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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 15,620 13,646 82.2 81.2-83.2 1,974 17.8 16.8-18.8
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 570 487 80.1 74.3-84.9 83 19.9 15.1-25.7
GENDER
Male 219 187 77.7 68.1-85.1 32 22.3 14.9-31.9
Female 351 300 82.3 74.8-87.9 51 17.7 12.1-25.2
RACE
White 507 445 81.9 75.8-86.7 62 18.1 13.3-24.2
Other 62 42 58.9 38.6-76.5 20 41.1 23.5-61.4
AGE
18-44 137 97 68.8 56.8-78.7 40 31.2 21.3-43.2
45+ 432 389 87.4 82.2-91.2 43 12.6 8.8-17.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 264 209 69.9 60.1-78.2 55 30.1 21.8-39.9
Some College + 302 275 89.5 83.2-93.6 27 10.5 6.4-16.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 367 303 75.8 68.3-82.1 64 24.2 17.9-31.7
$50,000+ 127 120 94.1 85.7-97.7 7 5.9 2.3-14.3

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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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