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Circulatory (Heart) | Respiratory (Lung) | Muscuskelatal (arthritis) | Mental/Emotional | Other | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 695 | 64 | 12.4 | 8.9-17.0 | 43 | 4.8 | 3.3- 7.1 | 258 | 34.7 | 29.4-40.3 | 33 | 4.7 | 2.8- 7.8 | 297 | 43.4 | 37.5-49.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 239 | 33 | 17.4 | 10.9-26.5 | 15 | 4.6 | 2.4- 8.8 | 65 | 22.4 | 15.6-31.0 | 14 | 5.4 | 2.4-12.1 | 112 | 50.2 | 40.3-60.0 |
Female | 456 | 31 | 8.6 | 5.5-13.2 | 28 | 5.0 | 3.1- 8.1 | 193 | 44.0 | 37.0-51.2 | 19 | 4.2 | 2.3- 7.7 | 185 | 38.2 | 31.4-45.6 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 530 | 55 | 13.3 | 9.2-18.8 | 34 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.3 | 204 | 35.2 | 29.2-41.7 | 28 | 5.6 | 3.2- 9.5 | 209 | 40.5 | 33.9-47.6 |
African American | 126 | 7 | 7.5 | 2.8-18.2 | 7 | 3.4 | 1.3- 8.3 | 38 | 34.7 | 22.8-48.9 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.5 | 72 | 53.3 | 40.1-66.2 |
Other Minorities | 26 | 2 | 16.1 | 3.5-50.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 7.4 | 8 | 17.6 | 6.1-41.2 | 3 | 4.2 | 1.0-15.9 | 12 | 61.1 | 33.5-83.1 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 10.1 | 3.0-28.7 | 2 | 20.0 | 4.1-59.4 | 5 | 69.9 | 34.6-91.1 |
No | 683 | 64 | 12.5 | 9.0-17.2 | 43 | 4.9 | 3.3- 7.2 | 253 | 35.0 | 29.7-40.8 | 31 | 4.5 | 2.6- 7.7 | 292 | 43.0 | 37.1-49.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 23 | 2 | 9.1 | 1.9-34.1 | 3 | 9.0 | 2.2-30.4 | 7 | 23.3 | 8.4-50.1 | 2 | 3.6 | 0.7-15.8 | 9 | 55.1 | 27.0-80.3 |
25-34 | 59 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 | 7 | 7.8 | 3.2-17.7 | 16 | 18.6 | 9.1-34.3 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.7- 7.0 | 31 | 70.8 | 53.3-83.7 |
35-44 | 85 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.5-22.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 34 | 35.4 | 21.9-51.7 | 9 | 14.8 | 6.7-29.5 | 41 | 46.0 | 30.4-62.4 |
45-54 | 157 | 10 | 10.4 | 3.7-25.7 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.3- 8.0 | 56 | 31.7 | 21.7-43.8 | 14 | 8.0 | 3.9-15.9 | 70 | 46.5 | 34.6-58.9 |
55-64 | 124 | 18 | 22.3 | 12.7-36.1 | 10 | 3.5 | 1.5- 7.7 | 46 | 42.1 | 29.9-55.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.8 | 48 | 31.7 | 21.5-44.0 |
65+ | 241 | 31 | 15.0 | 9.6-22.8 | 15 | 5.7 | 3.0-10.6 | 97 | 37.3 | 28.9-46.5 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.5-15.0 | 96 | 39.1 | 30.7-48.3 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 182 | 12 | 11.3 | 5.8-20.9 | 15 | 5.8 | 2.9-11.0 | 74 | 44.2 | 33.7-55.2 | 5 | 4.1 | 1.1-14.2 | 76 | 34.7 | 25.5-45.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 198 | 20 | 14.5 | 7.9-25.2 | 11 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.5 | 78 | 33.7 | 24.6-44.3 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.4- 9.2 | 82 | 45.4 | 33.8-57.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 178 | 24 | 14.4 | 8.6-23.2 | 9 | 4.3 | 1.8-10.0 | 64 | 31.3 | 22.1-42.2 | 10 | 6.1 | 2.7-13.2 | 71 | 43.9 | 33.0-55.5 |
