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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,843 1,399 75.4 72.7-77.9 444 24.6 22.1-27.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 79 61 74.0 59.2-84.8 18 26.0 15.2-40.8
GENDER
Male 31 23 72.5 48.8-88.0 8 27.5 12.0-51.2
Female 48 38 75.7 57.4-87.8 10 24.3 12.2-42.6
RACE
White 70 52 71.3 55.8-83.0 18 28.7 17.0-44.2
Other 9 9 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 9 6 48.1 14.0-84.0 3 51.9 16.0-86.0
45+ 70 55 78.2 64.2-87.7 15 21.8 12.3-35.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 43 33 65.8 43.5-82.7 10 34.2 17.3-56.5
Some College + 36 28 82.0 63.6-92.2 8 18.0 7.8-36.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 55 43 77.2 58.3-89.2 12 22.8 10.8-41.7
$50,000+ 11 9 77.9 39.9-94.9 2 22.1 5.1-60.1

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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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