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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 15,331 8,940 52.3 51.2-53.4 6,391 47.7 46.6-48.8
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 559 352 57.1 51.2-62.7 207 42.9 37.3-48.8
GENDER
Male 217 120 51.7 42.8-60.4 97 48.3 39.6-57.2
Female 342 232 61.9 54.4-68.9 110 38.1 31.1-45.6
RACE
White 499 328 59.1 53.0-65.0 171 40.9 35.0-47.0
Other 59 24 31.6 17.2-50.6 35 68.4 49.4-82.8
AGE
18-44 135 66 42.4 31.8-53.7 69 57.6 46.3-68.2
45+ 423 285 66.1 60.3-71.5 138 33.9 28.5-39.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 260 136 42.8 34.5-51.6 124 57.2 48.4-65.5
Some College + 295 212 69.8 62.7-76.1 83 30.2 23.9-37.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 361 216 53.3 46.3-60.3 145 46.7 39.7-53.7
$50,000+ 125 89 73.4 62.8-81.8 36 26.6 18.2-37.2

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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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