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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,862 1,005 53.9 51.0-56.9 857 46.1 43.1-49.0
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 70 36 52.5 38.8-65.8 34 47.5 34.2-61.2
GENDER
Male 27 14 54.9 34.3-73.9 13 45.1 26.1-65.7
Female 43 22 50.3 32.5-68.0 21 49.7 32.0-67.5
RACE
White 59 29 53.2 38.8-67.1 30 46.8 32.9-61.2
Other 11 7 41.6 14.5-74.9 4 58.4 25.1-85.5
AGE
18-44 6 5 78.1 26.6-97.2 1 21.9 2.8-73.4
45+ 64 31 50.0 35.9-64.0 33 50.0 36.0-64.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 15 38.5 22.6-57.3 24 61.5 42.7-77.4
Some College + 31 21 71.1 50.4-85.7 10 28.9 14.3-49.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 57 30 54.9 39.8-69.1 27 45.1 30.9-60.2
$50,000+ 7 4 52.1 19.0-83.5 3 47.9 16.5-81.0

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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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