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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,773 1,593 89.6 87.5-91.4 180 10.4 8.6-12.5
-Mtn. AHEC 574 527 88.9 82.4-93.1 47 11.1 6.9-17.6
RACE
White 513 477 89.4 82.4-93.8 36 10.6 6.2-17.6
Other 59 49 81.0 64.6-90.9 10 19.0 9.1-35.4
AGE
18-44 156 141 82.3 68.0-91.1 15 17.7 8.9-32.0
45+ 417 385 93.5 90.0-95.8 32 6.5 4.2-10.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 236 204 82.4 69.5-90.6 32 17.6 9.4-30.5
Some College + 334 319 93.4 87.6-96.6 15 6.6 3.4-12.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 349 318 88.4 80.2-93.5 31 11.6 6.5-19.8
$50,000+ 140 135 97.5 93.6-99.0 5 2.5 1.0- 6.4

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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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