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

Physical Activity & Nutrition

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Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,053 8,390 52.2 51.0-53.3 6,663 47.8 46.7-49.0
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 546 262 45.9 40.3-51.6 284 54.1 48.4-59.7
GENDER
Male 208 85 38.3 30.0-47.4 123 61.7 52.6-70.0
Female 338 177 52.8 45.6-59.9 161 47.2 40.1-54.4
RACE
White 489 229 46.1 40.3-52.1 260 53.9 47.9-59.7
Other 56 33 44.8 26.5-64.5 23 55.2 35.5-73.5
AGE
18-44 134 56 42.0 31.2-53.6 78 58.0 46.4-68.8
45+ 412 206 48.5 42.6-54.3 206 51.5 45.7-57.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 114 43.5 34.5-52.8 138 56.5 47.2-65.5
Some College + 291 146 48.0 41.0-55.1 145 52.0 44.9-59.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 355 174 46.5 39.6-53.6 181 53.5 46.4-60.4
$50,000+ 123 61 44.2 34.2-54.8 62 55.8 45.2-65.8

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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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