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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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 16,732 2,277 12.3 11.7-13.0 14,455 87.7 87.0-88.3
-Forsyth County 447 49 12.1 8.6-16.8 398 87.9 83.2-91.4
GENDER
Male 146 17 10.4 5.8-18.1 129 89.6 81.9-94.2
Female 301 32 13.5 8.9-19.9 269 86.5 80.1-91.1
RACE
White 334 33 11.6 7.5-17.6 301 88.4 82.4-92.5
Other 111 16 13.7 8.0-22.4 95 86.3 77.6-92.0
AGE
18-44 148 14 11.4 6.0-20.6 134 88.6 79.4-94.0
45+ 297 35 12.8 9.0-17.9 262 87.2 82.1-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 155 24 15.5 9.3-24.5 131 84.5 75.5-90.7
Some College + 292 25 10.1 6.3-15.9 267 89.9 84.1-93.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 26 13.0 8.0-20.5 194 87.0 79.5-92.0
$50,000+ 161 10 5.9 3.1-11.1 151 94.1 88.9-96.9

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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