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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 | 768 | 212 | 28.9 | 23.9-34.4 | 217 | 31.0 | 25.9-36.6 | 207 | 24.9 | 20.7-29.7 | 132 | 15.2 | 11.9-19.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 271 | 88 | 37.2 | 28.3-47.1 | 77 | 30.6 | 22.7-39.9 | 67 | 20.8 | 14.8-28.5 | 39 | 11.4 | 7.3-17.4 |
| Female | 497 | 124 | 22.5 | 17.5-28.3 | 140 | 31.3 | 25.1-38.3 | 140 | 28.1 | 22.6-34.3 | 93 | 18.1 | 13.6-23.7 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 585 | 161 | 29.3 | 23.4-35.8 | 169 | 31.1 | 25.2-37.6 | 159 | 25.6 | 20.8-31.2 | 96 | 14.0 | 10.5-18.5 |
| African American | 140 | 39 | 23.4 | 15.2-34.3 | 36 | 32.1 | 22.0-44.2 | 38 | 24.7 | 15.9-36.4 | 27 | 19.8 | 11.8-31.2 |
| Other Minorities | 29 | 8 | 34.2 | 14.2-62.0 | 8 | 31.7 | 11.3-62.9 | 6 | 12.6 | 3.8-34.8 | 7 | 21.4 | 6.9-50.0 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 18 | 9 | 71.6 | 41.8-89.9 | 3 | 9.9 | 2.6-31.6 | 4 | 16.5 | 4.4-46.2 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.4- 8.9 |
| No | 750 | 203 | 27.9 | 22.9-33.6 | 214 | 31.5 | 26.3-37.1 | 203 | 25.1 | 20.8-30.0 | 130 | 15.5 | 12.1-19.6 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 35 | 18 | 50.3 | 26.2-74.2 | 12 | 39.7 | 18.1-66.2 | 4 | 8.8 | 2.5-26.1 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.8 |
| 25-34 | 69 | 34 | 41.9 | 24.2-62.0 | 25 | 40.4 | 22.8-60.8 | 8 | 16.9 | 6.0-39.2 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.9 |
| 35-44 | 99 | 29 | 25.2 | 15.1-39.0 | 27 | 31.9 | 18.9-48.4 | 27 | 31.9 | 19.6-47.4 | 16 | 11.0 | 5.7-20.1 |
| 45-54 | 164 | 41 | 25.7 | 17.0-36.9 | 42 | 30.0 | 19.3-43.4 | 43 | 18.3 | 11.5-27.9 | 38 | 26.0 | 17.2-37.3 |
| 55-64 | 135 | 35 | 27.1 | 17.3-39.8 | 32 | 23.8 | 15.0-35.6 | 44 | 32.2 | 22.2-44.2 | 24 | 16.9 | 9.2-29.1 |
| 65+ | 258 | 52 | 20.5 | 13.9-29.1 | 76 | 31.2 | 23.7-39.7 | 81 | 31.2 | 23.6-39.9 | 49 | 17.2 | 11.7-24.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 187 | 38 | 26.6 | 17.3-38.4 | 45 | 26.5 | 18.2-36.8 | 55 | 28.5 | 20.4-38.3 | 49 | 18.4 | 12.0-27.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 220 | 56 | 26.5 | 17.4-38.3 | 64 | 35.7 | 25.6-47.1 | 63 | 24.2 | 16.8-33.6 | 37 | 13.6 | 8.4-21.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 202 | 55 | 30.9 | 21.9-41.6 | 66 | 31.5 | 22.6-42.1 | 54 | 23.5 | 15.6-33.7 | 27 | 14.1 | 8.5-22.5 |
