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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 15,276 2,615 20.0 19.1-21.0 12,661 80.0 79.0-80.9
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 560 115 25.4 20.4-31.1 445 74.6 68.9-79.6
GENDER
Male 217 86 44.6 35.9-53.6 131 55.4 46.4-64.1
Female 343 29 7.9 5.2-11.9 314 92.1 88.1-94.8
RACE
White 500 103 26.1 20.8-32.1 397 73.9 67.9-79.2
Other 59 12 16.9 7.1-35.3 47 83.1 64.7-92.9
AGE
18-44 135 29 27.6 18.1-39.8 106 72.4 60.2-81.9
45+ 424 86 24.0 19.0-29.8 338 76.0 70.2-81.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 261 63 27.8 20.2-37.0 198 72.2 63.0-79.8
Some College + 295 52 23.4 17.2-30.9 243 76.6 69.1-82.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 361 82 27.1 21.0-34.2 279 72.9 65.8-79.0
$50,000+ 125 18 20.8 12.6-32.2 107 79.2 67.8-87.4

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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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