Somali vs Immigrants from Yemen Cognitive Disability

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 99,318,466 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Somalis and percentage of population with cognitive disability in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.486 and weighted average of 19.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 82,433,611 people shows no correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Yemen and percentage of population with cognitive disability in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.042 and weighted average of 18.8%, a difference of 5.4%.

In terms of cognitive disability, the demographic groups most similar to Somalis are Immigrants from Cabo Verde (19.9%, a difference of 0.16%), Immigrants from Congo (19.7%, a difference of 0.56%), Immigrants from Somalia (20.0%, a difference of 0.89%), Immigrants from Zaire (19.4%, a difference of 2.2%), and Tohono O'odham (19.3%, a difference of 2.9%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Yemen are Immigrants from Sudan (18.8%, a difference of 0.060%), Pima (18.8%, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Dominican Republic (18.8%, a difference of 0.14%), Navajo (18.8%, a difference of 0.24%), and Sudanese (18.9%, a difference of 0.38%).