Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Adults Aged 45 Years or Older With and Without Comorbid Chronic Diseases by Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD) Status, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2015–2017
| N = 220,221 | With subjective cognitive decline n = 23,473 | Without subjective cognitive decline n = 196,748 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | No chronic diseases | At least 1 chronic disease | Overall | No chronic diseases | At least 1 chronic disease | |
| n = 23,473 | n = 3,983 | n = 19,490 | n = 196,748 | n = 76,778 | n = 119,970 | |
| Category | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) |
| Age Group | ||||||
| 45–64 years | 10.8 (10.4–11.3) | 22.6 (20.6–24.6) | 77.4 (75.4–79.4) | 89.2 (88.7–89.6) | 52.9 (51.1–53.8) | 47.1 (46.2–47.9) |
| ≥65 years | 11.7 (11.2–12.2) | 13.7 (12.0–15.3) | 86.3 (84.7–88.0) | 88.3 (87.8–88.8) | 26.5 (25.7–27.2) | 73.5 (72.8–74.3) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 11.1 (10.6–11.5) | 16.2 (14.4–18.1) | 83.8 (81.9–85.6) | 88.9 (88.5–89.4) | 40.1 (39.3–40.9) | 59.9 (59.1–60.7) |
| Male | 11.3 (10.8–11.8) | 22.2 (20.1–24.4) | 77.8 (75.6–79.9) | 88.7 (88.2–89.2) | 46.4 (45.5–47.4) | 53.6 (52.6–54.5) |
| Race and Ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 10.9 (10.6–11.3) | 18.5 (17.0–20.1) | 81.5 (79.9–83.0) | 89.1 (88.7–89.4) | 42.2 (41.6–42.8) | 57.8 (57.2–58.4) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 12.8 (11.6–13.9) | 13.6 (11.0–16.3) | 86.4 (83.7–89.0) | 87.2 (86.1–88.4) | 39.9 (37.8–42.0) | 60.1 (58.0–62.2) |
| Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native | 17.1 (13.7–20.5) | 11.6 (4.5–18.7) | 88.4 (81.3–95.5) | 82.9 (79.5–86.3) | 32.6 (27.3–37.9) | 67.4 (62.1–72.7) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander | 6.7 (4.3–9.2) | 50.4 (32.2–68.5) | 49.6 (31.5–67.8) | 93.3 (90.8–95.7) | 50.2 (31.2–40.1) | 49.8 (42.9–56.6) |
| Non-Hispanic of other or multiple races | 14.7 (12.2–17.2) | 12.3 (6.8–17.7) | 87.7 (82.3–93.2) | 85.3 (82.8–87.8) | 35.7 (31.2–40.1) | 64.3 (59.9–68.8) |
| Hispanic | 12.8 (9.5–12.4) | 23.8 (18.0–29.6) | 76.2 (70.4–82.0) | 89.0 (87.6–90.5) | 50.6 (48.0–53.2) | 49.4 (46.8–52.0) |
| Highest Level of Education | ||||||
| Did not graduate high school | 17.9 (16.6–19.2) | 17.3 (13.8–20.7) | 82.7 (79.3–82.2) | 82.1 (80.8 – 83.4) | 33.6 (31.4–35.7) | 66.4 (64.3–68.6) |
| Graduated high school | 11.6 (11.1–12.2) | 16.5 (14.8–18.2) | 83.5 (81.8–85.2) | 88.4 (87.8–88.9) | 39.1 (38.0–40.2) | 60.9 (59.8–62.0) |
| Attended college or technical school | 11.5 (10.8–12.1) | 17.9 (15.2–20.6) | 82.1 (79.4–84.8) | 88.5 (87.9–89.2) | 42.2 (41.0–43.3) | 57.8 (56.7–59.0) |
| Graduated from college or technical school | 7.1 (6.6–7.5) | 27.5 (23.9–31.2) | 72.5 (72.5–68.8) | 92.9 (92.5–93.4) | 51.6 (50.6–52.6) | 48.4 (47.4–49.4) |
| Living Status | ||||||
| Lives alone | 13.6 (13.0–14.2) | 15.8 (14.2–17.3) | 84.2 (82.7–85.8) | 86.4 (85.8–87.0) | 34.8 (33.9–35.7) | 65.2 (64.3–66.1) |
| Does not live alone | 10.3 (9.9–10.7) | 20.6 (18.6–22.5) | 79.4 (77.5–81.4) | 89.7 (89.3–90.1) | 45.5 (44.8–46.3) | 54.5 (53.7–55.2) |
Note: Frequencies presented are unweighted. Percentages and confidence intervals are weighted based on state population sizes.