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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Environmental Policy (Asked January--March Only)

Do you believe that you would eat healthy foods and beverages more often
if they were more available in places where you eat out?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,772 2,969 78.2 76.1-80.1 803 21.8 19.9-23.9
-Mtn. AHEC 227 184 77.5 67.6-85.0 43 22.5 15.0-32.4
GENDER
Male 93 75 73.5 56.2-85.6 18 26.5 14.4-43.8
Female 134 109 81.7 73.2-87.9 25 18.3 12.1-26.8
RACE
White 200 158 75.4 64.9-83.6 42 24.6 16.4-35.1
Other 26 25 97.3 82.5-99.6 1 2.7 0.4-17.5
AGE
18-44 67 57 72.6 52.2-86.5 10 27.4 13.5-47.8
45+ 160 127 81.0 73.1-86.9 33 19.0 13.1-26.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 85 67 70.3 50.5-84.6 18 29.7 15.4-49.5
Some College + 140 115 81.8 72.6-88.4 25 18.2 11.6-27.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 137 112 82.3 73.3-88.8 25 17.7 11.2-26.7
$50,000+ 65 54 79.2 63.3-89.4 11 20.8 10.6-36.7

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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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