2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 359 32 10.2 6.8-15.0 327 89.8 85.0-93.2
GENDER
Male 159 18 14.1 8.4-22.5 141 85.9 77.5-91.6
Female 200 14 6.1 3.3-11.1 186 93.9 88.9-96.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 200 20 11.8 7.1-19.1 180 88.2 80.9-92.9
Non-Hispanic Black 122 *** *** *** 116 93.6 85.7-97.3
Other 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 181 16 10.1 5.7-17.5 165 89.9 82.5-94.3
65+ 168 16 11.1 6.4-18.5 152 88.9 81.5-93.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 108 13 15.4 8.1-27.2 95 84.6 72.8-91.9
Some Post-H.S. 121 13 9.4 5.2-16.6 108 90.6 83.4-94.8
College Graduate 130 *** *** *** 124 95.1 89.0-97.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 156 20 15.0 8.8-24.3 136 85.0 75.7-91.2
$50,000+ 136 *** *** *** 128 93.1 86.4-96.6
Don't know/Not Sure 67 *** *** *** 63 94.4 85.0-98.1

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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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