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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 6,489 1,205 16.6 15.3-18.0 5,284 83.4 82.0-84.7
GENDER
Male 2,528 417 14.6 12.7-16.6 2,111 85.4 83.4-87.3
Female 3,961 788 18.6 16.8-20.4 3,173 81.4 79.6-83.2
RACE
White 4,946 956 17.6 16.1-19.3 3,990 82.4 80.7-83.9
African American 999 171 15.5 12.7-18.9 828 84.5 81.1-87.3
Asian 70 4 9.8 2.8-28.9 66 90.2 71.1-97.2
Native American 177 43 21.5 13.2-33.0 134 78.5 67.0-86.8
Other Minorities 257 22 8.2 4.6-14.2 235 91.8 85.8-95.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 286 16 6.7 3.3-13.0 270 93.3 87.0-96.7
-English Speaking 120 8 8.0 2.4-23.5 112 92.0 76.5-97.6
-Spanish Speaking 166 8 6.2 2.6-14.1 158 93.8 85.9-97.4
Non-Hispanic 6,192 1,186 17.3 16.0-18.7 5,006 82.7 81.3-84.0
AGE
18-24 461 21 4.9 2.6- 8.7 440 95.1 91.3-97.4
25-34 1,099 96 9.7 7.3-12.7 1,003 90.3 87.3-92.7
35-44 1,279 163 13.2 10.5-16.4 1,116 86.8 83.6-89.5
45-54 1,285 285 19.5 16.4-23.0 1,000 80.5 77.0-83.6
55-64 940 224 24.9 21.1-29.1 716 75.1 70.9-78.9
65-74 783 222 31.1 26.4-36.1 561 68.9 63.9-73.6
75+ 589 188 29.6 24.5-35.3 401 70.4 64.7-75.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,028 295 23.5 20.0-27.5 733 76.5 72.5-80.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,900 348 17.0 14.7-19.6 1,552 83.0 80.4-85.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,518 299 17.7 14.9-20.9 1,219 82.3 79.1-85.1
College Graduate 2,026 261 10.4 8.7-12.4 1,765 89.6 87.6-91.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 649 262 34.1 28.7-39.9 387 65.9 60.1-71.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,060 213 20.3 16.7-24.5 847 79.7 75.5-83.3
$25,000- 34,999 775 124 11.7 9.1-15.0 651 88.3 85.0-90.9
$35,000- 49,999 877 116 11.8 8.9-15.5 761 88.2 84.5-91.1
$50,000-74,999 731 99 15.8 12.1-20.4 632 84.2 79.6-87.9
$75,000+ 863 82 7.3 5.4- 9.9 781 92.7 90.1-94.6
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
Henderson/Transylvania 457 100 16.6 13.3-20.4 357 83.4 79.6-86.7
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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