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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 15,623 2,178 16.0 15.2-16.9 13,445 84.0 83.1-84.8
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 569 85 16.9 12.9-21.8 484 83.1 78.2-87.1
GENDER
Male 219 24 14.5 8.8-22.9 195 85.5 77.1-91.2
Female 350 61 18.9 13.8-25.3 289 81.1 74.7-86.2
RACE
White 506 74 16.7 12.6-21.9 432 83.3 78.1-87.4
Other 62 11 19.3 8.5-38.2 51 80.7 61.8-91.5
AGE
18-44 137 35 23.9 15.8-34.4 102 76.1 65.6-84.2
45+ 431 50 12.3 8.7-17.2 381 87.7 82.8-91.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 263 49 20.0 13.9-28.0 214 80.0 72.0-86.1
Some College + 302 36 14.2 9.3-21.1 266 85.8 78.9-90.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 367 68 23.8 18.0-30.9 299 76.2 69.1-82.0
$50,000+ 127 7 1.7 0.6- 4.7 120 98.3 95.3-99.4

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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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