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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Disability

Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,598 3,889 20.1 19.3-20.9 11,709 79.9 79.1-80.7
-Mtn. AHEC 925 261 22.7 19.6-26.3 664 77.3 73.7-80.4
GENDER
Male 344 95 22.0 17.1-27.8 249 78.0 72.2-82.9
Female 581 166 23.4 19.4-27.9 415 76.6 72.1-80.6
RACE
White 824 237 23.6 20.2-27.4 587 76.4 72.6-79.8
Other 98 22 13.7 7.7-23.1 76 86.3 76.9-92.3
AGE
18-44 241 39 13.1 8.7-19.1 202 86.9 80.9-91.3
45+ 683 222 29.8 25.8-34.2 461 70.2 65.8-74.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 391 123 23.4 18.5-29.2 268 76.6 70.8-81.5
Some College + 529 138 22.4 18.4-27.1 391 77.6 72.9-81.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 561 183 26.9 22.4-31.8 378 73.1 68.2-77.6
$50,000+ 235 43 16.6 11.8-22.9 192 83.4 77.1-88.2

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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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