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

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,763 142 10.0 8.2-12.2 581 35.9 33.0-38.8 505 26.7 24.2-29.4 535 27.4 24.9-30.0
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 74 6 5.5 2.1-13.6 19 30.0 17.2-46.9 21 21.2 12.4-33.7 28 43.3 29.8-57.8
GENDER
Male 29 1 0.9 0.1- 6.7 6 32.4 13.1-60.3 8 16.3 6.6-34.9 14 50.4 28.4-72.2
Female 45 5 10.4 3.8-25.3 13 27.6 15.0-45.1 13 26.3 13.9-44.1 14 35.8 20.8-54.2
RACE
White 66 5 5.9 2.2-14.8 15 24.3 12.9-41.1 18 21.8 12.6-35.2 28 47.9 33.6-62.6
Other 8 1 2.1 0.2-18.1 4 83.1 43.6-96.9 3 14.8 2.5-53.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 9 4 27.7 6.9-66.4 5 72.3 33.6-93.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 65 2 1.8 0.4- 7.0 14 22.8 11.2-41.0 21 24.8 14.6-38.7 28 50.6 35.5-65.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 3 4.9 1.1-18.9 11 34.3 16.6-57.8 13 25.2 12.8-43.5 13 35.7 19.1-56.5
Some College + 34 3 6.2 1.8-19.5 8 26.0 10.6-51.2 8 17.4 7.1-36.7 15 50.4 30.6-70.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 52 4 4.6 1.4-14.3 12 27.5 13.7-47.6 15 20.1 10.7-34.7 21 47.8 31.4-64.7
$50,000+ 11 0 0.0 . - . 4 43.3 13.6-78.7 3 21.9 5.3-58.3 4 34.9 11.2-69.5

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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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