2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Cognitive Decline

During the past 12 months, have you experienced difficulties with thinking or memory that are happening more often or are getting worse?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,259 288 12.4 10.9-14.2 1,971 87.6 85.8-89.1
Eastern NC 628 84 13.8 10.9-17.4 544 86.2 82.6-89.1
GENDER
Male 252 30 12.1 8.1-17.8 222 87.9 82.2-91.9
Female 376 54 15.2 11.2-20.1 322 84.8 79.9-88.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 408 47 10.9 7.9-14.9 361 89.1 85.1-92.1
Non-Hispanic Black 142 27 18.9 12.7-27.3 115 81.1 72.7-87.3
Other 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-54 136 22 14.0 8.8-21.5 114 86.0 78.5-91.2
55-64 183 29 17.6 11.9-25.2 154 82.4 74.8-88.1
65-74 172 15 10.9 6.3-18.3 157 89.1 81.7-93.7
75+ 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 179 35 20.3 14.2-28.2 144 79.7 71.8-85.8
College Graduate 237 35 16.3 11.3-22.9 202 83.7 77.1-88.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 247 65 27.0 20.8-34.1 182 73.0 65.9-79.2
No 377 17 4.7 2.7- 8.0 360 95.3 92.0-97.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 108 21 23.2 15.0-34.1 87 76.8 65.9-85.0
Non-Veteran 519 63 11.6 8.7-15.3 456 88.4 84.7-91.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 231 27 12.4 8.1-18.6 204 87.6 81.4-91.9
Unemployed 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 283 36 13.4 9.2-19.1 247 86.6 80.9-90.8
Unable to Work 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 192 23 13.8 8.8-20.9 169 86.2 79.1-91.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 321 46 15.3 11.1-20.7 275 84.7 79.3-88.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 486 62 13.7 10.5-17.8 424 86.3 82.2-89.5
Rent 113 18 15.7 9.3-25.4 95 84.3 74.6-90.7
Other arrangement 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 177 31 17.9 12.2-25.3 146 82.1 74.7-87.8
Rural 403 50 12.9 9.4-17.5 353 87.1 82.5-90.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 366 57 16.0 12.0-20.9 309 84.0 79.1-88.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 200 19 9.2 5.5-15.0 181 90.8 85.0-94.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 115 14 11.6 6.5-19.8 101 88.4 80.2-93.5
3rd Quartile 187 31 15.9 10.6-23.1 156 84.1 76.9-89.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 194 26 15.3 9.9-22.7 168 84.7 77.3-90.1

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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 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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