2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 3,293 221 6.9 5.9- 8.2 3,072 93.1 91.8-94.1
Region 1 & 2 409 34 8.1 5.6-11.6 375 91.9 88.4-94.4
GENDER
Male 166 15 6.9 3.9-11.9 151 93.1 88.1-96.1
Female 243 19 9.1 5.6-14.5 224 90.9 85.5-94.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 356 28 7.8 5.3-11.5 328 92.2 88.5-94.7
Non-Hispanic Black 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 186 16 9.4 5.5-15.7 170 90.6 84.3-94.5
65+ 209 18 7.4 4.5-11.8 191 92.6 88.2-95.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 151 16 10.1 5.8-16.8 135 89.9 83.2-94.2
Some Post-H.S. 117 14 9.5 5.4-16.2 103 90.5 83.8-94.6
College Graduate 140 *** *** *** 136 97.5 93.1-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 185 21 10.2 6.3-16.1 164 89.8 83.9-93.7
$50,000+ 149 *** *** *** 144 96.1 90.1-98.5
Don't know/Not Sure 75 *** *** *** 67 88.9 78.0-94.8

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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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