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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,243 4,339 60.2 58.8-61.6 2,904 39.8 38.4-41.2
-Mtn. AHEC 462 261 55.9 50.4-61.3 201 44.1 38.7-49.6
RACE
White 417 240 56.3 50.5-61.9 177 43.7 38.1-49.5
Other 44 21 50.5 32.1-68.7 23 49.5 31.3-67.9
AGE
18-44 54 20 38.6 24.0-55.6 34 61.4 44.4-76.0
45+ 408 241 58.9 53.0-64.4 167 41.1 35.6-47.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 199 97 48.5 40.2-56.8 102 51.5 43.2-59.8
Some College + 260 162 61.6 54.2-68.5 98 38.4 31.5-45.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 278 147 53.4 46.1-60.5 131 46.6 39.5-53.9
$50,000+ 113 71 64.9 54.3-74.2 42 35.1 25.8-45.7

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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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