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

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,326 1,128 6.5 6.0- 7.0 7,858 47.7 46.7-48.8 4,172 25.4 24.5-26.4 369 2.1 1.8- 2.4 2,799 18.2 17.4-19.1
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 728 55 7.2 5.0-10.2 384 49.2 44.3-54.1 161 23.3 19.3-27.8 11 1.5 0.8- 2.8 117 18.9 14.8-23.8
GENDER
Male 253 13 5.5 2.9-10.2 125 44.9 37.1-53.0 63 25.7 19.3-33.4 5 1.4 0.5- 4.0 47 22.5 15.3-31.7
Female 475 42 8.6 5.6-12.9 259 52.7 46.6-58.6 98 21.3 16.5-27.0 6 1.5 0.7- 3.5 70 16.0 11.9-21.1
RACE
White 648 51 7.2 5.0-10.2 354 50.8 45.7-55.8 146 24.3 20.1-29.1 8 1.2 0.6- 2.7 89 16.6 12.4-21.8
Other 80 4 7.4 2.0-24.1 30 37.8 22.8-55.7 15 16.1 6.8-33.5 3 3.1 0.9-10.0 28 35.5 21.5-52.6
AGE
18-44 241 18 7.7 4.2-13.9 104 38.9 31.2-47.2 61 26.0 19.1-34.2 8 2.4 1.1- 5.1 50 25.0 17.5-34.3
45+ 484 37 6.7 4.7- 9.6 278 58.6 53.3-63.8 100 21.0 16.9-25.8 3 0.6 0.2- 2.2 66 12.9 9.8-16.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 337 18 6.7 3.6-12.3 154 39.6 32.8-46.9 85 25.2 19.4-32.1 3 0.7 0.2- 2.6 77 27.7 20.7-36.1
Some College + 391 37 7.7 5.2-11.1 230 58.8 52.3-64.9 76 21.4 16.1-27.7 8 2.2 1.0- 4.7 40 10.0 6.9-14.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 455 31 6.2 3.9- 9.8 228 45.2 39.3-51.3 102 24.0 19.1-29.8 7 1.4 0.6- 3.0 87 23.1 18.0-29.2
$50,000+ 158 14 9.8 4.8-19.1 93 55.2 44.0-66.0 32 19.8 13.2-28.6 3 1.7 0.5- 5.9 16 13.5 5.5-29.6

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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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