2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 3,293 221 6.9 5.9- 8.2 3,072 93.1 91.8-94.1
Medicaid Region 2 577 34 5.1 3.5- 7.4 543 94.9 92.6-96.5
GENDER
Male 246 13 4.8 2.7- 8.5 233 95.2 91.5-97.3
Female 331 21 5.3 3.3- 8.6 310 94.7 91.4-96.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 449 29 5.7 3.8- 8.5 420 94.3 91.5-96.2
Non-Hispanic Black 92 *** *** *** 88 96.5 90.6-98.8
Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 291 14 4.2 2.4- 7.2 277 95.8 92.8-97.6
65+ 272 19 6.6 3.9-10.8 253 93.4 89.2-96.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 12 5.8 3.1-10.6 185 94.2 89.4-96.9
Some Post-H.S. 175 12 5.4 3.0- 9.7 163 94.6 90.3-97.0
College Graduate 205 *** *** *** 195 96.3 92.8-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 240 21 7.7 4.8-12.2 219 92.3 87.8-95.2
$50,000+ 228 *** *** *** 221 98.0 95.8-99.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 109 *** *** *** 103 94.1 86.1-97.6

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*Asked only of Respondents aged 45 or older.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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