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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Physical Activity & Nutrition

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,106 10,334 64.3 63.2-65.5 4,772 35.7 34.5-36.8
-Mtn. AHEC 903 590 62.2 57.8-66.5 313 37.8 33.5-42.2
GENDER
Male 339 185 54.4 47.4-61.2 154 45.6 38.8-52.6
Female 564 405 69.3 63.7-74.4 159 30.7 25.6-36.3
RACE
White 808 528 63.0 58.4-67.4 280 37.0 32.6-41.6
Other 92 61 55.0 40.0-69.2 31 45.0 30.8-60.0
AGE
18-44 236 132 52.9 44.5-61.1 104 47.1 38.9-55.5
45+ 667 458 68.9 64.5-73.0 209 31.1 27.0-35.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 383 240 61.3 53.8-68.2 143 38.7 31.8-46.2
Some College + 516 347 63.0 57.5-68.1 169 37.0 31.9-42.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 551 355 61.2 55.4-66.7 196 38.8 33.3-44.6
$50,000+ 230 167 66.9 58.7-74.2 63 33.1 25.8-41.3

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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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