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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,453 11,733 71.0 69.9-72.1 1,796 13.5 12.7-14.3 930 7.5 6.8- 8.2 856 6.5 5.9- 7.1 138 1.5 1.2- 1.9
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 562 413 66.6 60.7-72.1 52 12.1 8.4-17.2 46 12.6 8.8-17.5 45 7.1 4.8-10.3 6 1.6 0.6- 4.0
GENDER
Male 216 149 57.2 48.0-66.0 20 16.6 9.9-26.4 20 13.8 8.3-21.9 22 9.5 5.6-15.8 5 2.9 1.0- 8.1
Female 346 264 74.7 67.8-80.6 32 8.3 5.5-12.3 26 11.5 7.0-18.4 23 5.0 2.9- 8.4 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
RACE
White 502 370 66.9 60.7-72.6 48 12.1 8.3-17.3 43 12.4 8.6-17.6 38 7.4 5.0-10.9 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9
Other 59 42 61.4 40.1-79.1 4 13.4 3.4-40.7 3 14.7 4.6-38.2 7 3.2 1.4- 7.3 3 7.2 1.8-25.2
AGE
18-44 135 79 52.6 41.3-63.8 21 18.4 10.5-30.1 18 18.7 11.3-29.5 14 8.0 4.2-14.7 3 2.2 0.5- 8.7
45+ 426 334 75.7 70.0-80.7 30 7.9 5.3-11.6 28 8.6 5.5-13.4 31 6.5 4.0-10.4 3 1.2 0.4- 4.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 259 185 60.3 50.8-69.0 19 11.9 6.4-21.1 28 17.1 10.8-25.9 21 7.4 4.2-12.8 6 3.4 1.3- 8.4
Some College + 299 225 72.3 65.1-78.5 32 12.2 7.9-18.4 18 8.6 5.1-14.2 24 6.9 4.1-11.4 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 362 254 61.1 53.7-68.1 34 11.7 7.7-17.5 36 16.5 11.2-23.7 33 8.5 5.4-13.1 5 2.2 0.8- 6.1
$50,000+ 126 98 76.8 66.2-84.9 11 9.3 4.5-18.1 7 8.0 3.5-17.2 9 4.9 1.8-12.4 1 1.1 0.1- 7.1

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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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