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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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 14,558 2,077 13.3 12.6-14.0 12,481 86.7 86.0-87.4
-Durham County 405 50 10.7 7.8-14.3 355 89.3 85.7-92.2
GENDER
Male 148 14 7.9 4.5-13.4 134 92.1 86.6-95.5
Female 257 36 13.3 9.3-18.6 221 86.7 81.4-90.7
RACE
White 229 24 9.5 6.2-14.4 205 90.5 85.6-93.8
Other 170 26 12.3 7.9-18.6 144 87.7 81.4-92.1
AGE
18-44 195 12 5.5 2.9-10.1 183 94.5 89.9-97.1
45+ 208 38 17.0 12.1-23.3 170 83.0 76.7-87.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 112 27 19.9 13.1-29.0 85 80.1 71.0-86.9
Some College + 293 23 6.4 4.0-10.0 270 93.6 90.0-96.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 183 37 17.7 12.4-24.8 146 82.3 75.2-87.6
$50,000+ 142 6 3.5 1.4- 8.2 136 96.5 91.8-98.6

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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 (MAHEC): 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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