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Cognitive Difficulty by Race

Cognitive Difficulty by Race

Description

Share of Adults Age 50 or Older With Increased Confusion or Memory Loss in the Last 12 Months, by Race & Ethnicity and Whether They Have Talked with a Health Professional about the Decline, 2023

Data Source

American Community Survey (ACS)

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Calculation Methodology

  1. 1
    Select respondents aged 65 or older using the AGEP column.
  2. 2
    Filter data by race categories using the RACE column according to specified race codes.
  3. 3
    Use the COGNITIVE_DIFFICULTIES column to identify cognitive difficulty status, excluding the Unspecified category.
  4. 4
    Apply the survey weight from the PWGTP column to each respondent's data.
  5. 5
    Aggregate weighted counts by STATE and race categories to calculate the share of adults with cognitive difficulties.
  6. 6
    Present results as a stacked bar chart showing cognitive difficulty by race and ethnicity across states.

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Visual for Indicator Cognitive Difficulty by Race for 2023

Share of Adults Age 50 or Older With Increased Confusion or Memory Loss in the Last 12 Months, by Race & Ethnicity and Whether They Have Talked with a Health Professional about the Decline, 2023

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