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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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%)
TOTAL 999 171 15.5 12.7-18.9 828 84.5 81.1-87.3
GENDER
Male 362 58 16.6 11.9-22.6 304 83.4 77.4-88.1
Female 637 113 14.7 11.4-18.8 524 85.3 81.2-88.6
AGE
18-24 83 2 1.2 0.2- 6.3 81 98.8 93.7-99.8
25-34 185 16 11.1 5.8-20.4 169 88.9 79.6-94.2
35-44 227 31 11.3 7.1-17.5 196 88.7 82.5-92.9
45-54 211 42 17.6 11.6-25.6 169 82.4 74.4-88.4
55-64 121 32 28.8 18.6-41.8 89 71.2 58.2-81.4
65-74 93 29 35.7 23.1-50.6 64 64.3 49.4-76.9
75+ 64 17 29.8 16.9-47.2 47 70.2 52.8-83.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 188 51 24.3 16.6-34.2 137 75.7 65.8-83.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 336 50 15.4 10.6-21.8 286 84.6 78.2-89.4
Some Post-H.S. 271 49 14.8 10.1-21.2 222 85.2 78.8-89.9
College Graduate 197 20 7.5 4.4-12.7 177 92.5 87.3-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 141 51 36.2 25.2-48.8 90 63.8 51.2-74.8
$15,000- 24,999 226 32 15.5 9.4-24.3 194 84.5 75.7-90.6
$25,000- 34,999 152 18 8.6 4.7-15.0 134 91.4 85.0-95.3
$35,000- 49,999 122 7 2.0 0.9- 4.7 115 98.0 95.3-99.1
$50,000-74,999 62 8 8.1 3.2-18.8 54 91.9 81.2-96.8
$75,000+ 57 5 4.6 1.1-17.0 52 95.4 83.0-98.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 6 22.7 9.5-45.1 18 77.3 54.9-90.5
Forsyth 91 16 15.5 8.9-25.6 75 84.5 74.4-91.1
Guilford 112 21 14.4 8.9-22.5 91 85.6 77.5-91.1
Henderson/Transylvania 13 1 1.9 0.2-14.7 12 98.1 85.3-99.8
Mecklenburg 129 20 11.6 7.1-18.4 109 88.4 81.6-92.9
Orange 40 5 7.4 2.7-18.6 35 92.6 81.4-97.3
Pitt 105 16 11.9 7.1-19.3 89 88.1 80.7-92.9
Randolph 17 1 3.9 0.5-24.2 16 96.1 75.8-99.5
Robeson 85 12 11.4 5.7-21.4 73 88.6 78.6-94.3
Wake 70 9 11.8 5.3-24.4 61 88.2 75.6-94.7
Western NC 23 3 12.2 3.6-34.0 20 87.8 66.0-96.4
Piedmont NC 108 20 15.3 9.1-24.7 88 84.7 75.3-90.9
Eastern NC 182 41 19.3 13.6-26.5 141 80.7 73.5-86.4

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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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