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

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Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,654 927 5.2 4.7- 5.6 980 4.7 4.3- 5.1 1,114 5.2 4.8- 5.6 13,633 85.0 84.3-85.6
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 742 40 5.5 3.6- 8.3 61 6.8 4.8- 9.5 34 4.2 2.7- 6.4 607 83.5 79.7-86.7
GENDER
Male 255 15 8.0 4.4-14.0 23 5.5 3.2- 9.1 14 4.6 2.4- 8.9 203 81.9 75.2-87.1
Female 487 25 3.6 2.2- 5.7 38 7.8 5.0-12.1 20 3.9 2.2- 6.6 404 84.8 80.0-88.5
RACE
White 660 35 5.0 3.4- 7.3 56 6.9 4.8- 9.8 32 4.6 3.0- 7.1 537 83.6 79.7-86.8
Other 82 5 9.4 2.5-30.1 5 6.1 2.1-16.9 2 1.4 0.3- 6.7 70 83.0 65.6-92.6
AGE
18-44 245 7 3.9 1.5- 9.7 10 4.4 1.9- 9.7 7 3.7 1.7- 7.7 221 88.1 81.3-92.7
45+ 494 33 7.1 4.7-10.5 51 9.0 6.4-12.6 27 4.7 2.9- 7.6 383 79.2 74.5-83.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 348 26 7.3 4.3-12.3 32 8.1 4.9-12.9 26 6.5 4.0-10.5 264 78.1 71.6-83.5
Some College + 394 14 3.6 2.0- 6.7 29 5.5 3.5- 8.5 8 1.8 0.8- 4.0 343 89.1 85.0-92.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 469 32 7.0 4.3-11.2 42 6.9 4.7-10.0 24 4.7 2.8- 7.6 371 81.4 76.4-85.6
$50,000+ 158 4 2.9 1.1- 7.6 7 6.0 2.0-16.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 146 91.0 81.5-95.8

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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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