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

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  Total
Respond.^
< 20 years 20 to 50 years 50 to 75 years 75 years and older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,259 196 7.3 6.1- 8.8 365 13.4 11.7-15.2 1,174 35.9 33.7-38.2 1,524 43.4 41.1-45.8
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 170 9 5.6 2.2-13.7 16 12.1 6.0-22.8 54 32.7 24.1-42.6 91 49.5 39.8-59.3
GENDER
Male 51 5 6.1 1.9-17.5 7 23.8 9.8-47.3 13 21.0 10.5-37.8 26 49.1 31.7-66.7
Female 119 4 5.4 1.4-18.9 9 5.5 2.5-11.7 41 39.3 28.4-51.4 65 49.8 38.3-61.2
RACE
White 152 7 3.6 1.5- 8.7 14 11.6 5.4-23.2 49 35.9 26.6-46.3 82 48.9 38.9-59.0
Other 18 2 23.2 3.8-69.7 2 16.4 2.8-56.8 5 5.3 1.5-17.2 9 55.0 21.6-84.5
AGE
18-44 53 8 13.4 5.1-30.7 7 16.3 5.5-39.5 21 41.4 25.1-59.8 17 28.8 15.7-46.8
45+ 116 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 9 9.2 4.1-19.3 32 26.3 18.0-36.5 74 64.4 53.4-74.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 77 5 9.1 2.9-25.3 7 14.8 5.3-35.3 27 40.4 26.3-56.2 38 35.7 23.7-49.9
Some College + 93 4 2.5 0.7- 8.6 9 9.6 4.1-20.7 27 25.7 16.7-37.4 53 62.2 49.7-73.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 102 7 7.2 2.2-21.2 11 16.7 7.3-33.8 36 32.6 22.3-45.0 48 43.5 31.5-56.4
$50,000+ 42 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.1 0.4-11.5 11 32.9 16.5-55.1 29 64.9 43.4-81.7

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*Asked only of care givers.

^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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