BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (When was the last time you had an eye exam in which the pupils were dilated? This would have made you temporarily sensitive to bright light.)

	Total Respond.^	Past month	Past year	Past 2 years	2+ years ago	Never
North Carolina	1,811	367	20.3	18.0-22.9	957	51.4	48.5-54.3	260	15.1	13.1-17.3	179	10.0	8.4-11.7	48	3.2	2.1- 4.8
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	79	18	28.0	16.4-43.7	37	46.9	33.3-61.0	16	16.3	8.5-29.0	5	6.9	2.5-17.4	3	1.8	0.5- 7.1
GENDER
Male	31	7	31.4	14.1-56.0	17	53.3	31.7-73.7	2	6.9	1.1-34.4	3	5.3	1.3-19.3	2	3.1	0.7-13.5
Female	48	11	24.2	12.2-42.4	20	39.7	24.7-56.9	14	26.9	14.5-44.5	2	8.8	2.2-28.9	1	0.4	0.1- 3.0
RACE
White	70	17	24.8	14.4-39.3	31	48.8	34.7-63.1	15	16.9	8.6-30.5	5	7.6	2.8-19.1	2	1.8	0.4- 8.0
Other	9	1	58.5	14.5-92.1	6	28.7	5.9-72.0	1	10.8	1.1-56.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.0	0.2-17.3
AGE
18-44	9	0	0.0	. - .	5	76.3	39.2-94.2	2	18.9	3.9-57.6	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.7	0.9-22.3
45+	70	18	32.5	19.4-49.1	32	42.2	28.7-56.9	14	15.9	7.7-30.0	5	8.0	3.0-19.9	1	1.4	0.2- 9.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	43	5	15.5	5.1-38.4	23	55.3	35.5-73.6	11	22.4	10.2-42.2	2	5.5	1.3-20.6	2	1.3	0.3- 6.0
Some College +	36	13	40.1	22.0-61.3	14	38.8	22.1-58.7	5	10.5	3.2-29.2	3	8.3	2.1-27.3	1	2.3	0.3-15.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	55	12	21.6	10.9-38.4	25	50.8	34.4-67.1	11	16.1	7.2-32.2	4	8.8	2.9-23.7	3	2.7	0.7-10.3
$50,000+	11	3	47.9	16.7-80.8	6	33.7	11.3-67.1	1	13.6	1.9-56.7	1	4.8	0.6-29.4	0	0.0	. - .

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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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	Total Respond.^	Past month			Past year			Past 2 years			2+ years ago			Never
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	1,811	367	20.3	18.0-22.9	957	51.4	48.5-54.3	260	15.1	13.1-17.3	179	10.0	8.4-11.7	48	3.2	2.1- 4.8
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	79	18	28.0	16.4-43.7	37	46.9	33.3-61.0	16	16.3	8.5-29.0	5	6.9	2.5-17.4	3	1.8	0.5- 7.1
GENDER
Male	31	7	31.4	14.1-56.0	17	53.3	31.7-73.7	2	6.9	1.1-34.4	3	5.3	1.3-19.3	2	3.1	0.7-13.5
Female	48	11	24.2	12.2-42.4	20	39.7	24.7-56.9	14	26.9	14.5-44.5	2	8.8	2.2-28.9	1	0.4	0.1- 3.0
RACE
White	70	17	24.8	14.4-39.3	31	48.8	34.7-63.1	15	16.9	8.6-30.5	5	7.6	2.8-19.1	2	1.8	0.4- 8.0
Other	9	1	58.5	14.5-92.1	6	28.7	5.9-72.0	1	10.8	1.1-56.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.0	0.2-17.3
AGE
18-44	9	0	0.0	. - .	5	76.3	39.2-94.2	2	18.9	3.9-57.6	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.7	0.9-22.3
45+	70	18	32.5	19.4-49.1	32	42.2	28.7-56.9	14	15.9	7.7-30.0	5	8.0	3.0-19.9	1	1.4	0.2- 9.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	43	5	15.5	5.1-38.4	23	55.3	35.5-73.6	11	22.4	10.2-42.2	2	5.5	1.3-20.6	2	1.3	0.3- 6.0
Some College +	36	13	40.1	22.0-61.3	14	38.8	22.1-58.7	5	10.5	3.2-29.2	3	8.3	2.1-27.3	1	2.3	0.3-15.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	55	12	21.6	10.9-38.4	25	50.8	34.4-67.1	11	16.1	7.2-32.2	4	8.8	2.9-23.7	3	2.7	0.7-10.3
$50,000+	11	3	47.9	16.7-80.8	6	33.7	11.3-67.1	1	13.6	1.9-56.7	1	4.8	0.6-29.4	0	0.0	. - .

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

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When was the last time you had an eye exam in which the pupils were dilated? This would have made you temporarily sensitive to bright light.