College Graduate | 135 | 8 | 7.1 | 2.5-18.4 | 8 | 8.4 | 3.5-18.6 | 41 | 20.5 | 13.4-30.1 | 10 | 6.3 | 2.5-15.0 | 68 | 57.7 | 45.4-69.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 136 | 12 | 11.1 | 5.1-22.3 | 10 | 4.5 | 2.0- 9.5 | 41 | 35.9 | 24.2-49.6 | 5 | 7.0 | 1.9-22.7 | 68 | 41.6 | 29.5-54.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 149 | 8 | 8.2 | 3.5-17.9 | 11 | 6.7 | 2.9-14.9 | 63 | 35.7 | 25.2-47.7 | 9 | 4.7 | 1.8-11.7 | 58 | 44.7 | 32.1-58.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 97 | 10 | 17.2 | 7.9-33.4 | 5 | 3.6 | 1.2- 9.9 | 41 | 42.3 | 28.9-56.9 | 5 | 6.2 | 2.0-17.5 | 36 | 30.8 | 18.8-46.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 68 | 11 | 30.5 | 14.1-54.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.3-11.1 | 20 | 23.0 | 11.0-41.8 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0- 9.0 | 31 | 41.5 | 25.0-60.2 |
$50,000+ | 108 | 8 | 8.9 | 3.5-21.0 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.4-11.4 | 38 | 25.7 | 16.0-38.5 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.3-11.5 | 52 | 57.4 | 43.7-70.0 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 46 | 2 | 6.6 | 1.7-22.6 | 3 | 6.5 | 2.1-18.5 | 15 | 33.2 | 20.3-49.2 | 4 | 8.8 | 3.0-22.9 | 22 | 44.9 | 30.1-60.7 |
Cumberland | 52 | 8 | 18.5 | 8.6-35.4 | 4 | 7.1 | 2.5-18.7 | 15 | 31.3 | 18.9-47.3 | 3 | 3.9 | 1.1-13.1 | 22 | 39.2 | 25.5-54.7 |
Durham | 48 | 2 | 10.1 | 1.9-39.8 | 4 | 6.8 | 2.1-19.8 | 14 | 25.0 | 14.2-40.2 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.1-19.4 | 26 | 53.1 | 36.1-69.4 |
Forsyth | 57 | 6 | 11.5 | 4.8-25.0 | 3 | 8.5 | 2.0-30.2 | 16 | 25.4 | 15.4-39.0 | 3 | 6.3 | 1.9-18.8 | 29 | 48.3 | 34.1-62.8 |
Gaston | 51 | 3 | 7.8 | 2.5-21.6 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.7 | 23 | 44.5 | 30.1-59.9 | 3 | 6.1 | 1.8-19.1 | 21 | 40.1 | 26.5-55.5 |
Guilford | 42 | 4 | 11.1 | 4.0-27.1 | 3 | 4.9 | 1.5-14.5 | 13 | 27.2 | 15.3-43.7 | 1 | 5.8 | 0.8-31.2 | 21 | 51.0 | 34.1-67.7 |
Mecklenburg | 26 | 2 | 5.3 | 1.3-19.6 | 4 | 14.4 | 5.1-34.5 | 6 | 23.6 | 9.5-47.5 | 2 | 12.8 | 2.8-42.6 | 12 | 44.0 | 23.8-66.5 |
New Hanover | 40 | 2 | 9.1 | 2.3-29.5 | 3 | 9.1 | 2.9-24.9 | 19 | 42.9 | 27.7-59.5 | 3 | 6.1 | 1.9-18.0 | 13 | 32.8 | 19.2-50.2 |
Onslow | 47 | 3 | 4.2 | 1.3-12.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 27 | 60.3 | 44.6-74.2 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.9-13.9 | 15 | 31.8 | 19.2-47.7 |
Wake | 30 | 2 | 6.7 | 1.6-23.7 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-16.2 | 10 | 36.2 | 20.1-56.1 | 1 | 6.3 | 0.9-33.1 | 16 | 48.3 | 30.1-66.9 |
Western NC | 93 | 11 | 9.9 | 5.1-18.2 | 7 | 6.0 | 2.7-12.9 | 34 | 40.0 | 29.2-52.0 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.2 | 39 | 41.8 | 31.2-53.2 |
Piedmont NC | 75 | 10 | 18.0 | 9.5-31.5 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 5.1 | 28 | 35.0 | 23.1-49.0 | 4 | 3.9 | 1.4-10.4 | 30 | 41.8 | 28.3-56.6 |
Eastern NC | 88 | 9 | 10.8 | 5.3-20.8 | 7 | 5.9 | 2.5-13.5 | 38 | 34.1 | 23.8-46.1 | 3 | 4.8 | 1.2-16.6 | 31 | 44.4 | 32.3-57.3 |
+ 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 (p.51) of the BRFSS 2001 questionnaire.
First four most frequent response cat
egories presented here. OTHER category was formed from the remaining responses.
#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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