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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Care Giving

Does this person you care for have a problem with memory loss or confusion or a disorder like Alzheimer's disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,744 1,130 28.6 26.6-30.8 2,614 71.4 69.2-73.4
-Mtn. AHEC 210 64 36.6 26.4-48.2 146 63.4 51.8-73.6
GENDER
Male 72 20 32.7 18.0-51.8 52 67.3 48.2-82.0
Female 138 44 39.6 26.7-54.2 94 60.4 45.8-73.3
RACE
White 181 53 37.0 26.2-49.3 128 63.0 50.7-73.8
Other 27 11 34.4 12.9-65.1 16 65.6 34.9-87.1
AGE
18-44 47 17 50.2 29.5-70.9 30 49.8 29.1-70.5
45+ 163 47 28.1 20.7-37.0 116 71.9 63.0-79.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 30 45.1 28.4-63.0 61 54.9 37.0-71.6
Some College + 118 34 28.9 19.8-40.2 84 71.1 59.8-80.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 130 36 29.4 18.7-43.1 94 70.6 56.9-81.3
$50,000+ 57 18 31.8 18.7-48.6 39 68.2 51.4-81.3

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*Asked only of care givers.

^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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