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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 15,127 9,353 61.8 60.7-62.9 5,774 38.2 37.1-39.3
-Mtn. AHEC 907 554 61.8 57.4-65.9 353 38.2 34.1-42.6
GENDER
Male 342 174 53.3 46.3-60.1 168 46.7 39.9-53.7
Female 565 380 69.5 64.4-74.1 185 30.5 25.9-35.6
RACE
White 811 493 62.5 58.0-66.8 318 37.5 33.2-42.0
Other 92 59 55.1 40.1-69.2 33 44.9 30.8-59.9
AGE
18-44 237 158 63.7 55.4-71.2 79 36.3 28.8-44.6
45+ 670 396 60.4 55.8-64.9 274 39.6 35.1-44.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 383 238 61.0 53.7-67.8 145 39.0 32.2-46.3
Some College + 520 313 62.2 56.9-67.3 207 37.8 32.7-43.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 554 346 61.3 55.6-66.7 208 38.7 33.3-44.4
$50,000+ 231 139 59.0 51.1-66.5 92 41.0 33.5-48.9

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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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