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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Buncombe County

Disability

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,160 403 6.2 5.4- 7.2 5,757 93.8 92.8-94.6
Buncombe County 417 25 4.8 3.1- 7.3 392 95.2 92.7-96.9
GENDER
Male 162 6 3.1 1.3- 7.0 156 96.9 93.0-98.7
Female 255 19 6.5 4.0-10.4 236 93.5 89.6-96.0
RACE
White 373 24 5.4 3.5- 8.2 349 94.6 91.8-96.5
Other 41 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 40 98.8 92.1-99.8
AGE
18-44 179 5 2.3 0.9- 5.9 174 97.7 94.1-99.1
45+ 237 20 7.1 4.4-11.1 217 92.9 88.9-95.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 173 18 7.8 4.7-12.6 155 92.2 87.4-95.3
Some College + 244 7 2.6 1.2- 5.6 237 97.4 94.4-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 250 16 4.8 2.8- 8.0 234 95.2 92.0-97.2
$50,000+ 94 2 1.9 0.5- 7.4 92 98.1 92.6-99.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Cumberland 428 22 3.6 2.2- 5.7 406 96.4 94.3-97.8
Durham 398 24 4.8 3.0- 7.6 374 95.2 92.4-97.0
Forsyth 457 35 5.4 3.8- 7.7 422 94.6 92.3-96.2
Gaston 465 26 5.3 3.4- 8.1 439 94.7 91.9-96.6
Guilford 412 33 6.2 4.3- 8.9 379 93.8 91.1-95.7
Mecklenburg 425 24 5.5 3.5- 8.7 401 94.5 91.3-96.5
New Hanover 402 24 4.7 3.0- 7.3 378 95.3 92.7-97.0
Onslow 433 29 6.1 4.0- 9.2 404 93.9 90.8-96.0
Wake 425 14 3.1 1.7- 5.5 411 96.9 94.5-98.3
Western NC 615 47 7.1 5.2- 9.8 568 92.9 90.2-94.8
Piedmont NC 667 46 6.3 4.6- 8.7 621 93.7 91.3-95.4
Eastern NC 616 54 8.2 6.0-11.2 562 91.8 88.8-94.0

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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