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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-WHITE MALES

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 2,521 277 9.1 7.5-11.1 2,244 90.9 88.9-92.5
AGE
18-24 134 10 3.6 1.5- 8.2 124 96.4 91.8-98.5
25-34 353 24 8.5 3.9-17.4 329 91.5 82.6-96.1
35-44 499 29 5.1 3.0- 8.4 470 94.9 91.6-97.0
45-54 482 59 11.0 7.3-16.2 423 89.0 83.8-92.7
55-64 442 47 10.5 6.9-15.8 395 89.5 84.2-93.1
65-74 376 56 11.5 7.9-16.5 320 88.5 83.5-92.1
75+ 226 50 22.8 16.2-31.3 176 77.2 68.7-83.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 327 87 31.1 22.2-41.7 240 68.9 58.3-77.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 707 77 9.0 6.3-12.7 630 91.0 87.3-93.7
Some Post-H.S. 622 59 5.1 3.5- 7.4 563 94.9 92.6-96.5
College Graduate 859 53 4.8 3.4- 6.9 806 95.2 93.1-96.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 182 56 24.8 16.6-35.3 126 75.2 64.7-83.4
$15,000- 24,999 356 65 16.5 11.1-23.7 291 83.5 76.3-88.9
$25,000- 34,999 268 27 10.0 5.8-16.7 241 90.0 83.3-94.2
$35,000- 49,999 411 20 4.9 2.7- 8.8 391 95.1 91.2-97.3
$50,000-74,999 355 26 5.6 3.3- 9.4 329 94.4 90.6-96.7
$75,000+ 442 15 2.0 1.0- 4.0 427 98.0 96.0-99.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 154 16 7.9 4.6-13.0 138 92.1 87.0-95.4
Guilford 112 13 11.7 6.2-20.8 99 88.3 79.2-93.8
Mecklenburg 108 6 3.4 1.4- 7.7 102 96.6 92.3-98.6
Orange 134 9 5.9 2.7-12.0 125 94.1 88.0-97.3
Wake 125 6 4.4 1.7-11.0 119 95.6 89.0-98.3
Chatham/Lee 114 10 7.1 3.6-13.7 104 92.9 86.3-96.4
Nash/Wilson 81 5 4.6 1.8-11.4 76 95.4 88.6-98.2
Craven/Pamlico 129 14 8.7 4.9-14.8 115 91.3 85.2-95.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 144 17 8.9 5.2-14.9 127 91.1 85.1-94.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 156 23 11.7 7.4-18.0 133 88.3 82.0-92.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 15 15.3 7.4-29.2 88 84.7 70.8-92.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 18 12.5 7.6-20.1 120 87.5 79.9-92.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 81 13 14.6 8.4-24.3 68 85.4 75.7-91.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 82 13 13.3 7.4-22.5 69 86.7 77.5-92.6
Northeast NC I 68 12 20.1 10.4-35.3 56 79.9 64.7-89.6
Northeast NC II 122 16 10.9 6.4-17.9 106 89.1 82.1-93.6
Northeastern Partnership 190 28 13.0 8.5-19.3 162 87.0 80.7-91.5
Mountain AHEC 426 56 16.0 8.9-27.2 370 84.0 72.8-91.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 722 91 10.3 7.5-13.9 631 89.7 86.1-92.5
Piedmont 1,112 94 6.6 4.9- 8.7 1,018 93.4 91.3-95.1
Western NC 687 92 16.1 10.5-23.7 595 83.9 76.3-89.5

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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