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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Gaston County

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Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,956 1,598 25.3 23.7-27.1 4,358 74.7 72.9-76.3
Gaston County 447 129 26.6 22.3-31.4 318 73.4 68.6-77.7
GENDER
Male 169 52 28.5 21.9-36.3 117 71.5 63.7-78.1
Female 278 77 24.9 19.6-31.0 201 75.1 69.0-80.4
RACE
White 376 115 28.5 23.8-33.8 261 71.5 66.2-76.2
Other 69 14 19.7 11.2-32.3 55 80.3 67.7-88.8
AGE
18-44 210 41 16.4 11.6-22.7 169 83.6 77.3-88.4
45+ 233 86 37.1 30.5-44.2 147 62.9 55.8-69.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 237 86 31.7 25.6-38.5 151 68.3 61.5-74.4
Some College + 210 43 21.5 15.7-28.6 167 78.5 71.4-84.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 255 90 31.6 25.6-38.4 165 68.4 61.6-74.4
$50,000+ 100 9 10.4 5.4-19.0 91 89.6 81.0-94.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 407 118 26.8 22.2-31.8 289 73.2 68.2-77.8
Cumberland 415 114 24.4 19.4-30.3 301 75.6 69.7-80.6
Durham 385 103 22.4 18.0-27.5 282 77.6 72.5-82.0
Forsyth 445 130 25.8 21.4-30.6 315 74.2 69.4-78.6
Guilford 392 92 20.1 16.1-24.8 300 79.9 75.2-83.9
Mecklenburg 415 84 20.2 16.2-24.9 331 79.8 75.1-83.8
New Hanover 393 108 24.7 20.0-30.2 285 75.3 69.8-80.0
Onslow 416 101 20.7 16.5-25.6 315 79.3 74.4-83.5
Wake 408 75 16.9 13.2-21.3 333 83.1 78.7-86.8
Western NC 594 178 28.0 24.1-32.1 416 72.0 67.9-75.9
Piedmont NC 645 181 26.3 22.4-30.6 464 73.7 69.4-77.6
Eastern NC 594 185 29.2 25.0-33.8 409 70.8 66.2-75.0

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*Data for this table were derived disability questions 14.1, 14,2 in the core and the questions 1 and 5 in the disability section.

#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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