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

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Respond.^
Once a year 2-3/year 4 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,794 290 16.8 14.7-19.1 437 25.8 23.3-28.5 621 33.1 30.4-35.9 446 24.4 21.9-27.0
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 75 14 20.5 11.3-34.2 13 17.0 9.0-29.8 21 21.9 12.7-35.0 27 40.6 26.8-56.0
GENDER
Male 29 7 19.5 7.5-42.2 4 16.4 6.0-37.7 8 23.4 9.9-46.1 10 40.6 20.3-64.8
Female 46 7 21.5 10.3-39.5 9 17.7 7.9-35.0 13 20.2 10.7-34.9 17 40.6 24.7-58.8
RACE
White 66 12 21.8 11.9-36.5 13 18.9 10.1-32.7 16 21.9 12.2-36.1 25 37.4 24.1-52.9
Other 9 2 8.8 1.2-43.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 21.9 4.5-62.5 2 69.2 25.7-93.6
AGE
18-44 9 3 27.2 6.5-66.7 1 12.4 1.6-55.8 3 15.8 3.0-53.1 2 44.6 10.9-84.1
45+ 66 11 19.3 9.9-34.5 12 17.8 9.1-31.9 18 22.9 12.9-37.4 25 39.9 25.8-56.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 5 16.8 5.9-39.3 8 17.4 7.2-36.3 13 29.6 14.4-51.2 14 36.2 18.5-58.7
Some College + 35 9 23.7 11.3-43.1 5 16.7 6.5-36.5 8 15.1 6.7-30.7 13 44.5 25.6-65.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 51 10 22.7 11.2-40.6 8 19.0 9.0-35.8 15 23.4 12.2-40.3 18 34.8 19.8-53.6
$50,000+ 11 3 17.9 4.3-51.5 1 11.5 1.5-52.0 2 6.2 1.2-26.2 5 64.4 30.7-88.1

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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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