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2005 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 16,732 2,277 12.3 11.7-13.0 14,455 87.7 87.0-88.3
-New Hanover County 437 43 8.5 6.0-12.0 394 91.5 88.0-94.0
GENDER
Male 155 14 7.4 3.9-13.6 141 92.6 86.4-96.1
Female 282 29 9.5 6.4-14.0 253 90.5 86.0-93.6
RACE
White 371 36 8.1 5.4-11.9 335 91.9 88.1-94.6
Other 66 7 10.4 4.7-21.6 59 89.6 78.4-95.3
AGE
18-44 143 6 3.9 1.4-10.6 137 96.1 89.4-98.6
45+ 292 37 12.5 8.8-17.4 255 87.5 82.6-91.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 20 10.3 6.2-16.6 122 89.7 83.4-93.8
Some College + 295 23 7.4 4.5-12.1 272 92.6 87.9-95.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 26 10.9 6.8-17.1 187 89.1 82.9-93.2
$50,000+ 159 8 3.6 1.7- 7.5 151 96.4 92.5-98.3

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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: 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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