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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Veteran Staus

Have you ever served on active duty in the United States Armed Forces,
either in the regular military or in a National Guard or military reserve unit?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,617 2,278 13.9 13.2-14.6 13,339 86.1 85.4-86.8
-Mtn. AHEC 928 149 14.5 12.1-17.4 779 85.5 82.6-87.9
GENDER
Male 347 136 28.6 23.5-34.4 211 71.4 65.6-76.5
Female 581 13 2.2 1.2- 4.0 568 97.8 96.0-98.8
RACE
White 826 139 15.4 12.7-18.5 687 84.6 81.5-87.3
Other 98 10 6.1 2.7-13.0 88 93.9 87.0-97.3
AGE
18-44 242 13 4.4 2.4- 8.1 229 95.6 91.9-97.6
45+ 685 136 21.9 18.3-26.0 549 78.1 74.0-81.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 393 59 11.5 8.4-15.5 334 88.5 84.5-91.6
Some College + 530 89 16.9 13.4-21.1 441 83.1 78.9-86.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 563 95 15.0 11.8-18.9 468 85.0 81.1-88.2
$50,000+ 235 38 17.8 12.7-24.4 197 82.2 75.6-87.3

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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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