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

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 137 39 37.2 24.6-51.7 98 62.8 48.3-75.4
GENDER
Male 50 13 32.9 15.4-56.9 37 67.1 43.1-84.6
Female 87 26 40.4 24.4-58.6 61 59.6 41.4-75.6
RACE
White 118 31 38.2 25.0-53.4 87 61.8 46.6-75.0
Other 19 8 21.7 7.9-47.5 11 78.3 52.5-92.1
AGE
18-44 30 11 53.2 27.3-77.5 19 46.8 22.5-72.7
45+ 107 28 27.5 18.7-38.5 79 72.5 61.5-81.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 19 47.2 27.6-67.8 43 52.8 32.2-72.4
Some College + 75 20 26.8 16.1-41.2 55 73.2 58.8-83.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 88 20 24.8 12.8-42.6 68 75.2 57.4-87.2
$50,000+ 36 13 36.9 19.7-58.3 23 63.1 41.7-80.3

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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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