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| Total Respond.# |
Not at all | Slightly | Moderately | Severely | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 759 | 222 | 30.8 | 25.7-36.5 | 194 | 26.4 | 21.8-31.6 | 209 | 25.9 | 21.6-30.7 | 134 | 16.9 | 12.9-21.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 271 | 94 | 37.8 | 28.9-47.6 | 67 | 26.2 | 18.8-35.3 | 69 | 22.8 | 16.4-30.7 | 41 | 13.2 | 8.4-20.0 |
| Female | 488 | 128 | 25.4 | 20.0-31.7 | 127 | 26.5 | 21.0-32.8 | 140 | 28.3 | 22.8-34.6 | 93 | 19.8 | 14.2-27.0 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 575 | 172 | 31.6 | 25.7-38.3 | 139 | 23.1 | 18.2-28.8 | 169 | 28.5 | 23.3-34.3 | 95 | 16.7 | 12.1-22.7 |
| African American | 140 | 38 | 23.6 | 15.2-34.8 | 37 | 36.6 | 25.2-49.8 | 34 | 21.2 | 12.9-32.8 | 31 | 18.6 | 11.1-29.3 |
| Other Minorities | 30 | 8 | 35.7 | 15.5-62.6 | 13 | 41.8 | 19.2-68.4 | 3 | 6.0 | 1.5-20.6 | 6 | 16.6 | 4.5-45.4 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 18 | 8 | 71.0 | 41.1-89.5 | 7 | 18.0 | 6.2-41.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 11.1 | 2.0-43.3 |
| No | 741 | 214 | 30.0 | 24.8-35.7 | 187 | 26.6 | 21.9-31.8 | 209 | 26.4 | 22.0-31.4 | 131 | 17.0 | 13.0-22.1 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 35 | 17 | 49.9 | 25.9-73.9 | 7 | 14.3 | 5.6-32.2 | 8 | 17.0 | 6.6-37.3 | 3 | 18.7 | 4.0-56.2 |
| 25-34 | 66 | 26 | 29.5 | 15.8-48.3 | 23 | 42.9 | 23.8-64.4 | 16 | 19.1 | 9.6-34.6 | 1 | 8.4 | 1.2-40.6 |
| 35-44 | 99 | 31 | 34.9 | 21.5-51.3 | 19 | 12.5 | 6.5-22.6 | 32 | 37.6 | 24.5-52.8 | 17 | 14.9 | 7.7-27.1 |
| 45-54 | 166 | 38 | 23.8 | 15.3-35.0 | 40 | 31.4 | 20.5-44.7 | 46 | 22.2 | 13.9-33.5 | 42 | 22.6 | 14.5-33.6 |
| 55-64 | 134 | 37 | 28.4 | 18.4-41.0 | 35 | 27.0 | 17.6-39.0 | 35 | 23.5 | 14.9-35.0 | 27 | 21.1 | 12.4-33.7 |
| 65+ | 251 | 70 | 27.2 | 19.8-36.1 | 68 | 28.2 | 21.0-36.8 | 70 | 30.5 | 22.9-39.4 | 43 | 14.1 | 9.2-20.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 183 | 42 | 27.9 | 18.6-39.6 | 46 | 28.4 | 19.6-39.3 | 46 | 23.3 | 16.0-32.5 | 49 | 20.4 | 13.5-29.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 217 | 57 | 28.8 | 19.3-40.5 | 52 | 27.4 | 18.8-38.0 | 68 | 25.7 | 18.2-35.1 | 40 | 18.1 | 10.2-30.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 202 | 64 | 35.1 | 25.5-46.0 | 51 | 22.7 | 15.4-32.1 | 56 | 26.2 | 18.3-36.0 | 31 | 16.1 | 9.5-26.0 |
