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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: 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 14,558 2,077 13.3 12.6-14.0 12,481 86.7 86.0-87.4
-Gaston County 363 69 18.6 14.4-23.6 294 81.4 76.4-85.6
GENDER
Male 134 23 14.9 9.4-22.8 111 85.1 77.2-90.6
Female 229 46 21.7 16.1-28.6 183 78.3 71.4-83.9
RACE
White 301 58 18.5 14.1-24.0 243 81.5 76.0-85.9
Other 61 11 19.2 9.9-33.7 50 80.8 66.3-90.1
AGE
18-44 134 16 13.6 8.0-22.0 118 86.4 78.0-92.0
45+ 226 52 21.9 16.4-28.7 174 78.1 71.3-83.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 48 24.2 18.0-31.6 145 75.8 68.4-82.0
Some College + 169 21 12.6 7.7-20.1 148 87.4 79.9-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 53 23.4 17.7-30.4 163 76.6 69.6-82.3
$50,000+ 75 2 3.0 0.8-11.4 73 97.0 88.6-99.2

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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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