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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Forsyth County

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
Forsyth County 456 85 16.0 12.7-20.0 371 84.0 80.0-87.3
GENDER
Male 177 28 14.3 9.6-20.8 149 85.7 79.2-90.4
Female 279 57 17.7 13.5-22.9 222 82.3 77.1-86.5
RACE
White 317 64 17.9 13.7-23.1 253 82.1 76.9-86.3
Other 132 21 12.4 7.8-19.3 111 87.6 80.7-92.2
AGE
18-44 193 17 8.7 5.1-14.5 176 91.3 85.5-94.9
45+ 257 68 23.2 18.2-29.1 189 76.8 70.9-81.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 183 48 24.7 18.3-32.5 135 75.3 67.5-81.7
Some College + 271 37 10.5 7.4-14.7 234 89.5 85.3-92.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 250 51 17.4 12.8-23.3 199 82.6 76.7-87.2
$50,000+ 121 15 13.1 7.9-21.0 106 86.9 79.0-92.1
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
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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