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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,862 1,005 53.9 51.0-56.9 857 46.1 43.1-49.0
-Mtn. AHEC 103 57 57.5 45.9-68.3 46 42.5 31.7-54.1
GENDER
Male 37 21 58.8 40.3-75.1 16 41.2 24.9-59.7
Female 66 36 56.5 41.8-70.0 30 43.5 30.0-58.2
RACE
White 85 46 56.7 44.2-68.4 39 43.3 31.6-55.8
Other 18 11 63.1 33.9-85.0 7 36.9 15.0-66.1
AGE
18-44 12 10 83.5 50.6-96.1 2 16.5 3.9-49.4
45+ 91 47 53.1 40.9-64.9 44 46.9 35.1-59.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 55 22 41.6 27.2-57.7 33 58.4 42.3-72.8
Some College + 48 35 76.5 60.5-87.4 13 23.5 12.6-39.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 78 41 57.1 44.0-69.2 37 42.9 30.8-56.0
$50,000+ 12 9 68.1 36.1-89.0 3 31.9 11.0-63.9

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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