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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 552 93 14.3 10.6-19.0 459 85.7 81.0-89.4
GENDER
Male 215 35 14.1 8.3-22.8 180 85.9 77.2-91.7
Female 337 58 14.5 10.4-19.9 279 85.5 80.1-89.6
RACE
White 494 86 14.1 10.3-19.1 408 85.9 80.9-89.7
Other 57 7 17.4 6.5-39.0 50 82.6 61.0-93.5
AGE
18-44 135 18 13.2 6.7-24.3 117 86.8 75.7-93.3
45+ 417 75 15.0 11.2-19.7 342 85.0 80.3-88.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 255 56 19.5 12.9-28.3 199 80.5 71.7-87.1
Some College + 294 37 9.7 6.5-14.1 257 90.3 85.9-93.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 359 70 15.4 11.3-20.7 289 84.6 79.3-88.7
$50,000+ 124 12 8.5 4.3-16.3 112 91.5 83.7-95.7

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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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