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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Women's Health

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,783 1,343 66.2 63.2-69.2 440 33.8 30.8-36.8
-Mtn. AHEC 574 455 68.5 62.0-74.4 119 31.5 25.6-38.0
RACE
White 514 417 69.2 62.2-75.3 97 30.8 24.7-37.8
Other 58 36 57.5 39.2-73.9 22 42.5 26.1-60.8
AGE
18-44 155 61 31.0 22.8-40.5 94 69.0 59.5-77.2
45+ 418 393 94.9 91.5-96.9 25 5.1 3.1- 8.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 236 188 66.6 54.9-76.5 48 33.4 23.5-45.1
Some College + 334 263 69.6 61.9-76.3 71 30.4 23.7-38.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 349 263 62.4 54.1-70.0 86 37.6 30.0-45.9
$50,000+ 140 118 83.3 74.0-89.7 22 16.7 10.3-26.0

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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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