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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 15,620 13,646 82.2 81.2-83.2 1,974 17.8 16.8-18.8
-Mtn. AHEC 929 806 81.0 76.6-84.8 123 19.0 15.2-23.4
GENDER
Male 347 301 79.2 71.9-85.1 46 20.8 14.9-28.1
Female 582 505 82.6 76.9-87.1 77 17.4 12.9-23.1
RACE
White 827 730 82.4 77.7-86.3 97 17.6 13.7-22.3
Other 98 73 67.7 52.5-79.9 25 32.3 20.1-47.5
AGE
18-44 242 175 69.1 60.4-76.7 67 30.9 23.3-39.6
45+ 686 630 89.6 85.7-92.5 56 10.4 7.5-14.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 393 319 71.4 63.4-78.2 74 28.6 21.8-36.6
Some College + 531 483 88.8 84.3-92.1 48 11.2 7.9-15.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 563 468 76.1 70.2-81.2 95 23.9 18.8-29.8
$50,000+ 235 224 94.6 89.2-97.3 11 5.4 2.7-10.8

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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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