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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,227 12,723 68.9 67.9-70.0 1,693 8.3 7.8- 8.8 2,811 22.8 21.8-23.8
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 767 540 66.5 61.5-71.2 80 7.7 5.9-10.0 147 25.8 21.3-30.9
GENDER
Male 269 167 58.9 50.7-66.7 30 7.0 4.6-10.6 72 34.1 26.5-42.6
Female 498 373 72.8 66.9-78.1 50 8.2 5.9-11.5 75 18.9 14.2-24.8
RACE
White 682 495 69.5 64.4-74.2 74 8.6 6.6-11.1 113 21.9 17.5-27.0
Other 85 45 44.9 29.6-61.3 6 1.1 0.4- 2.8 34 54.0 37.7-69.5
AGE
18-44 252 152 55.2 46.6-63.5 19 4.9 2.8- 8.6 81 39.9 31.7-48.7
45+ 512 385 76.5 71.8-80.5 61 10.2 7.7-13.5 66 13.3 10.1-17.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 367 242 60.8 53.1-68.0 41 7.2 5.1-10.3 84 31.9 24.8-40.0
Some College + 400 298 72.6 66.5-78.0 39 8.2 5.5-11.9 63 19.2 14.5-25.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 484 328 62.6 56.5-68.4 47 7.1 5.0-10.1 109 30.2 24.7-36.4
$50,000+ 161 128 77.2 63.8-86.7 14 6.3 3.3-11.5 19 16.5 7.8-31.6

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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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