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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability

Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,475 1,606 22.2 20.7-23.7 4,869 77.8 76.3-79.3
GENDER
Male 2,519 584 20.1 17.9-22.5 1,935 79.9 77.5-82.1
Female 3,956 1,022 24.1 22.1-26.1 2,934 75.9 73.9-77.9
RACE
White 4,942 1,227 22.8 21.1-24.6 3,715 77.2 75.4-78.9
African American 990 268 23.7 20.1-27.8 722 76.3 72.2-79.9
Asian 70 7 12.0 4.2-29.9 63 88.0 70.1-95.8
Native American 177 61 28.7 19.1-40.6 116 71.3 59.4-80.9
Other Minorities 257 33 11.6 7.3-18.0 224 88.4 82.0-92.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 286 29 9.1 5.2-15.4 257 90.9 84.6-94.8
-English Speaking 120 15 10.7 4.3-24.3 105 89.3 75.7-95.7
-Spanish Speaking 166 14 8.5 4.2-16.4 152 91.5 83.6-95.8
Non-Hispanic 6,178 1,574 23.1 21.6-24.7 4,604 76.9 75.3-78.4
AGE
18-24 461 39 8.3 5.4-12.7 422 91.7 87.3-94.6
25-34 1,100 132 12.0 9.4-15.1 968 88.0 84.9-90.6
35-44 1,279 221 18.2 15.2-21.8 1,058 81.8 78.2-84.8
45-54 1,281 348 24.1 20.8-27.8 933 75.9 72.2-79.2
55-64 938 305 32.7 28.5-37.1 633 67.3 62.9-71.5
65-74 779 275 39.2 34.2-44.5 504 60.8 55.5-65.8
75+ 585 276 45.7 39.2-52.4 309 54.3 47.6-60.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,022 414 31.5 27.5-35.9 608 68.5 64.1-72.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,899 467 22.9 20.2-25.9 1,432 77.1 74.1-79.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,515 376 22.5 19.5-25.9 1,139 77.5 74.1-80.5
College Graduate 2,023 343 14.2 12.2-16.5 1,680 85.8 83.5-87.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 649 339 46.4 40.0-52.9 310 53.6 47.1-60.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,061 312 27.4 23.3-31.9 749 72.6 68.1-76.7
$25,000- 34,999 771 157 15.7 12.6-19.5 614 84.3 80.5-87.4
$35,000- 49,999 875 151 16.0 12.6-20.1 724 84.0 79.9-87.4
$50,000-74,999 729 128 20.1 16.0-25.0 601 79.9 75.0-84.0
$75,000+ 862 94 8.8 6.6-11.5 768 91.2 88.5-93.4
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
Mecklenburg 434 88 14.7 11.6-18.5 346 85.3 81.5-88.4
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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