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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

Cardiovasular Health

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,310 4,835 26.3 25.4-27.2 10,475 73.7 72.8-74.6
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 673 227 29.8 25.6-34.3 446 70.2 65.7-74.4
GENDER
Male 234 84 33.3 26.2-41.3 150 66.7 58.7-73.8
Female 439 143 27.0 22.3-32.3 296 73.0 67.7-77.7
RACE
White 595 212 31.4 26.9-36.2 383 68.6 63.8-73.1
Other 78 15 18.9 9.1-35.4 63 81.1 64.6-90.9
AGE
18-44 230 27 12.6 7.6-20.1 203 87.4 79.9-92.4
45+ 440 200 45.5 39.9-51.1 240 54.5 48.9-60.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 310 102 29.8 23.6-36.9 208 70.2 63.1-76.4
Some College + 363 125 29.7 24.3-35.7 238 70.3 64.3-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 423 134 26.7 21.5-32.7 289 73.3 67.3-78.5
$50,000+ 149 48 30.0 22.3-39.1 101 70.0 60.9-77.7

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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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