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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 557 75 12.0 8.4-16.9 482 88.0 83.1-91.6
GENDER
Male 209 21 11.1 5.5-21.1 188 88.9 78.9-94.5
Female 348 54 12.9 9.5-17.2 294 87.1 82.8-90.5
RACE
White 432 52 10.7 7.5-15.1 380 89.3 84.9-92.5
Other 120 21 14.6 6.5-29.6 99 85.4 70.4-93.5
AGE
18-44 201 19 11.1 5.9-19.8 182 88.9 80.2-94.1
45+ 348 55 13.2 10.0-17.3 293 86.8 82.7-90.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 111 32 23.0 12.2-39.2 79 77.0 60.8-87.8
Some College + 446 43 8.6 5.7-12.6 403 91.4 87.4-94.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 43 27.5 17.0-41.2 117 72.5 58.8-83.0
$50,000+ 320 19 4.5 2.8- 7.3 301 95.5 92.7-97.2

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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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