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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,134 7,370 76.3 75.0-77.6 1,764 23.7 22.4-25.0
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 369 283 74.7 68.5-80.0 86 25.3 20.0-31.5
GENDER
Male 141 77 57.2 46.9-66.9 64 42.8 33.1-53.1
Female 228 206 91.8 86.7-95.1 22 8.2 4.9-13.3
RACE
White 323 251 74.3 67.6-80.0 72 25.7 20.0-32.4
Other 46 32 77.0 57.8-89.1 14 23.0 10.9-42.2
AGE
18-44 183 134 73.6 64.9-80.8 49 26.4 19.2-35.1
45+ 185 148 76.1 67.7-82.9 37 23.9 17.1-32.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 94 63.8 53.3-73.1 55 36.2 26.9-46.7
Some College + 220 189 84.9 77.9-89.9 31 15.1 10.1-22.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 174 70.7 62.4-77.8 61 29.3 22.2-37.6
$50,000+ 111 93 84.8 74.5-91.4 18 15.2 8.6-25.5

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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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