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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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 1,602 511 31.9 28.4-35.5 1,091 68.1 64.5-71.6
Eastern NC 216 83 40.4 32.8-48.5 133 59.6 51.5-67.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 112 34 28.2 19.9-38.4 78 71.8 61.6-80.1
Forsyth 109 33 28.9 20.4-39.2 76 71.1 60.8-79.6
Guilford 92 22 21.3 13.6-31.7 70 78.7 68.3-86.4
Henderson/Transylvania 126 40 32.8 24.2-42.7 86 67.2 57.3-75.8
Mecklenburg 88 22 24.9 16.3-36.1 66 75.1 63.9-83.7
Orange 67 16 22.2 12.9-35.4 51 77.8 64.6-87.1
Pitt 99 31 30.2 20.9-41.4 68 69.8 58.6-79.1
Randolph 120 30 29.6 20.1-41.3 90 70.4 58.7-79.9
Robeson 121 51 38.1 28.8-48.3 70 61.9 51.7-71.2
Wake 56 15 18.1 9.9-30.8 41 81.9 69.2-90.1
Western NC 179 74 41.4 33.4-50.0 105 58.6 50.0-66.6
Piedmont NC 217 60 25.6 19.3-33.1 157 74.4 66.9-80.7

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Eastern North Carolina. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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