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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 15,113 9,349 62.8 61.7-63.9 5,764 37.2 36.1-38.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 556 319 58.4 52.8-63.8 237 41.6 36.2-47.2
GENDER
Male 217 108 51.4 42.6-60.1 109 48.6 39.9-57.4
Female 339 211 64.8 58.0-71.1 128 35.2 28.9-42.0
RACE
White 497 285 59.6 53.8-65.2 212 40.4 34.8-46.2
Other 58 34 43.2 25.5-62.8 24 56.8 37.2-74.5
AGE
18-44 135 86 61.2 49.9-71.4 49 38.8 28.6-50.1
45+ 421 233 56.6 50.8-62.2 188 43.4 37.8-49.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 258 139 57.3 48.4-65.7 119 42.7 34.3-51.6
Some College + 295 179 59.7 52.4-66.5 116 40.3 33.5-47.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 360 195 51.9 44.9-58.9 165 48.1 41.1-55.1
$50,000+ 125 82 69.1 58.8-77.8 43 30.9 22.2-41.2

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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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