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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 557 116 21.9 17.8-26.7 441 78.1 73.3-82.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 405 58 17.8 12.3-25.0 347 82.2 75.0-87.7
GENDER
Male 155 19 17.9 10.0-30.0 136 82.1 70.0-90.0
Female 250 39 17.7 11.0-27.3 211 82.3 72.7-89.0
RACE
White 368 49 17.7 12.0-25.2 319 82.3 74.8-88.0
Other 36 9 21.0 7.2-47.5 27 79.0 52.5-92.8
AGE
18-44 113 25 28.5 17.5-42.8 88 71.5 57.2-82.5
45+ 292 33 10.0 6.7-14.6 259 90.0 85.4-93.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 24 25.7 15.1-40.2 125 74.3 59.8-84.9
Some College + 253 33 12.1 7.8-18.2 220 87.9 81.8-92.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 239 35 14.1 8.9-21.6 204 85.9 78.4-91.1
$50,000+ 114 17 15.2 8.6-25.6 97 84.8 74.4-91.4

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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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