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

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,186 3,669 17.8 17.1-18.5 13,517 82.2 81.5-82.9
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 764 180 21.2 17.7-25.3 584 78.8 74.7-82.3
GENDER
Male 268 63 19.6 14.6-25.9 205 80.4 74.1-85.4
Female 496 117 22.6 17.8-28.2 379 77.4 71.8-82.2
RACE
White 680 164 22.2 18.4-26.6 516 77.8 73.4-81.6
Other 84 16 14.0 6.9-26.3 68 86.0 73.7-93.1
AGE
18-44 252 37 14.8 9.7-21.9 215 85.2 78.1-90.3
45+ 509 143 27.2 22.8-32.2 366 72.8 67.8-77.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 365 100 24.5 19.3-30.7 265 75.5 69.3-80.7
Some College + 399 80 17.8 13.1-23.6 319 82.2 76.4-86.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 481 126 22.2 18.0-27.2 355 77.8 72.8-82.0
$50,000+ 161 21 11.4 6.7-18.6 140 88.6 81.4-93.3

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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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