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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 990 268 23.7 20.1-27.8 722 76.3 72.2-79.9
GENDER
Male 357 98 25.6 19.7-32.6 259 74.4 67.4-80.3
Female 633 170 22.2 18.0-27.1 463 77.8 72.9-82.0
AGE
18-24 83 4 5.2 1.2-20.2 79 94.8 79.8-98.8
25-34 185 24 12.4 6.9-21.5 161 87.6 78.5-93.1
35-44 227 44 18.6 12.2-27.4 183 81.4 72.6-87.8
45-54 207 59 25.7 18.2-34.9 148 74.3 65.1-81.8
55-64 121 59 51.1 38.5-63.5 62 48.9 36.5-61.5
65-74 92 40 44.3 30.9-58.5 52 55.7 41.5-69.1
75+ 61 34 55.4 38.8-70.8 27 44.6 29.2-61.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 185 88 38.9 28.7-50.1 97 61.1 49.9-71.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 334 74 22.3 16.4-29.7 260 77.7 70.3-83.6
Some Post-H.S. 269 71 21.4 15.4-28.8 198 78.6 71.2-84.6
College Graduate 196 30 11.1 6.9-17.2 166 88.9 82.8-93.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 141 74 51.6 38.7-64.2 67 48.4 35.8-61.3
$15,000- 24,999 225 59 23.3 15.7-33.1 166 76.7 66.9-84.3
$25,000- 34,999 149 24 12.2 7.0-20.3 125 87.8 79.7-93.0
$35,000- 49,999 121 13 8.3 3.4-18.8 108 91.7 81.2-96.6
$50,000-74,999 62 12 13.9 6.6-27.1 50 86.1 72.9-93.4
$75,000+ 57 6 5.6 1.6-17.2 51 94.4 82.8-98.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 9 29.5 14.2-51.4 15 70.5 48.6-85.8
Forsyth 92 27 24.6 16.3-35.3 65 75.4 64.7-83.7
Guilford 112 30 19.7 13.1-28.5 82 80.3 71.5-86.9
Henderson/Transylvania 13 3 7.4 1.6-28.3 10 92.6 71.7-98.4
Mecklenburg 128 35 20.9 14.6-29.0 93 79.1 71.0-85.4
Orange 40 12 20.7 10.5-36.7 28 79.3 63.3-89.5
Pitt 102 24 19.4 12.8-28.4 78 80.6 71.6-87.2
Randolph 16 3 14.4 4.2-39.5 13 85.6 60.5-95.8
Robeson 84 21 19.3 11.4-30.9 63 80.7 69.1-88.6
Wake 70 11 14.7 7.2-27.8 59 85.3 72.2-92.8
Western NC 23 5 18.0 7.0-39.0 18 82.0 61.0-93.0
Piedmont NC 108 32 26.9 18.1-38.0 76 73.1 62.0-81.9
Eastern NC 178 56 26.9 20.0-35.3 122 73.1 64.7-80.0

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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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