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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 15,053 8,390 52.2 51.0-53.3 6,663 47.8 46.7-49.0
-Mtn. AHEC 893 454 47.6 43.2-52.0 439 52.4 48.0-56.8
GENDER
Male 331 145 41.0 34.2-48.1 186 59.0 51.9-65.8
Female 562 309 53.4 47.8-59.0 253 46.6 41.0-52.2
RACE
White 799 397 47.8 43.2-52.5 402 52.2 47.5-56.8
Other 90 54 45.0 31.5-59.4 36 55.0 40.6-68.5
AGE
18-44 234 107 42.6 34.4-51.2 127 57.4 48.8-65.6
45+ 659 347 51.2 46.5-55.8 312 48.8 44.2-53.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 376 178 45.9 38.6-53.5 198 54.1 46.5-61.4
Some College + 513 273 48.8 43.4-54.2 240 51.2 45.8-56.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 547 267 45.8 40.2-51.5 280 54.2 48.5-59.8
$50,000+ 227 132 51.4 43.6-59.2 95 48.6 40.8-56.4

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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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