BRFSS 2010 - Alamance County: (A brain Injury can result from a blow or jolt to the head caused by a fall, a motor vehicle accident,<br> a sports injury, or an assault. A brain injury can also occur from a health problem like a tumor or a stroke.<br><br> Have you ever had a brain injur y that limited you in any way for more than a week in any activities?)

2010 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

Traumatic Brain Injury

A brain Injury can result from a blow or jolt to the head caused by a fall, a motor vehicle accident,
a sports injury, or an assault. A brain injury can also occur from a health problem like a tumor or a stroke.

Have you ever had a brain injury that limited you in any way for more than a week in any activities?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	11,451	577	5.0	4.4- 5.7	10,874	95.0	94.3-95.6
-Alamance County	292	18	8.4	4.3-15.7	274	91.6	84.3-95.7
GENDER
Male	112	8	7.6	3.2-17.2	104	92.4	82.8-96.8
Female	180	10	9.1	3.5-21.9	170	90.9	78.1-96.5
RACE
White	236	14	7.7	3.4-16.5	222	92.3	83.5-96.6
Other	53	4	10.7	3.4-29.1	49	89.3	70.9-96.6
AGE
18-44	70	4	8.2	2.5-23.7	66	91.8	76.3-97.5
45+	218	14	8.8	4.5-16.5	204	91.2	83.5-95.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	134	11	13.1	5.8-27.2	123	86.9	72.8-94.2
Some College +	158	7	4.0	1.6- 9.5	151	96.0	90.5-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	159	15	11.4	6.0-20.8	144	88.6	79.2-94.0
$50,000+	88	1	0.7	0.1- 5.0	87	99.3	95.0-99.9

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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