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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability--MALE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,514 125 4.2 3.2- 5.4 147 4.0 3.2- 5.0 133 5.0 4.0- 6.4 2,109 86.8 84.8-88.5
RACE
White 1,904 97 4.5 3.3- 6.0 114 4.0 3.1- 5.2 85 4.2 3.2- 5.6 1,608 87.3 85.2-89.2
African American 353 22 5.0 2.5- 9.8 21 4.9 2.9- 8.2 37 11.3 7.2-17.2 273 78.9 72.1-84.4
Asian 32 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 0 0.0 . - . 31 99.3 95.0-99.9
Native American 68 2 1.3 0.3- 5.5 6 5.1 2.0-12.4 6 2.7 1.1- 6.7 54 90.8 82.8-95.3
Other Minorities 144 3 1.2 0.2- 6.2 4 2.8 0.9- 8.3 5 2.3 0.6- 7.9 132 93.8 87.1-97.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 153 6 1.9 0.6- 5.5 3 1.3 0.3- 5.2 2 0.2 0.0- 0.9 142 96.7 92.4-98.6
-English Speaking 54 3 3.0 0.9- 9.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.9 2 0.9 0.2- 4.1 48 95.2 88.4-98.1
-Spanish Speaking 99 3 1.5 0.3- 7.3 2 1.4 0.3- 7.0 0 0.0 . - . 94 97.1 91.0-99.1
Non-Hispanic 2,356 119 4.4 3.3- 5.8 144 4.3 3.4- 5.4 131 5.5 4.4- 7.0 1,962 85.7 83.7-87.6
AGE
18-24 182 10 5.4 2.3-12.1 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 0 0.0 . - . 169 94.2 87.6-97.4
25-34 437 14 2.9 1.4- 5.8 15 2.9 1.5- 5.5 8 2.0 0.6- 5.8 400 92.2 88.0-95.0
35-44 546 18 4.0 2.2- 7.3 23 3.5 2.0- 6.1 21 4.5 2.5- 7.9 484 87.9 83.5-91.3
45-54 508 19 2.8 1.4- 5.6 25 3.2 1.9- 5.5 35 6.5 4.0-10.2 429 87.5 83.1-90.9
55-64 356 24 4.7 2.7- 7.9 29 5.9 3.6- 9.6 38 11.9 7.8-17.7 265 77.5 71.1-82.8
65-74 286 26 8.3 4.8-14.1 32 11.7 7.4-17.9 16 9.6 5.1-17.2 212 70.5 62.1-77.7
75+ 178 14 4.1 2.2- 7.6 20 8.7 4.3-16.5 15 6.8 3.6-12.3 129 80.5 71.7-87.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 417 33 5.4 3.1- 9.5 36 5.5 3.5- 8.4 55 10.6 7.3-15.1 293 78.5 72.7-83.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 746 32 2.9 1.8- 4.8 41 3.5 2.3- 5.3 43 6.3 4.2- 9.3 630 87.3 83.8-90.1
Some Post-H.S. 512 24 5.0 2.8- 8.9 41 6.6 4.4- 9.9 21 2.8 1.4- 5.5 426 85.5 80.7-89.2
College Graduate 833 35 4.1 2.4- 6.7 29 1.6 0.9- 2.9 13 1.4 0.6- 2.8 756 92.9 90.1-95.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 194 20 5.6 3.0-10.4 30 10.5 6.5-16.6 44 21.1 13.8-30.8 100 62.8 51.8-72.6
$15,000- 24,999 390 27 5.4 2.6-11.1 30 6.7 4.1-10.6 29 7.5 4.4-12.4 304 80.4 73.8-85.7
$25,000- 34,999 307 13 3.4 1.5- 7.3 14 2.5 1.3- 4.6 6 2.5 0.9- 6.5 274 91.6 86.8-94.8
$35,000- 49,999 389 13 4.0 1.9- 8.6 18 2.9 1.5- 5.7 8 2.3 0.8- 6.4 350 90.7 85.4-94.1
$50,000-74,999 285 11 3.0 1.3- 6.6 16 4.4 2.3- 8.4 6 3.1 1.3- 7.5 252 89.5 83.9-93.3
$75,000+ 428 10 2.3 1.1- 4.9 5 0.5 0.2- 1.6 5 0.6 0.2- 1.6 408 96.6 94.0-98.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 152 11 6.0 3.1-11.3 15 8.8 5.0-15.0 7 4.8 2.2-10.3 119 80.4 72.6-86.4
Forsyth 173 9 4.8 2.3- 9.8 13 7.0 3.9-12.0 7 3.5 1.5- 7.7 144 84.7 78.1-89.6
Guilford 149 6 4.3 1.8- 9.9 6 2.6 1.1- 6.1 7 3.3 1.4- 7.4 130 89.8 83.6-93.8
Henderson/Transylvania 181 9 4.4 2.2- 8.7 12 5.1 2.8- 9.2 3 1.5 0.4- 4.9 157 89.0 83.6-92.9
Mecklenburg 158 7 2.9 1.2- 7.2 6 3.3 1.3- 7.6 6 2.4 1.0- 5.5 139 91.4 85.9-94.9
Orange 175 4 1.9 0.6- 5.9 8 4.4 2.0- 9.3 7 2.5 1.2- 5.4 156 91.2 85.8-94.7
Pitt 154 9 5.2 2.6-10.2 7 4.1 1.5-10.7 11 5.5 3.0- 9.9 127 85.2 78.1-90.3
Randolph 169 14 7.7 4.4-13.2 15 7.3 3.9-13.4 10 5.4 2.7-10.3 130 79.6 72.0-85.5
Robeson 165 9 4.3 2.0- 8.8 10 6.3 3.2-12.0 14 6.2 3.4-11.0 132 83.3 76.1-88.6
Wake 179 9 5.4 2.6-10.9 3 1.2 0.4- 3.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 166 93.2 87.8-96.3
Western NC 271 13 4.4 2.4- 7.8 20 5.3 3.3- 8.3 17 6.1 3.4-10.6 221 84.3 79.0-88.5
Piedmont NC 313 12 3.3 1.7- 6.4 13 2.7 1.5- 4.9 27 7.7 5.1-11.5 261 86.3 81.7-89.9
Eastern NC 275 13 4.4 2.2- 8.5 19 5.1 3.1- 8.3 16 5.4 3.2- 9.1 227 85.0 79.8-89.1

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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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