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Cognitive Difficulty by Age

Cognitive Difficulty by Age

Description

Share of Older Adults Reporting Serious Difficulty Concentrating, Remembering, or Making Decisions, by Age and Living Alone, 2022

Data Source

American Community Survey (ACS)

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Calculation Methodology

  1. 1
    Select respondents aged 50 and older using the AGEP column with the condition AGEP >= 50.
  2. 2
    Derive age groups from the AGEP column using bins: 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, and 80+, corresponding to labels 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, and 80+.
  3. 3
    Use the COGNITIVE_DIFFICULTIES column to identify levels of serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions, excluding the category Unspecified.
  4. 4
    Apply the weight column PWGTP to weight each respondent's data.
  5. 5
    Aggregate weighted data by AGEP age groups and by STATE to calculate the share of older adults reporting cognitive difficulties.
  6. 6
    Present results in a stacked bar chart showing the distribution of cognitive difficulty by age group and living arrangement.

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Visual for Indicator Cognitive Difficulty by Age for 2022

Share of Older Adults Reporting Serious Difficulty Concentrating, Remembering, or Making Decisions, by Age and Living Alone, 2022

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