2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
Piedmont NC 1,136 129 10.9 9.0-13.2 1,007 89.1 86.8-91.0
GENDER
Male 484 63 12.6 9.6-16.3 421 87.4 83.7-90.4
Female 652 66 9.5 7.1-12.5 586 90.5 87.5-92.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 761 97 12.2 9.8-15.1 664 87.8 84.9-90.2
Non-Hispanic Black 213 19 7.5 4.5-12.2 194 92.5 87.8-95.5
Other 156 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-54 322 24 7.2 4.5-11.3 298 92.8 88.7-95.5
55-64 301 39 13.4 9.5-18.5 262 86.6 81.5-90.5
65-74 266 30 11.5 7.7-16.8 236 88.5 83.2-92.3
75+ 214 36 14.0 9.5-20.4 178 86.0 79.6-90.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 202 28 13.0 8.8-19.0 174 87.0 81.0-91.2
Some Post-H.S. 314 29 8.3 5.6-12.3 285 91.7 87.7-94.4
College Graduate 518 60 10.6 8.1-13.9 458 89.4 86.1-91.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 371 87 21.8 17.2-27.2 284 78.2 72.8-82.8
No 751 38 5.1 3.6- 7.3 713 94.9 92.7-96.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 129 23 13.7 8.5-21.2 106 86.3 78.8-91.5
Non-Veteran 1,007 106 10.5 8.5-13.0 901 89.5 87.0-91.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 533 41 7.4 5.2-10.4 492 92.6 89.6-94.8
Unemployed 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 442 62 12.5 9.4-16.4 380 87.5 83.6-90.6
Unable to Work 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 73 12 15.8 8.7-27.0 61 84.2 73.0-91.3
$25,000- 34,999 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 116 18 18.1 11.1-28.0 98 81.9 72.0-88.9
$75,000+ 419 47 10.0 7.3-13.6 372 90.0 86.4-92.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 285 29 9.5 6.2-14.4 256 90.5 85.6-93.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 99 15 17.3 9.7-28.9 84 82.7 71.1-90.3
151% to 200% 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 626 75 11.1 8.7-14.2 551 88.9 85.8-91.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 285 29 9.5 6.2-14.4 256 90.5 85.6-93.8
HOUSING
Own 855 91 9.8 7.8-12.2 764 90.2 87.8-92.2
Rent 225 28 14.6 9.7-21.3 197 85.4 78.7-90.3
Other arrangement 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 591 76 12.7 9.9-16.1 515 87.3 83.9-90.1
Regional City or Suburban County 341 37 10.0 6.9-14.3 304 90.0 85.7-93.1
Rural 204 16 8.0 4.4-14.1 188 92.0 85.9-95.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 445 49 9.5 6.9-13.0 396 90.5 87.0-93.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 642 75 12.2 9.5-15.6 567 87.8 84.4-90.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 384 47 11.7 8.5-16.1 337 88.3 83.9-91.5
2nd Quartile 481 53 11.2 8.2-15.1 428 88.8 84.9-91.8
3rd Quartile 244 27 9.7 6.4-14.2 217 90.3 85.8-93.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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