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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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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
-Mountain AHEC 107 27 22.2 14.3-32.8 80 77.8 67.2-85.7
GENDER
Male 43 11 23.3 12.1-40.2 32 76.7 59.8-87.9
Female 64 16 20.9 11.9-34.2 48 79.1 65.8-88.1
RACE
White 89 24 24.6 15.7-36.4 65 75.4 63.6-84.3
African American 11 2 9.3 1.8-37.0 9 90.7 63.0-98.2
Other Minorities 7 1 3.7 0.4-27.4 6 96.3 72.6-99.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 103 26 21.7 13.8-32.3 77 78.3 67.7-86.2
AGE
18-24 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 5 2 31.4 5.5-78.2 3 68.6 21.8-94.5
35-44 7 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .
45-54 16 6 23.6 8.1-51.9 10 76.4 48.1-91.9
55-64 22 2 4.9 0.8-24.0 20 95.1 76.0-99.2
65-74 30 8 25.2 11.3-47.2 22 74.8 52.8-88.7
75+ 25 7 28.7 12.9-52.2 18 71.3 47.8-87.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 27 7 22.9 8.6-48.4 20 77.1 51.6-91.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 29 6 22.8 9.7-45.0 23 77.2 55.0-90.3
Some Post-H.S. 29 10 26.9 13.0-47.5 19 73.1 52.5-87.0
College Graduate 21 4 9.8 3.1-26.9 17 90.2 73.1-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 23 7 34.7 14.2-63.1 16 65.3 36.9-85.8
$15,000- 24,999 29 8 29.5 13.9-52.1 21 70.5 47.9-86.1
$25,000- 34,999 7 1 12.3 1.6-54.8 6 87.7 45.2-98.4
$35,000- 49,999 15 6 24.8 8.9-52.7 9 75.2 47.3-91.1
$50,000-74,999 7 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .
$75,000+ 7 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 64 20 27.1 16.5-41.3 44 72.9 58.7-83.5
No 36 5 13.3 4.5-33.5 31 86.7 66.5-95.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 20 6 26.7 10.6-52.7 14 73.3 47.3-89.4
Non-Veteran 86 21 20.8 12.6-32.5 65 79.2 67.5-87.4

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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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