BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs, or government plans such as Medicare?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,226	14,750	80.9	79.9-81.8	2,476	19.1	18.2-20.1
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	768	627	76.7	71.7-81.1	141	23.3	18.9-28.3
GENDER
Male	269	212	70.8	62.1-78.2	57	29.2	21.8-37.9
Female	499	415	81.6	75.9-86.1	84	18.4	13.9-24.1
RACE
White	683	580	80.6	75.5-84.9	103	19.4	15.1-24.5
Other	85	47	48.3	32.4-64.5	38	51.7	35.5-67.6
AGE
18-44	252	176	65.5	56.6-73.5	76	34.5	26.5-43.4
45+	513	448	86.5	82.3-89.9	65	13.5	10.1-17.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	368	262	61.9	54.2-69.1	106	38.1	30.9-45.8
Some College +	400	365	92.4	88.2-95.1	35	7.6	4.9-11.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	484	374	72.3	66.4-77.6	110	27.7	22.4-33.6
$50,000+	161	152	88.0	69.9-95.9	9	12.0	4.1-30.1

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,226	14,750	80.9	79.9-81.8	2,476	19.1	18.2-20.1
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	768	627	76.7	71.7-81.1	141	23.3	18.9-28.3
GENDER
Male	269	212	70.8	62.1-78.2	57	29.2	21.8-37.9
Female	499	415	81.6	75.9-86.1	84	18.4	13.9-24.1
RACE
White	683	580	80.6	75.5-84.9	103	19.4	15.1-24.5
Other	85	47	48.3	32.4-64.5	38	51.7	35.5-67.6
AGE
18-44	252	176	65.5	56.6-73.5	76	34.5	26.5-43.4
45+	513	448	86.5	82.3-89.9	65	13.5	10.1-17.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	368	262	61.9	54.2-69.1	106	38.1	30.9-45.8
Some College +	400	365	92.4	88.2-95.1	35	7.6	4.9-11.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	484	374	72.3	66.4-77.6	110	27.7	22.4-33.6
$50,000+	161	152	88.0	69.9-95.9	9	12.0	4.1-30.1

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

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