 8.3 2.4-25.3
Non-Hispanic 1,115 218 18.1 15.4-21.1 743 66.5 62.6-70.1 93 9.7 7.4-12.6 8 0.7 0.3- 1.5 53 5.1 3.6- 7.2
AGE
18-24 58 11 17.3 8.4-32.1 38 59.9 43.1-74.7 7 18.2 8.1-35.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.6 1.0-19.7
25-34 170 18 9.7 5.2-17.5 122 71.1 61.9-78.9 18 10.1 5.9-16.8 2 0.8 0.2- 3.9 10 8.2 4.2-15.4
35-44 180 31 19.1 12.3-28.4 123 66.4 56.9-74.6 20 10.1 6.1-16.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 5 4.2 1.6-10.4
45-54 198 39 19.7 13.9-27.2 130 66.3 57.9-73.8 20 9.5 5.5-15.9 0 0.0 . - . 9 4.5 2.1- 9.2
55-64 210 44 22.3 16.2-29.8 138 63.8 55.8-71.2 16 8.5 4.8-14.6 3 1.7 0.5- 5.6 9 3.7 1.8- 7.2
65-74 181 43 22.5 16.3-30.4 117 63.2 54.7-71.0 12 8.5 4.8-14.7 2 1.8 0.4- 6.8 7 4.0 1.8- 8.7
75+ 160 41 26.8 19.4-35.8 98 62.7 53.5-71.0 7 3.1 1.3- 7.2 0 0.0 . - . 14 7.4 4.0-13.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 167 17 11.8 6.1-21.7 100 56.2 44.3-67.5 28 19.9 11.6-31.9 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 21 11.6 6.8-19.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 344 53 15.3 10.5-21.8 235 64.6 57.1-71.5 33 11.3 7.2-17.2 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 20 7.9 4.5-13.7
Some Post-H.S. 301 63 22.3 16.7-29.0 205 67.5 60.4-73.9 24 8.0 5.0-12.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 7 1.7 0.8- 3.8
College Graduate 346 93 22.6 17.9-28.1 228 70.6 64.6-75.9 15 4.3 2.3- 7.8 2 0.7 0.1- 3.0 8 1.9 0.8- 4.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 141 22 14.3 8.8-22.5 91 63.8 52.1-74.1 17 13.9 6.9-26.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 10 7.1 3.2-14.9
$15,000- 24,999 237 31 15.1 9.3-23.7 150 60.5 51.5-68.8 35 14.7 9.8-21.6 5 1.7 0.6- 4.3 16 8.0 4.2-14.5
$25,000- 34,999 164 33 17.5 11.8-25.3 113 68.5 58.5-77.1 13 10.6 4.9-21.7 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 4 2.7 1.0- 7.2
$35,000- 49,999 163 28 13.1 8.5-19.7 117 73.5 64.7-80.7 14 9.7 5.3-17.1 1 0.9 0.1- 5.8 3 2.9 0.8- 9.3
$50,000-74,999 142 29 17.1 10.9-25.6 103 76.9 67.6-84.2 7 4.2 1.8- 9.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.8 0.5- 6.0
$75,000+ 133 45 37.9 28.0-48.9 81 58.1 47.3-68.1 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.5 0.9- 6.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 381 74 19.9 14.6-26.6 245 66.1 59.2-72.3 32 7.5 4.9-11.5 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 28 5.8 3.7- 8.9
No 757 152 18.4 15.1-22.1 513 65.7 60.9-70.2 61 10.4 7.4-14.4 5 0.5 0.2- 1.3 26 5.0 3.1- 8.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 157 36 21.8 15.1-30.4 103 66.1 56.9-74.3 12 9.2 4.9-16.7 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 5 2.4 0.9- 6.0
Non-Veteran 1,004 192 18.1 15.1-21.6 666 65.4 61.1-69.4 88 10.1 7.6-13.4 7 0.7 0.3- 1.5 51 5.7 4.0- 8.2

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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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