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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability--WHITE Respondents Only

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%)
TOTAL 1,225 378 31.5 27.6-35.6 847 68.5 64.4-72.4
GENDER
Male 445 110 25.2 19.6-31.7 335 74.8 68.3-80.4
Female 780 268 36.4 31.4-41.7 512 63.6 58.3-68.6
AGE
18-24 31 7 31.5 12.8-59.0 24 68.5 41.0-87.2
25-34 96 27 30.2 18.6-45.1 69 69.8 54.9-81.4
35-44 158 48 32.6 22.7-44.5 110 67.4 55.5-77.3
45-54 261 96 34.9 26.6-44.4 165 65.1 55.6-73.4
55-64 222 71 34.4 26.4-43.5 151 65.6 56.5-73.6
65-74 221 57 27.9 20.1-37.3 164 72.1 62.7-79.9
75+ 230 70 26.9 18.9-36.7 160 73.1 63.3-81.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 279 119 44.2 35.8-52.9 160 55.8 47.1-64.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 358 115 31.8 25.0-39.3 243 68.2 60.7-75.0
Some Post-H.S. 284 78 26.6 19.2-35.5 206 73.4 64.5-80.8
College Graduate 303 66 21.8 15.7-29.3 237 78.2 70.7-84.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 226 110 47.7 37.0-58.6 116 52.3 41.4-63.0
$15,000- 24,999 217 71 41.5 31.2-52.6 146 58.5 47.4-68.8
$25,000- 34,999 127 37 29.5 19.2-42.5 90 70.5 57.5-80.8
$35,000- 49,999 133 32 20.8 13.1-31.4 101 79.2 68.6-86.9
$50,000-74,999 113 19 22.5 13.2-35.6 94 77.5 64.4-86.8
$75,000+ 87 10 14.1 6.5-27.9 77 85.9 72.1-93.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 96 29 28.1 19.2-39.2 67 71.9 60.8-80.8
Forsyth 79 22 24.6 16.0-36.0 57 75.4 64.0-84.0
Guilford 58 12 16.3 8.9-27.9 46 83.7 72.1-91.1
Henderson/Transylvania 119 36 30.1 21.7-40.2 83 69.9 59.8-78.3
Mecklenburg 49 10 18.2 9.5-31.9 39 81.8 68.1-90.5
Orange 54 12 18.2 9.8-31.5 42 81.8 68.5-90.2
Pitt 72 20 25.4 15.8-38.1 52 74.6 61.9-84.2
Randolph 112 30 31.2 21.2-43.3 82 68.8 56.7-78.8
Robeson 50 16 29.5 17.4-45.3 34 70.5 54.7-82.6
Wake 41 12 20.1 10.3-35.6 29 79.9 64.4-89.7
Western NC 167 71 42.3 33.9-51.2 96 57.7 48.8-66.1
Piedmont NC 179 51 27.5 20.3-36.1 128 72.5 63.9-79.7
Eastern NC 149 57 38.5 29.8-48.0 92 61.5 52.0-70.2

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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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