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

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,711 11,218 79.9 79.0-80.8 1,390 11.0 10.3-11.7 736 5.9 5.4- 6.5 367 3.2 2.8- 3.7
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 591 474 79.1 74.5-83.0 66 11.3 8.4-15.1 31 4.3 2.8- 6.6 20 5.3 3.2- 8.5
GENDER
Male 197 152 73.4 65.1-80.3 20 11.9 7.2-19.0 14 5.6 3.1-10.0 11 9.1 5.1-16.0
Female 394 322 83.4 78.3-87.4 46 10.9 7.7-15.3 17 3.4 1.8- 6.2 9 2.4 1.1- 5.1
RACE
White 542 435 79.3 74.6-83.3 63 11.6 8.6-15.5 28 4.4 2.8- 6.8 16 4.7 2.8- 8.0
Other 49 39 76.8 55.3-89.9 3 7.7 1.7-29.2 3 3.8 1.1-12.9 4 11.6 3.4-33.3
AGE
18-44 141 91 65.0 54.5-74.1 29 19.7 12.9-28.9 13 6.3 3.2-12.3 8 9.0 4.5-17.3
45+ 447 380 86.0 81.6-89.4 37 7.2 4.8-10.6 18 3.3 1.9- 5.7 12 3.4 1.8- 6.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 211 79.1 71.5-85.1 21 10.1 6.0-16.5 13 2.9 1.5- 5.4 11 7.8 4.1-14.4
Some College + 335 263 79.0 73.1-83.9 45 12.2 8.5-17.2 18 5.4 3.1- 9.2 9 3.4 1.6- 6.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 359 279 74.3 67.9-79.8 45 13.5 9.6-18.7 19 4.9 2.8- 8.5 16 7.2 4.2-12.3
$50,000+ 138 111 82.2 73.0-88.7 16 10.5 5.5-19.2 8 4.0 1.8- 8.8 3 3.3 1.0-10.0

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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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