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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Risk Factors--FEMALE Respondents Only

Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,956 1,022 24.1 22.1-26.1 2,934 75.9 73.9-77.9
RACE
White 3,035 781 25.0 22.8-27.4 2,254 75.0 72.6-77.2
African American 633 170 22.2 18.0-27.1 463 77.8 72.9-82.0
Asian 39 5 11.3 3.4-31.7 34 88.7 68.3-96.6
Native American 108 41 41.6 28.2-56.4 67 58.4 43.6-71.8
Other Minorities 115 18 17.1 9.2-29.6 97 82.9 70.4-90.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 134 14 15.1 7.1-29.2 120 84.9 70.8-92.9
-English Speaking 66 7 15.9 4.7-42.0 59 84.1 58.0-95.3
-Spanish Speaking 68 7 14.6 5.5-33.6 61 85.4 66.4-94.5
Non-Hispanic 3,816 1,005 24.5 22.5-26.5 2,811 75.5 73.5-77.5
AGE
18-24 279 22 9.4 5.4-15.8 257 90.6 84.2-94.6
25-34 663 74 10.5 7.4-14.6 589 89.5 85.4-92.6
35-44 732 130 20.0 15.7-25.1 602 80.0 74.9-84.3
45-54 771 230 28.6 24.0-33.5 541 71.4 66.5-76.0
55-64 580 185 32.6 27.3-38.3 395 67.4 61.7-72.7
65-74 490 173 37.0 30.9-43.6 317 63.0 56.4-69.1
75+ 409 200 50.5 43.6-57.4 209 49.5 42.6-56.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 601 267 38.2 32.3-44.5 334 61.8 55.5-67.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,155 310 26.4 22.8-30.4 845 73.6 69.6-77.2
Some Post-H.S. 999 239 20.2 17.0-23.9 760 79.8 76.1-83.0
College Graduate 1,191 203 15.2 12.6-18.2 988 84.8 81.8-87.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 451 230 47.4 40.2-54.7 221 52.6 45.3-59.8
$15,000- 24,999 671 199 28.0 22.9-33.9 472 72.0 66.1-77.1
$25,000- 34,999 464 106 18.8 14.4-24.2 358 81.2 75.8-85.6
$35,000- 49,999 485 81 13.2 9.8-17.4 404 86.8 82.6-90.2
$50,000-74,999 445 71 20.4 15.2-26.8 374 79.6 73.2-84.8
$75,000+ 434 43 7.2 4.7-10.9 391 92.8 89.1-95.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 247 63 22.3 17.2-28.5 184 77.7 71.5-82.8
Forsyth 280 75 22.8 17.9-28.5 205 77.2 71.5-82.1
Guilford 257 62 21.8 16.6-28.0 195 78.2 72.0-83.4
Henderson/Transylvania 274 85 25.8 20.0-32.5 189 74.2 67.5-80.0
Mecklenburg 276 61 17.8 13.7-22.9 215 82.2 77.1-86.3
Orange 250 37 9.6 6.5-14.0 213 90.4 86.0-93.5
Pitt 251 60 20.1 15.0-26.5 191 79.9 73.5-85.0
Randolph 246 69 23.3 17.6-30.2 177 76.7 69.8-82.4
Robeson 251 77 25.9 20.5-32.1 174 74.1 67.9-79.5
Wake 237 32 11.9 8.1-17.1 205 88.1 82.9-91.9
Western NC 362 112 28.9 24.1-34.3 250 71.1 65.7-75.9
Piedmont NC 541 136 24.5 20.4-29.2 405 75.5 70.8-79.6
Eastern NC 484 153 28.9 24.5-33.8 331 71.1 66.2-75.5

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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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