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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 2,356 967 41.5 38.8-44.3 1,389 58.5 55.7-61.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 130 62 46.0 35.3-57.1 68 54.0 42.9-64.7
GENDER
Male 36 19 56.1 35.8-74.5 17 43.9 25.5-64.2
Female 94 43 41.5 29.6-54.5 51 58.5 45.5-70.4
RACE
White 116 53 43.9 33.1-55.3 63 56.1 44.7-66.9
Other 14 9 68.3 28.6-92.0 5 31.7 8.0-71.4
AGE
18-44 33 17 42.3 22.8-64.6 16 57.7 35.4-77.2
45+ 96 45 48.1 36.5-60.0 51 51.9 40.0-63.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 56 24 33.3 19.8-50.3 32 66.7 49.7-80.2
Some College + 74 38 54.6 40.8-67.8 36 45.4 32.2-59.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 36 44.4 31.4-58.3 40 55.6 41.7-68.6
$50,000+ 36 18 47.5 28.0-67.8 18 52.5 32.2-72.0

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*Asked only of care givers.

^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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