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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,227 12,723 68.9 67.9-70.0 1,693 8.3 7.8- 8.8 2,811 22.8 21.8-23.8
-Mountain AHEC 1,196 841 66.3 62.3-70.0 136 8.5 6.9-10.3 219 25.3 21.7-29.2
GENDER
Male 423 269 60.1 53.6-66.2 48 7.5 5.4-10.3 106 32.5 26.5-39.1
Female 773 572 71.8 67.2-76.0 88 9.3 7.2-11.9 113 18.9 15.1-23.4
RACE
White 1,043 757 69.6 65.6-73.3 122 9.0 7.3-11.1 164 21.4 17.9-25.4
African American 65 43 57.2 38.5-74.0 3 2.4 0.6- 8.8 19 40.5 24.0-59.4
Other Minorities 88 41 39.4 25.3-55.6 11 7.2 3.0-16.3 36 53.3 37.5-68.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 45 13 19.1 7.9-39.6 3 5.1 1.4-17.3 29 75.7 55.8-88.5
Non-Hispanic 1,149 827 69.7 65.9-73.3 133 8.7 7.1-10.6 189 21.6 18.2-25.4
AGE
18-24 59 30 51.6 35.5-67.4 2 2.7 0.6-10.6 27 45.7 30.2-62.1
25-34 172 99 56.8 47.6-65.6 12 5.5 2.9-10.1 61 37.7 29.3-47.0
35-44 185 117 57.4 48.1-66.2 21 8.4 5.0-13.8 47 34.2 25.6-43.9
45-54 201 147 72.8 64.6-79.7 19 6.8 4.0-11.3 35 20.4 14.2-28.5
55-64 217 178 83.9 77.3-88.8 21 7.9 4.7-12.9 18 8.3 4.8-13.9
65-74 186 137 73.3 65.2-80.1 32 17.6 12.1-24.9 17 9.1 5.2-15.5
75+ 171 128 76.7 68.9-83.1 29 16.0 10.8-23.2 14 7.2 3.9-12.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 180 115 51.2 39.8-62.6 19 7.9 4.6-13.3 46 40.9 29.6-53.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 354 240 65.1 57.9-71.7 44 8.2 5.8-11.5 70 26.6 20.4-34.0
Some Post-H.S. 306 226 69.3 62.1-75.8 32 9.7 6.4-14.4 48 20.9 15.3-28.0
College Graduate 353 258 74.3 68.4-79.4 40 7.8 5.4-11.1 55 17.9 13.4-23.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 154 103 61.8 49.6-72.6 22 8.6 5.3-13.8 29 29.6 19.1-42.7
$15,000- 24,999 244 147 54.6 45.8-63.0 32 9.0 5.9-13.5 65 36.4 28.3-45.4
$25,000- 34,999 166 124 69.6 59.2-78.2 14 8.3 4.5-14.8 28 22.2 14.3-32.8
$35,000- 49,999 168 122 67.4 57.8-75.8 11 4.8 2.3- 9.6 35 27.8 19.8-37.5
$50,000-74,999 144 103 67.3 53.3-78.7 17 9.0 5.1-15.4 24 23.7 12.9-39.6
$75,000+ 135 111 84.5 76.6-90.1 14 8.5 4.8-14.8 10 7.0 3.4-13.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 399 288 73.7 67.6-79.0 63 11.4 8.4-15.2 48 14.9 10.5-20.8
No 765 532 63.3 58.3-68.0 71 7.3 5.6- 9.6 162 29.4 24.7-34.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 163 114 70.5 61.7-78.1 27 14.1 9.2-20.9 22 15.4 9.6-23.7
Non-Veteran 1,032 726 65.6 61.3-69.7 109 7.6 6.0- 9.5 197 26.8 22.8-31.2

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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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