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

Women's Health

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,830 7,598 65.6 64.2-67.1 2,232 34.4 32.9-35.8
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 346 273 69.7 61.1-77.2 73 30.3 22.8-38.9
RACE
White 309 250 70.4 61.3-78.1 59 29.6 21.9-38.7
Other 36 22 54.2 28.2-78.1 14 45.8 21.9-71.8
AGE
18-44 90 38 32.9 22.0-46.0 52 67.1 54.0-78.0
45+ 255 234 93.3 88.6-96.2 21 6.7 3.8-11.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 155 118 63.6 49.5-75.7 37 36.4 24.3-50.5
Some College + 188 152 74.4 64.2-82.6 36 25.6 17.4-35.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 166 64.5 53.7-74.0 52 35.5 26.0-46.3
$50,000+ 77 63 82.4 68.9-90.8 14 17.6 9.2-31.1

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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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