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

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,771 2,743 15.4 14.7-16.2 11,206 66.5 65.5-67.5 1,844 11.5 10.9-12.2 101 0.6 0.5- 0.8 877 5.9 5.4- 6.5
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 744 146 18.4 15.0-22.5 481 65.8 61.0-70.2 77 10.4 7.9-13.6 5 0.6 0.2- 1.5 35 4.8 3.2- 7.3
GENDER
Male 258 41 13.9 9.3-20.1 166 66.4 58.7-73.4 34 13.0 8.8-18.8 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 15 6.2 3.3-11.2
Female 486 105 22.2 17.4-27.8 315 65.2 59.3-70.7 43 8.2 5.5-12.1 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 20 3.7 2.2- 6.2
RACE
White 661 128 17.1 13.9-21.0 435 67.8 63.1-72.1 62 9.7 7.2-13.0 5 0.7 0.3- 1.7 31 4.7 3.0- 7.2
Other 83 18 27.8 14.5-46.7 46 51.4 35.0-67.6 15 14.8 6.8-29.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.9 1.7-19.1
AGE
18-44 248 41 15.3 10.0-22.8 166 68.1 59.8-75.4 32 11.7 7.6-17.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 8 4.7 2.2- 9.7
45+ 493 104 21.3 17.3-25.9 313 63.5 58.3-68.4 45 9.2 6.6-12.8 4 1.0 0.4- 2.7 27 5.0 3.2- 7.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 351 48 15.1 10.2-21.8 227 63.2 55.8-70.0 47 13.1 9.1-18.4 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6 27 8.1 5.0-12.7
Some College + 393 98 21.9 17.5-27.2 254 68.5 62.6-73.8 30 7.6 4.9-11.6 3 0.5 0.2- 1.7 8 1.5 0.7- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 465 78 13.8 10.2-18.3 299 66.0 60.1-71.5 60 13.3 9.7-18.0 5 1.0 0.4- 2.5 23 6.0 3.6- 9.8
$50,000+ 159 46 29.2 20.7-39.3 102 65.7 55.4-74.7 5 2.7 1.0- 7.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.4 1.0- 5.9

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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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