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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

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
Henderson/ Transylvania 457 100 16.6 13.3-20.4 357 83.4 79.6-86.7
GENDER
Male 182 31 12.4 8.5-17.7 151 87.6 82.3-91.5
Female 275 69 20.9 15.9-27.0 206 79.1 73.0-84.1
RACE
White 418 95 18.4 14.9-22.6 323 81.6 77.4-85.1
Other 34 3 5.7 1.6-18.9 31 94.3 81.1-98.4
AGE
18-44 158 16 6.4 3.7-10.9 142 93.6 89.1-96.3
45+ 296 84 24.9 19.9-30.8 212 75.1 69.2-80.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 45 17.1 12.1-23.7 139 82.9 76.3-87.9
Some College + 272 55 16.2 12.2-21.2 217 83.8 78.8-87.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 248 67 19.4 14.6-25.2 181 80.6 74.8-85.4
$50,000+ 97 13 12.4 7.0-21.0 84 87.6 79.0-93.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 399 92 21.3 17.2-26.2 307 78.7 73.8-82.8
Forsyth 452 79 13.8 10.8-17.4 373 86.2 82.6-89.2
Guilford 407 62 12.6 9.5-16.4 345 87.4 83.6-90.5
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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