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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Gaston County

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 5,912 641 10.1 9.1-11.3 5,271 89.9 88.7-90.9
Gaston County 444 52 10.1 7.4-13.5 392 89.9 86.5-92.6
GENDER
Male 168 16 8.9 5.3-14.6 152 91.1 85.4-94.7
Female 276 36 11.2 7.8-15.9 240 88.8 84.1-92.2
RACE
White 373 45 10.1 7.3-13.7 328 89.9 86.3-92.7
Other 69 7 10.2 4.4-21.8 62 89.8 78.2-95.6
AGE
18-44 210 17 5.9 3.5- 9.8 193 94.1 90.2-96.5
45+ 230 34 14.4 9.9-20.3 196 85.6 79.7-90.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 234 35 12.1 8.4-17.2 199 87.9 82.8-91.6
Some College + 210 17 8.0 4.7-13.3 193 92.0 86.7-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 254 35 11.6 8.0-16.6 219 88.4 83.4-92.0
$50,000+ 100 2 1.9 0.4- 7.8 98 98.1 92.2-99.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 404 50 10.9 8.1-14.6 354 89.1 85.4-91.9
Cumberland 414 38 8.6 5.8-12.6 376 91.4 87.4-94.2
Durham 380 36 8.3 5.8-11.8 344 91.7 88.2-94.2
Forsyth 440 50 10.9 7.9-15.0 390 89.1 85.0-92.1
Guilford 390 42 11.0 7.9-15.3 348 89.0 84.7-92.1
Mecklenburg 414 40 10.0 7.1-13.8 374 90.0 86.2-92.9
New Hanover 389 51 11.8 8.6-16.1 338 88.2 83.9-91.4
Onslow 416 34 6.8 4.7- 9.8 382 93.2 90.2-95.3
Wake 407 34 6.8 4.7- 9.7 373 93.2 90.3-95.3
Western NC 589 69 11.3 8.7-14.4 520 88.7 85.6-91.3
Piedmont NC 642 85 12.2 9.6-15.5 557 87.8 84.5-90.4
Eastern NC 583 60 8.4 6.2-11.4 523 91.6 88.6-93.8

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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