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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 365 46 13.0 9.5-17.6 319 87.0 82.4-90.5
GENDER
Male 142 13 9.8 5.4-17.1 129 90.2 82.9-94.6
Female 223 33 16.1 11.2-22.4 190 83.9 77.6-88.8
RACE
White 298 35 11.6 8.1-16.2 263 88.4 83.8-91.9
Other 64 11 19.6 10.2-34.4 53 80.4 65.6-89.8
AGE
18-44 140 8 7.5 3.5-15.1 132 92.5 84.9-96.5
45+ 224 38 17.5 12.6-23.8 186 82.5 76.2-87.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 113 20 20.1 12.7-30.3 93 79.9 69.7-87.3
Some College + 251 25 9.2 6.0-13.9 226 90.8 86.1-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 175 30 20.5 14.2-28.8 145 79.5 71.2-85.8
$50,000+ 103 3 2.2 0.7- 6.8 100 97.8 93.2-99.3

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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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