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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Forsyth County

Disability

Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,489 1,205 16.6 15.3-18.0 5,284 83.4 82.0-84.7
Forsyth County 452 79 13.8 10.8-17.4 373 86.2 82.6-89.2
GENDER
Male 173 24 12.2 8.0-18.3 149 87.8 81.7-92.0
Female 279 55 15.2 11.4-19.8 224 84.8 80.2-88.6
RACE
White 338 61 13.6 10.4-17.7 277 86.4 82.3-89.6
Other 110 17 13.2 7.7-21.6 93 86.8 78.4-92.3
AGE
18-44 196 18 7.2 4.4-11.7 178 92.8 88.3-95.6
45+ 253 60 20.6 15.8-26.5 193 79.4 73.5-84.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 186 34 14.3 9.9-20.3 152 85.7 79.7-90.1
Some College + 265 45 13.4 9.7-18.1 220 86.6 81.9-90.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 53 19.2 14.3-25.3 160 80.8 74.7-85.7
$50,000+ 139 13 7.3 4.0-13.0 126 92.7 87.0-96.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 399 92 21.3 17.2-26.2 307 78.7 73.8-82.8
Guilford 407 62 12.6 9.5-16.4 345 87.4 83.6-90.5
Henderson/Transylvania 457 100 16.6 13.3-20.4 357 83.4 79.6-86.7
Mecklenburg 435 59 9.5 7.1-12.5 376 90.5 87.5-92.9
Orange 425 50 8.8 6.3-12.0 375 91.2 88.0-93.7
Pitt 408 75 15.5 11.9-19.9 333 84.5 80.1-88.1
Randolph 417 84 18.2 14.1-23.1 333 81.8 76.9-85.9
Robeson 421 84 15.9 12.5-20.1 337 84.1 79.9-87.5
Wake 416 41 10.3 7.1-14.7 375 89.7 85.3-92.9
Western NC 635 140 18.8 15.7-22.4 495 81.2 77.6-84.3
Piedmont NC 852 174 18.5 15.6-21.8 678 81.5 78.2-84.4
Eastern NC 765 165 19.2 16.2-22.6 600 80.8 77.4-83.8

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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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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