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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-MALES

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 12,291 1,785 13.4 12.4-14.6 10,506 86.6 85.4-87.6
-MALES 4,571 622 13.1 11.3-15.1 3,949 86.9 84.9-88.7
RACE
White 3,674 476 12.6 10.6-14.8 3,198 87.4 85.2-89.4
African American 541 89 14.9 10.6-20.6 452 85.1 79.4-89.4
Other Minorities 317 54 14.2 8.7-22.2 263 85.8 77.8-91.3
AGE
18-24 176 25 18.4 10.6-30.0 151 81.6 70.0-89.4
25-34 382 46 11.3 7.5-16.5 336 88.7 83.5-92.5
35-44 653 61 9.2 6.6-12.6 592 90.8 87.4-93.4
45-54 960 113 12.7 9.3-17.2 847 87.3 82.8-90.7
55-64 1,024 156 13.8 11.2-17.0 868 86.2 83.0-88.8
65+ 1,355 219 16.0 13.3-19.0 1,136 84.0 81.0-86.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 606 183 32.2 25.3-39.9 423 67.8 60.1-74.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,314 201 13.2 10.4-16.7 1,113 86.8 83.3-89.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,094 128 11.5 7.8-16.6 966 88.5 83.4-92.2
College Graduate 1,551 109 5.8 4.3- 7.7 1,442 94.2 92.3-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 378 116 29.9 21.3-40.4 262 70.1 59.6-78.7
$15,000- 24,999 657 140 17.3 13.1-22.4 517 82.7 77.6-86.9
$25,000- 34,999 468 76 18.3 12.0-26.8 392 81.7 73.2-88.0
$35,000- 49,999 596 62 13.9 9.2-20.5 534 86.1 79.5-90.8
$50,000- 74,999 683 59 6.8 4.8- 9.6 624 93.2 90.4-95.2
$75,000+ 1,263 58 4.6 2.2- 9.5 1,205 95.4 90.5-97.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,432 206 13.0 10.6-15.7 1,226 87.0 84.3-89.4
Non-Veteran 2,761 366 13.4 11.1-16.1 2,395 86.6 83.9-88.9

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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