2024 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 2,259 288 12.4 10.9-14.2 1,971 87.6 85.8-89.1
GENDER
Male 936 124 12.8 10.5-15.5 812 87.2 84.5-89.5
Female 1,323 164 12.1 10.1-14.5 1,159 87.9 85.5-89.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,115 279 12.7 11.1-14.5 1,836 87.3 85.5-88.9
No 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 539 69 12.1 9.2-15.7 470 87.9 84.3-90.8
Overweight 766 98 12.4 9.8-15.5 668 87.6 84.5-90.2
Obese 785 102 12.7 10.1-15.7 683 87.3 84.3-89.9
Current Smoker
Yes 240 41 18.9 13.3-26.2 199 81.1 73.8-86.7
No 2,002 245 11.6 10.0-13.4 1,757 88.4 86.6-90.0
History of CVD**
Yes 353 67 18.2 13.9-23.4 286 81.8 76.6-86.1
No 1,884 218 11.2 9.6-13.1 1,666 88.8 86.9-90.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 178 30 15.0 10.1-21.7 148 85.0 78.3-89.9
No 2,028 249 11.9 10.3-13.7 1,779 88.1 86.3-89.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 86 20 17.4 10.5-27.4 66 82.6 72.6-89.5
No 2,117 262 12.0 10.4-13.7 1,855 88.0 86.3-89.6
COPD
Yes 221 56 26.9 20.2-35.0 165 73.1 65.0-79.8
No 2,031 229 10.7 9.2-12.4 1,802 89.3 87.6-90.8
Current Asthma
Yes 229 44 18.4 13.3-24.9 185 81.6 75.1-86.7
No 2,021 240 11.6 10.0-13.5 1,781 88.4 86.5-90.0
Diabetes
Yes 462 72 15.3 11.7-19.7 390 84.7 80.3-88.3
No 1,797 216 11.6 9.9-13.5 1,581 88.4 86.5-90.1
Functional Disability
Yes 841 211 24.4 20.9-28.2 630 75.6 71.8-79.1
No 1,393 69 5.0 3.8- 6.5 1,324 95.0 93.5-96.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 981 198 20.6 17.6-23.9 783 79.4 76.1-82.4
No 1,278 90 6.3 4.9- 8.0 1,188 93.7 92.0-95.1

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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.

^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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