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

Cardiovasular Health

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, not stomach related Yes, stomach related No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,402 762 5.7 5.2- 6.2 704 5.4 4.9- 5.9 8,936 89.0 88.2-89.7
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 443 33 7.4 4.9-11.0 34 6.4 4.2- 9.4 376 86.3 82.0-89.6
GENDER
Male 151 11 5.9 3.0-11.3 10 6.3 3.2-12.2 130 87.8 80.8-92.4
Female 292 22 8.5 5.1-13.8 24 6.4 3.9-10.3 246 85.1 79.3-89.6
RACE
White 381 29 7.5 4.9-11.4 31 6.8 4.5-10.3 321 85.7 81.0-89.3
Other 62 4 6.6 2.0-19.9 3 3.6 1.0-12.1 55 89.8 76.7-95.9
AGE
18-44 203 9 5.3 2.6-10.8 5 2.4 0.9- 6.2 189 92.3 86.5-95.7
45+ 237 24 10.5 6.6-16.1 28 12.0 7.8-18.0 185 77.6 70.5-83.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 207 17 7.0 4.0-12.0 21 8.9 5.3-14.4 169 84.2 77.5-89.2
Some College + 236 16 7.8 4.3-13.6 13 4.0 2.1- 7.6 207 88.2 82.2-92.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 20 7.8 4.6-12.8 27 8.0 5.1-12.5 240 84.2 78.2-88.7
$50,000+ 101 6 4.6 1.8-11.0 3 2.1 0.6- 6.7 92 93.3 86.6-96.8

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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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