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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Disability

Because of any impairment or health problem, do you have any trouble learning, remembering, or concentrating?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,024 2,300 13.6 12.9-14.4 12,724 86.4 85.6-87.1
-Mtn. AHEC 899 156 13.9 11.1-17.3 743 86.1 82.7-88.9
GENDER
Male 340 52 12.3 8.0-18.5 288 87.7 81.5-92.0
Female 559 104 15.3 12.0-19.4 455 84.7 80.6-88.0
RACE
White 806 138 13.7 10.7-17.4 668 86.3 82.6-89.3
Other 90 17 15.8 8.2-28.4 73 84.2 71.6-91.8
AGE
18-44 235 26 11.1 6.4-18.4 209 88.9 81.6-93.6
45+ 664 130 15.9 12.9-19.5 534 84.1 80.5-87.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 379 88 18.7 13.4-25.3 291 81.3 74.7-86.6
Some College + 516 68 10.1 7.6-13.4 448 89.9 86.6-92.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 551 116 15.6 12.3-19.6 435 84.4 80.4-87.7
$50,000+ 229 21 8.4 5.1-13.7 208 91.6 86.3-94.9

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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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