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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 1,864 1,366 71.0 68.1-73.7 498 29.0 26.3-31.9
-Mtn. AHEC 102 78 80.8 70.7-88.0 24 19.2 12.0-29.3
GENDER
Male 36 31 91.0 76.4-96.9 5 9.0 3.1-23.6
Female 66 47 73.1 58.7-83.9 19 26.9 16.1-41.3
RACE
White 84 64 81.8 70.8-89.2 20 18.2 10.8-29.2
Other 18 14 73.9 42.8-91.5 4 26.1 8.5-57.2
AGE
18-44 12 7 54.7 24.4-81.9 5 45.3 18.1-75.6
45+ 90 71 85.3 75.9-91.4 19 14.7 8.6-24.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 54 39 82.2 69.6-90.3 15 17.8 9.7-30.4
Some College + 48 39 79.1 61.6-89.9 9 20.9 10.1-38.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 77 56 79.1 67.3-87.5 21 20.9 12.5-32.7
$50,000+ 12 11 89.2 51.4-98.5 1 10.8 1.5-48.6

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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.


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

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