2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 Demographics

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
Region 7 389 40 10.0 7.1-14.1 349 90.0 85.9-92.9
GENDER
Male 171 21 13.1 8.2-20.4 150 86.9 79.6-91.8
Female 218 19 7.0 4.2-11.3 199 93.0 88.7-95.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 244 28 11.2 7.4-16.5 216 88.8 83.5-92.6
Non-Hispanic Black 86 *** *** *** 78 91.3 81.5-96.2
Other 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 226 20 7.4 4.6-11.7 206 92.6 88.3-95.4
65+ 149 20 15.3 9.3-24.0 129 84.7 76.0-90.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 112 12 12.5 6.7-22.1 100 87.5 77.9-93.3
Some Post-H.S. 95 *** *** *** 86 92.6 84.4-96.7
College Graduate 182 19 10.3 6.5-15.9 163 89.7 84.1-93.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 93 11 10.3 5.3-18.9 82 89.7 81.1-94.7
$50,000+ 205 22 10.8 6.8-16.8 183 89.2 83.2-93.2
Don't know/Not Sure 91 *** *** *** 84 92.0 81.5-96.8

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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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