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

Physical Activity & Nutrition

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,106 10,334 64.3 63.2-65.5 4,772 35.7 34.5-36.8
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 555 361 62.0 56.3-67.3 194 38.0 32.7-43.7
GENDER
Male 216 118 53.4 44.6-61.9 98 46.6 38.1-55.4
Female 339 243 69.9 62.7-76.3 96 30.1 23.7-37.3
RACE
White 496 321 62.4 56.5-67.9 175 37.6 32.1-43.5
Other 58 40 58.1 36.8-76.8 18 41.9 23.2-63.2
AGE
18-44 135 76 52.7 41.5-63.6 59 47.3 36.4-58.5
45+ 420 285 67.9 62.3-73.0 135 32.1 27.0-37.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 257 154 57.5 48.4-66.2 103 42.5 33.8-51.6
Some College + 295 205 66.0 59.0-72.5 90 34.0 27.5-41.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 359 231 61.2 54.1-68.0 128 38.8 32.0-45.9
$50,000+ 125 88 63.9 52.6-73.8 37 36.1 26.2-47.4

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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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