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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 9,787 9,049 91.1 90.1-92.0 738 8.9 8.0- 9.9
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 346 314 89.1 80.2-94.3 32 10.9 5.7-19.8
RACE
White 309 283 89.3 79.7-94.6 26 10.7 5.4-20.3
Other 36 30 85.2 61.7-95.3 6 14.8 4.7-38.3
AGE
18-44 90 83 83.3 61.6-94.0 7 16.7 6.0-38.4
45+ 255 230 92.9 88.3-95.7 25 7.1 4.3-11.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 155 129 78.9 62.6-89.3 26 21.1 10.7-37.4
Some College + 188 182 97.7 93.9-99.1 6 2.3 0.9- 6.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 195 89.7 79.2-95.3 23 10.3 4.7-20.8
$50,000+ 77 76 99.7 98.1- 100 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9

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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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