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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 15,127 9,353 61.8 60.7-62.9 5,774 38.2 37.1-39.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 555 338 61.7 56.2-67.0 217 38.3 33.0-43.8
GENDER
Male 216 112 55.4 46.6-63.9 104 44.6 36.1-53.4
Female 339 226 67.6 60.8-73.7 113 32.4 26.3-39.2
RACE
White 496 299 62.2 56.4-67.6 197 37.8 32.4-43.6
Other 58 39 57.6 36.4-76.3 19 42.4 23.7-63.6
AGE
18-44 135 88 63.9 52.8-73.7 47 36.1 26.3-47.2
45+ 420 250 60.4 54.5-66.0 170 39.6 34.0-45.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 257 158 60.6 51.8-68.9 99 39.4 31.1-48.2
Some College + 295 177 62.4 55.3-69.0 118 37.6 31.0-44.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 360 224 60.8 53.7-67.4 136 39.2 32.6-46.3
$50,000+ 125 69 56.3 45.7-66.5 56 43.7 33.5-54.3

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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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