2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Cognitive Decline

During the past 12 months, have you experienced confusion or memory loss that is happening more often or is getting worse?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,828 422 10.7 9.5-11.9 3,406 89.3 88.1-90.5
Region 5 382 34 8.6 5.9-12.2 348 91.4 87.8-94.1
GENDER
Male 189 19 10.1 6.3-16.0 170 89.9 84.0-93.7
Female 193 15 7.0 3.9-12.3 178 93.0 87.7-96.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 273 22 8.3 5.3-12.9 251 91.7 87.1-94.7
Non-Hispanic Black 86 *** *** *** 77 90.3 81.6-95.2
Other 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 194 17 6.6 3.9-11.1 177 93.4 88.9-96.1
65+ 177 16 11.6 6.9-18.9 161 88.4 81.1-93.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 120 16 11.7 7.0-19.1 104 88.3 80.9-93.0
Some College + 262 18 6.5 3.9-10.9 244 93.5 89.1-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 145 19 12.4 7.5-19.7 126 87.6 80.3-92.5
$50,000+ 160 *** *** *** 153 95.9 91.3-98.2

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*Asked only of Respondents aged 45 or older.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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