| College Graduate | 156 | 59 | 34.4 | 25.2-45.0 | 45 | 26.3 | 17.6-37.3 | 39 | 30.7 | 20.4-43.5 | 13 | 8.6 | 4.0-17.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 139 | 26 | 18.9 | 10.3-32.2 | 30 | 24.0 | 14.3-37.4 | 43 | 25.8 | 16.7-37.6 | 40 | 31.4 | 20.3-45.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 151 | 31 | 29.3 | 17.2-45.3 | 42 | 27.2 | 18.1-38.6 | 47 | 30.9 | 21.2-42.8 | 31 | 12.6 | 7.4-20.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 113 | 37 | 23.8 | 15.1-35.5 | 34 | 39.4 | 26.6-53.9 | 26 | 19.9 | 11.5-32.4 | 16 | 16.8 | 9.2-28.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 76 | 29 | 45.7 | 29.0-63.4 | 24 | 29.1 | 14.4-50.1 | 18 | 17.6 | 8.8-32.1 | 5 | 7.5 | 2.1-23.5 |
| $50,000+ | 126 | 49 | 36.9 | 26.0-49.2 | 31 | 21.7 | 13.1-33.6 | 35 | 31.5 | 20.1-45.7 | 11 | 10.0 | 4.4-21.2 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 50 | 12 | 21.8 | 12.1-36.2 | 10 | 20.3 | 10.6-35.3 | 18 | 37.5 | 23.4-54.1 | 10 | 20.4 | 10.3-36.3 |
| Cumberland | 60 | 19 | 32.6 | 20.8-47.1 | 14 | 26.2 | 15.2-41.3 | 14 | 23.4 | 13.4-37.7 | 13 | 17.7 | 9.8-30.0 |
| Durham | 55 | 13 | 19.5 | 10.7-33.0 | 21 | 45.1 | 29.8-61.3 | 18 | 32.6 | 20.0-48.4 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.8- 9.1 |
| Forsyth | 61 | 19 | 30.3 | 19.2-44.3 | 16 | 26.6 | 16.3-40.3 | 11 | 20.3 | 10.4-35.7 | 15 | 22.8 | 13.3-36.3 |
| Gaston | 56 | 16 | 30.6 | 18.7-45.9 | 9 | 13.7 | 6.8-25.6 | 20 | 36.8 | 23.9-51.8 | 11 | 18.9 | 10.0-32.9 |
| Guilford | 43 | 10 | 24.4 | 12.6-41.9 | 17 | 43.0 | 27.0-60.7 | 9 | 18.7 | 9.0-34.7 | 7 | 13.9 | 6.3-28.1 |
| Mecklenburg | 34 | 14 | 47.7 | 29.3-66.8 | 2 | 4.1 | 1.0-15.6 | 10 | 33.5 | 17.9-53.8 | 8 | 14.6 | 6.7-28.9 |
| New Hanover | 46 | 14 | 28.5 | 16.6-44.4 | 7 | 16.4 | 7.7-31.6 | 17 | 40.9 | 26.6-56.9 | 8 | 14.1 | 6.7-27.3 |
| Onslow | 51 | 18 | 34.8 | 22.3-49.8 | 16 | 32.5 | 20.2-47.9 | 10 | 18.8 | 9.8-32.9 | 7 | 14.0 | 6.6-27.2 |
| Wake | 31 | 16 | 53.6 | 34.8-71.4 | 8 | 27.7 | 13.7-47.9 | 3 | 6.9 | 2.0-20.9 | 4 | 11.8 | 4.1-29.4 |
| Western NC | 94 | 24 | 26.5 | 17.4-38.2 | 16 | 13.7 | 7.9-22.6 | 34 | 38.0 | 27.7-49.5 | 20 | 21.8 | 13.9-32.4 |
| Piedmont NC | 83 | 22 | 27.7 | 16.6-42.4 | 30 | 36.9 | 25.1-50.5 | 18 | 17.5 | 10.4-28.1 | 13 | 17.9 | 9.0-32.3 |
| Eastern NC | 95 | 25 | 31.9 | 21.6-44.4 | 28 | 23.8 | 15.5-34.6 | 27 | 28.9 | 19.2-40.9 | 15 | 15.5 | 8.4-26.8 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
* This question was asked to respondents who reported having any type of disability. See questions 14.1, 14,2 in the core and the questions 1 and 5 in the disability section (page 53) of the BRFSS 2001 questionnaire.
#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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