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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 15,113 9,349 62.8 61.7-63.9 5,764 37.2 36.1-38.3
-Mtn. AHEC 906 535 59.3 55.0-63.6 371 40.7 36.4-45.0
GENDER
Male 342 178 53.2 46.3-60.1 164 46.8 39.9-53.7
Female 564 357 64.9 59.6-69.9 207 35.1 30.1-40.4
RACE
White 810 478 60.7 56.1-65.0 332 39.3 35.0-43.9
Other 92 56 47.0 33.2-61.4 36 53.0 38.6-66.8
AGE
18-44 237 154 62.1 53.8-69.8 83 37.9 30.2-46.2
45+ 669 381 57.3 52.7-61.8 288 42.7 38.2-47.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 384 203 56.8 49.6-63.7 181 43.2 36.3-50.4
Some College + 518 330 61.6 56.1-66.8 188 38.4 33.2-43.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 553 313 55.1 49.4-60.7 240 44.9 39.3-50.6
$50,000+ 231 154 66.0 58.3-72.9 77 34.0 27.1-41.7

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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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