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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

Aging and Caregiving

Did that person have a problem with memory loss or confusion or a disorder like Alzheimer's Disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,067 1,699 42.5 40.6-44.4 2,368 57.5 55.6-59.4
-NE Partnership I 117 53 49.6 39.2-59.9 64 50.4 40.1-60.8
GENDER
Male 43 21 52.6 36.5-68.2 22 47.4 31.8-63.5
Female 74 32 47.0 34.1-60.3 42 53.0 39.7-65.9
RACE
White 48 20 44.7 29.0-61.6 28 55.3 38.4-71.0
Other 68 33 53.7 40.4-66.5 35 46.3 33.5-59.6
AGE
18-44 37 17 48.5 30.8-66.5 20 51.5 33.5-69.2
45+ 80 36 50.2 37.8-62.5 44 49.8 37.5-62.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 68 31 49.6 36.6-62.7 37 50.4 37.3-63.4
Some College + 49 22 49.5 33.3-65.8 27 50.5 34.2-66.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 75 37 53.8 40.9-66.1 38 46.2 33.9-59.1
$50,000+ 11 3 32.2 10.6-65.7 8 67.8 34.3-89.4

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Asked only of respondents who provided regular care or assistance to an older adult who has a long-term illness or disability.

^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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