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2009 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 12,291 1,785 13.4 12.4-14.6 10,506 86.6 85.4-87.6
-New Hanover County 388 48 10.5 6.8-16.1 340 89.5 83.9-93.2
GENDER
Male 145 21 14.3 7.5-25.5 124 85.7 74.5-92.5
Female 243 27 7.1 4.6-10.9 216 92.9 89.1-95.4
RACE
White 333 41 10.3 6.3-16.5 292 89.7 83.5-93.7
Other 54 7 11.9 4.5-28.1 47 88.1 71.9-95.5
AGE
18-44 78 6 8.6 3.1-21.9 72 91.4 78.1-96.9
45+ 303 42 12.5 8.9-17.3 261 87.5 82.7-91.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 20 16.2 7.7-31.0 101 83.8 69.0-92.3
Some College + 267 28 7.8 4.8-12.3 239 92.2 87.7-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 29 16.9 8.9-29.7 134 83.1 70.3-91.1
$50,000+ 167 10 5.1 2.5-10.2 157 94.9 89.8-97.5

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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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