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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 15,276 2,615 20.0 19.1-21.0 12,661 80.0 79.0-80.9
-Mtn. AHEC 912 166 23.4 19.6-27.8 746 76.6 72.2-80.4
GENDER
Male 343 126 42.0 35.2-49.2 217 58.0 50.8-64.8
Female 569 40 6.8 4.7- 9.6 529 93.2 90.4-95.3
RACE
White 815 147 23.6 19.6-28.2 668 76.4 71.8-80.4
Other 93 19 22.3 12.3-37.1 74 77.7 62.9-87.7
AGE
18-44 237 45 24.5 17.5-33.2 192 75.5 66.8-82.5
45+ 674 121 22.7 18.7-27.3 553 77.3 72.7-81.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 387 85 27.1 20.7-34.5 302 72.9 65.5-79.3
Some College + 520 81 20.7 16.2-26.1 439 79.3 73.9-83.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 555 113 25.3 20.4-30.9 442 74.7 69.1-79.6
$50,000+ 231 31 20.1 13.8-28.3 200 79.9 71.7-86.2

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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.


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

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