2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Cognitive Decline

Has Functional Limitation due to Subjective Cognitive Decline*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 285 103 37.9 31.2-45.1 182 62.1 54.9-68.8
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 3 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 5 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 6 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 7 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 8 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 9 & 10 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Piedmont 128 46 37.9 28.5-48.4 82 62.1 51.6-71.5
Western NC 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Northwest 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Charlotte 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Greensboro 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southern Regional 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southeast 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Area L & Eastern 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 2 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 3 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 5 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 6 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***

Back to Cognitive Decline.

*Calculated variable based on two questions in the Cognitive Decline module which were asked only of respondents aged 45 or older who reported progressive memory or cognitive decline.
QUESTION 1: During the past 12 months, have your difficulties with thinking or memory interfered with day-to-day activities, such as managing medications, paying bills, or keeping track of appointments?
OR
QUESTION 2: During the past 12 months, have your difficulties with thinking or memory interfered with your ability to work or volunteer?

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 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.

^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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