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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

Disability

Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,475 1,606 22.2 20.7-23.7 4,869 77.8 76.3-79.3
Mecklenburg County 434 88 14.7 11.6-18.5 346 85.3 81.5-88.4
GENDER
Male 158 27 11.8 7.6-17.8 131 88.2 82.2-92.4
Female 276 61 17.8 13.7-22.9 215 82.2 77.1-86.3
RACE
White 263 49 14.1 10.2-19.1 214 85.9 80.9-89.8
Other 168 39 15.8 11.0-22.0 129 84.2 78.0-89.0
AGE
18-44 230 28 8.5 5.5-13.0 202 91.5 87.0-94.5
45+ 200 59 26.2 20.3-33.1 141 73.8 66.9-79.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 33 16.1 10.6-23.7 103 83.9 76.3-89.4
Some College + 297 55 14.0 10.5-18.4 242 86.0 81.6-89.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 190 42 14.0 9.8-19.6 148 86.0 80.4-90.2
$50,000+ 146 18 10.1 6.1-16.4 128 89.9 83.6-93.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 399 112 26.0 21.4-31.1 287 74.0 68.9-78.6
Forsyth 453 110 20.7 16.9-25.0 343 79.3 75.0-83.1
Guilford 406 91 19.3 15.4-23.9 315 80.7 76.1-84.6
Henderson/Transylvania 454 127 21.6 17.8-26.0 327 78.4 74.0-82.2
Orange 426 69 12.4 9.4-16.3 357 87.6 83.7-90.6
Pitt 406 97 21.2 16.9-26.2 309 78.8 73.8-83.1
Randolph 414 120 25.6 20.9-30.9 294 74.4 69.1-79.1
Robeson 420 122 23.7 19.4-28.6 298 76.3 71.4-80.6
Wake 416 56 13.9 10.2-18.5 360 86.1 81.5-89.8
Western NC 635 179 24.6 21.0-28.5 456 75.4 71.5-79.0
Piedmont NC 853 217 23.7 20.3-27.4 636 76.3 72.6-79.7
Eastern NC 759 218 25.3 21.9-29.1 541 74.7 70.9-78.1

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*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) of the BRFSS 2002 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, 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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