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

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,619 11,606 68.9 67.8-70.0 1,667 9.2 8.6- 9.8 2,346 21.9 20.8-22.9
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 570 411 71.9 66.3-76.8 70 9.9 7.2-13.4 89 18.3 13.9-23.7
GENDER
Male 219 151 64.4 55.1-72.7 25 8.2 5.0-13.1 43 27.4 19.5-37.1
Female 351 260 78.4 72.2-83.5 45 11.3 7.5-16.7 46 10.3 7.1-14.8
RACE
White 507 378 74.0 68.2-79.1 63 10.3 7.4-14.1 66 15.7 11.4-21.2
Other 62 32 42.2 25.2-61.3 7 4.3 1.7-10.5 23 53.5 34.6-71.5
AGE
18-44 137 84 64.3 52.8-74.4 14 8.4 4.0-16.5 39 27.4 18.2-38.9
45+ 432 326 76.7 71.3-81.3 56 10.8 7.9-14.6 50 12.5 8.8-17.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 264 187 65.6 56.1-74.0 30 9.4 5.4-15.8 47 25.0 17.2-34.7
Some College + 302 220 77.2 71.2-82.2 40 10.4 7.2-14.8 42 12.5 8.7-17.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 367 257 68.7 61.6-75.1 46 10.2 6.7-15.1 64 21.1 15.5-28.0
$50,000+ 127 100 83.2 74.6-89.3 14 9.4 5.2-16.4 13 7.4 3.6-14.7

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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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