BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (Do you now have any health problem that requires you to use special equipment, such as a cane, a wheelchair, a special bed, or a special telephone?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,220	1,462	6.0	5.6- 6.4	15,758	94.0	93.6-94.4
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	767	62	6.8	5.0- 9.4	705	93.2	90.6-95.0
GENDER
Male	269	22	7.3	4.4-11.8	247	92.7	88.2-95.6
Female	498	40	6.5	4.2- 9.7	458	93.5	90.3-95.8
RACE
White	682	57	6.9	5.0- 9.6	625	93.1	90.4-95.0
Other	85	5	6.1	2.1-16.7	80	93.9	83.3-97.9
AGE
18-44	252	10	3.8	1.8- 8.1	242	96.2	91.9-98.2
45+	512	52	9.6	6.9-13.2	460	90.4	86.8-93.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	367	41	8.5	5.8-12.3	326	91.5	87.7-94.2
Some College +	400	21	5.1	2.8- 9.0	379	94.9	91.0-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	483	42	7.3	4.9-10.7	441	92.7	89.3-95.1
$50,000+	161	5	2.1	0.8- 5.6	156	97.9	94.4-99.2

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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	17,220	1,462	6.0	5.6- 6.4	15,758	94.0	93.6-94.4
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	767	62	6.8	5.0- 9.4	705	93.2	90.6-95.0
GENDER
Male	269	22	7.3	4.4-11.8	247	92.7	88.2-95.6
Female	498	40	6.5	4.2- 9.7	458	93.5	90.3-95.8
RACE
White	682	57	6.9	5.0- 9.6	625	93.1	90.4-95.0
Other	85	5	6.1	2.1-16.7	80	93.9	83.3-97.9
AGE
18-44	252	10	3.8	1.8- 8.1	242	96.2	91.9-98.2
45+	512	52	9.6	6.9-13.2	460	90.4	86.8-93.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	367	41	8.5	5.8-12.3	326	91.5	87.7-94.2
Some College +	400	21	5.1	2.8- 9.0	379	94.9	91.0-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	483	42	7.3	4.9-10.7	441	92.7	89.3-95.1
$50,000+	161	5	2.1	0.8- 5.6	156	97.9	94.4-99.2

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

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