2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 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 9 336 41 11.5 8.0-16.4 295 88.5 83.6-92.0
GENDER
Male 133 16 11.2 6.3-19.2 117 88.8 80.8-93.7
Female 203 25 11.8 7.3-18.5 178 88.2 81.5-92.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 215 26 10.3 6.9-15.1 189 89.7 84.9-93.1
Non-Hispanic Black 96 12 14.0 6.9-26.2 84 86.0 73.8-93.1
Other 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 183 28 13.6 8.8-20.5 155 86.4 79.5-91.2
65+ 150 13 9.1 4.6-17.4 137 90.9 82.6-95.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 22 13.1 7.8-21.1 131 86.9 78.9-92.2
Some College + 182 19 9.7 5.9-15.6 163 90.3 84.4-94.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 24 11.2 7.3-16.9 134 88.8 83.1-92.7
$50,000+ 111 *** *** *** 101 91.6 84.6-95.6

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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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