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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,992 865 5.0 4.5- 5.5 1,072 5.6 5.2- 6.0 1,075 5.7 5.3- 6.2 11,980 83.7 82.9-84.5
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 547 26 5.1 2.6- 9.8 39 5.1 3.5- 7.4 56 7.5 5.4-10.4 426 82.3 77.5-86.2
GENDER
Male 213 15 8.2 3.5-17.9 13 3.4 1.8- 6.3 23 7.1 4.2-11.7 162 81.3 72.8-87.6
Female 334 11 2.2 1.1- 4.5 26 6.6 4.1-10.6 33 8.0 5.2-12.1 264 83.2 77.9-87.5
RACE
White 489 21 4.9 2.3-10.1 37 5.2 3.5- 7.7 48 7.7 5.4-10.8 383 82.2 77.2-86.4
Other 57 5 8.0 2.5-22.6 2 3.7 0.8-15.0 8 5.9 2.1-15.7 42 82.4 66.9-91.5
AGE
18-44 135 7 4.7 1.0-19.8 4 1.9 0.5- 7.1 11 5.3 2.5-10.9 113 88.0 77.2-94.1
45+ 412 19 5.3 2.9- 9.5 35 7.1 4.9-10.4 45 9.0 6.3-12.7 313 78.6 73.4-83.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 251 12 6.9 2.6-17.4 21 4.6 2.5- 8.2 40 12.3 8.3-17.8 178 76.2 67.5-83.1
Some College + 293 14 3.4 1.8- 6.3 18 5.6 3.4- 9.2 16 3.3 1.7- 6.2 245 87.7 83.1-91.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 358 18 4.4 2.3- 8.4 29 5.4 3.3- 8.6 48 10.4 7.3-14.6 263 79.8 74.3-84.4
$50,000+ 124 5 2.7 0.9- 7.7 5 3.4 1.3- 8.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 113 93.3 87.3-96.6

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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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