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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Eastern North Carolina

Disability

Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,155 1,033 15.5 14.2-16.9 5,122 84.5 83.1-85.8
Eastern NC 615 118 18.8 15.4-22.9 497 81.2 77.1-84.6
GENDER
Male 217 34 17.4 12.1-24.4 183 82.6 75.6-87.9
Female 398 84 20.1 15.8-25.1 314 79.9 74.9-84.2
RACE
White 422 80 18.8 14.7-23.8 342 81.2 76.2-85.3
Other 182 34 17.9 12.1-25.6 148 82.1 74.4-87.9
AGE
18-44 279 22 8.8 5.2-14.3 257 91.2 85.7-94.8
45+ 329 95 29.2 23.7-35.4 234 70.8 64.6-76.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 337 72 21.2 16.4-26.9 265 78.8 73.1-83.6
Some College + 274 46 15.7 11.2-21.6 228 84.3 78.4-88.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 371 80 20.4 15.9-25.6 291 79.6 74.4-84.1
$50,000+ 121 16 14.5 7.7-25.8 105 85.5 74.2-92.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 419 73 16.3 12.8-20.5 346 83.7 79.5-87.2
Cumberland 428 72 14.0 10.6-18.2 356 86.0 81.8-89.4
Durham 395 62 12.3 9.2-16.3 333 87.7 83.7-90.8
Forsyth 456 85 16.0 12.7-20.0 371 84.0 80.0-87.3
Gaston 464 87 16.6 13.3-20.5 377 83.4 79.5-86.7
Guilford 412 64 12.2 9.4-15.7 348 87.8 84.3-90.6
Mecklenburg 425 48 11.0 8.1-14.6 377 89.0 85.4-91.9
New Hanover 402 72 15.8 12.2-20.2 330 84.2 79.8-87.8
Onslow 433 66 12.8 9.7-16.7 367 87.2 83.3-90.3
Wake 424 45 9.7 7.0-13.2 379 90.3 86.8-93.0
Western NC 615 122 17.6 14.6-21.0 493 82.4 79.0-85.4
Piedmont NC 667 119 15.9 12.9-19.4 548 84.1 80.6-87.1
Eastern NC 615 118 18.8 15.4-22.9 497 81.2 77.1-84.6

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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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