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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Mecklenburg County

Disability

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,912 641 10.1 9.1-11.3 5,271 89.9 88.7-90.9
Mecklenburg County 414 40 10.0 7.1-13.8 374 90.0 86.2-92.9
GENDER
Male 167 12 7.2 4.0-12.5 155 92.8 87.5-96.0
Female 247 28 12.8 8.5-18.8 219 87.2 81.2-91.5
RACE
White 292 26 9.4 6.2-13.9 266 90.6 86.1-93.8
Other 113 12 11.1 6.0-19.9 101 88.9 80.1-94.0
AGE
18-44 231 16 8.1 4.8-13.5 215 91.9 86.5-95.2
45+ 180 24 13.1 8.6-19.4 156 86.9 80.6-91.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 14 12.6 7.3-21.0 119 87.4 79.0-92.7
Some College + 279 26 8.7 5.7-13.1 253 91.3 86.9-94.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 185 17 9.7 5.9-15.7 168 90.3 84.3-94.1
$50,000+ 159 9 4.0 1.9- 8.2 150 96.0 91.8-98.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 404 50 10.9 8.1-14.6 354 89.1 85.4-91.9
Cumberland 414 38 8.6 5.8-12.6 376 91.4 87.4-94.2
Durham 380 36 8.3 5.8-11.8 344 91.7 88.2-94.2
Forsyth 440 50 10.9 7.9-15.0 390 89.1 85.0-92.1
Gaston 444 52 10.1 7.4-13.5 392 89.9 86.5-92.6
Guilford 390 42 11.0 7.9-15.3 348 89.0 84.7-92.1
New Hanover 389 51 11.8 8.6-16.1 338 88.2 83.9-91.4
Onslow 416 34 6.8 4.7- 9.8 382 93.2 90.2-95.3
Wake 407 34 6.8 4.7- 9.7 373 93.2 90.3-95.3
Western NC 589 69 11.3 8.7-14.4 520 88.7 85.6-91.3
Piedmont NC 642 85 12.2 9.6-15.5 557 87.8 84.5-90.4
Eastern NC 583 60 8.4 6.2-11.4 523 91.6 88.6-93.8

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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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