| College Graduate | 157 | 63 | 35.0 | 25.7-45.7 | 42 | 29.3 | 19.0-42.2 | 34 | 22.2 | 14.5-32.4 | 18 | 13.5 | 7.2-23.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 140 | 20 | 17.8 | 9.5-30.9 | 31 | 21.2 | 12.4-33.7 | 52 | 29.6 | 19.8-41.8 | 37 | 31.4 | 20.3-45.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 156 | 31 | 23.1 | 12.3-39.2 | 41 | 29.8 | 19.8-42.1 | 52 | 34.4 | 24.1-46.5 | 32 | 12.7 | 7.7-20.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 114 | 39 | 37.6 | 24.9-52.2 | 34 | 30.5 | 20.1-43.5 | 26 | 19.2 | 11.3-30.8 | 15 | 12.7 | 6.6-23.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 76 | 28 | 37.3 | 22.2-55.4 | 22 | 28.9 | 14.3-49.8 | 18 | 24.4 | 13.0-41.0 | 8 | 9.4 | 3.1-24.9 |
| $50,000+ | 125 | 52 | 38.5 | 27.3-51.2 | 38 | 32.2 | 20.7-46.3 | 23 | 18.1 | 10.5-29.3 | 12 | 11.2 | 5.4-21.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 52 | 12 | 21.2 | 11.7-35.3 | 15 | 31.3 | 18.2-48.2 | 20 | 34.2 | 21.8-49.2 | 5 | 13.3 | 5.3-29.8 |
| Cumberland | 61 | 18 | 30.9 | 19.5-45.3 | 16 | 29.5 | 18.1-44.3 | 15 | 23.0 | 13.2-37.0 | 12 | 16.5 | 8.9-28.6 |
| Durham | 56 | 19 | 33.5 | 21.1-48.8 | 15 | 37.7 | 22.9-55.1 | 16 | 20.3 | 11.8-32.7 | 6 | 8.5 | 3.6-18.8 |
| Forsyth | 63 | 20 | 34.2 | 22.5-48.3 | 14 | 20.0 | 11.5-32.4 | 17 | 28.7 | 17.3-43.6 | 12 | 17.1 | 9.3-29.4 |
| Gaston | 57 | 16 | 30.5 | 18.7-45.6 | 11 | 17.8 | 9.2-31.6 | 16 | 31.1 | 19.2-46.3 | 14 | 20.6 | 11.6-34.0 |
| Guilford | 43 | 9 | 22.0 | 10.9-39.4 | 16 | 38.4 | 23.1-56.5 | 12 | 27.1 | 14.9-44.3 | 6 | 12.4 | 5.3-26.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 34 | 15 | 49.2 | 30.7-68.0 | 7 | 19.5 | 8.9-37.6 | 5 | 18.6 | 7.3-39.9 | 7 | 12.6 | 5.5-26.5 |
| New Hanover | 47 | 14 | 32.8 | 19.9-49.1 | 11 | 19.4 | 10.5-33.1 | 11 | 23.5 | 12.9-39.1 | 11 | 24.2 | 13.2-40.1 |
| Onslow | 50 | 13 | 26.9 | 15.8-41.9 | 19 | 40.5 | 26.7-55.9 | 13 | 23.3 | 13.3-37.6 | 5 | 9.3 | 3.8-21.2 |
| Wake | 33 | 15 | 48.9 | 31.2-66.9 | 7 | 19.6 | 8.7-38.3 | 7 | 18.8 | 8.6-36.3 | 4 | 12.7 | 4.6-30.6 |
| Western NC | 94 | 21 | 24.0 | 15.2-35.8 | 22 | 21.4 | 13.7-31.9 | 30 | 32.2 | 22.6-43.5 | 21 | 22.4 | 14.4-32.9 |
| Piedmont NC | 83 | 25 | 33.3 | 21.2-48.1 | 28 | 33.0 | 21.4-47.1 | 19 | 22.4 | 13.9-33.9 | 11 | 11.3 | 5.7-21.1 |
| Eastern NC | 95 | 15 | 19.6 | 11.6-31.4 | 36 | 38.9 | 27.9-51.1 | 26 | 24.9 | 16.2-36.4 | 18 | 16.5 | 9.6-27.1 |
+ 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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