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

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 568 166 24.0 19.8-28.7 402 76.0 71.3-80.2
GENDER
Male 218 59 23.1 16.8-30.9 159 76.9 69.1-83.2
Female 350 107 24.8 19.6-30.8 243 75.2 69.2-80.4
RACE
White 505 151 24.6 20.2-29.6 354 75.4 70.4-79.8
Other 62 15 16.3 7.7-31.1 47 83.7 68.9-92.3
AGE
18-44 137 30 15.8 9.7-24.7 107 84.2 75.3-90.3
45+ 430 136 29.4 24.4-34.9 294 70.6 65.1-75.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 262 85 24.9 18.7-32.3 177 75.1 67.7-81.3
Some College + 302 81 23.5 18.1-29.9 221 76.5 70.1-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 366 124 29.1 23.4-35.6 242 70.9 64.4-76.6
$50,000+ 127 24 16.4 10.2-25.2 103 83.6 74.8-89.8

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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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