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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability--MALE 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 2,528 417 14.6 12.7-16.6 2,111 85.4 83.4-87.3
RACE
White 1,910 329 15.1 12.9-17.6 1,581 84.9 82.4-87.1
African American 362 58 16.6 11.9-22.6 304 83.4 77.4-88.1
Asian 31 1 12.2 1.8-51.8 30 87.8 48.2-98.2
Native American 69 15 16.8 7.3-34.0 54 83.2 66.0-92.7
Other Minorities 142 12 6.2 2.8-13.1 130 93.8 86.9-97.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 152 8 3.8 1.4- 9.6 144 96.2 90.4-98.6
-English Speaking 54 3 2.5 0.6- 9.0 51 97.5 91.0-99.4
-Spanish Speaking 98 5 4.2 1.4-12.1 93 95.8 87.9-98.6
Non-Hispanic 2,371 409 15.7 13.6-17.9 1,962 84.3 82.1-86.4
AGE
18-24 182 7 3.5 1.1-10.0 175 96.5 90.0-98.9
25-34 437 42 10.5 7.1-15.2 395 89.5 84.8-92.9
35-44 547 64 10.6 7.3-15.2 483 89.4 84.8-92.7
45-54 513 89 14.8 10.7-20.1 424 85.2 79.9-89.3
55-64 360 83 25.3 19.5-32.2 277 74.7 67.8-80.5
65-74 290 79 35.1 27.2-43.8 211 64.9 56.2-72.8
75+ 178 51 22.6 15.3-32.1 127 77.4 67.9-84.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 424 97 18.0 13.7-23.2 327 82.0 76.8-86.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 746 112 13.7 10.6-17.4 634 86.3 82.6-89.4
Some Post-H.S. 519 106 19.5 14.7-25.5 413 80.5 74.5-85.3
College Graduate 833 101 9.4 7.0-12.5 732 90.6 87.5-93.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 199 76 30.5 21.8-40.9 123 69.5 59.1-78.2
$15,000- 24,999 392 77 19.1 13.9-25.6 315 80.9 74.4-86.1
$25,000- 34,999 310 39 8.5 5.4-13.1 271 91.5 86.9-94.6
$35,000- 49,999 391 52 13.9 9.3-20.3 339 86.1 79.7-90.7
$50,000-74,999 286 43 15.1 9.8-22.6 243 84.9 77.4-90.2
$75,000+ 428 42 8.0 5.3-11.8 386 92.0 88.2-94.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 152 39 23.2 16.7-31.3 113 76.8 68.7-83.3
Forsyth 173 24 12.2 8.0-18.3 149 87.8 81.7-92.0
Guilford 151 18 10.2 6.1-16.4 133 89.8 83.6-93.9
Henderson/Transylvania 182 31 12.4 8.5-17.7 151 87.6 82.3-91.5
Mecklenburg 159 19 7.6 4.6-12.2 140 92.4 87.8-95.4
Orange 175 23 11.0 7.0-16.7 152 89.0 83.3-93.0
Pitt 156 27 15.2 10.0-22.4 129 84.8 77.6-90.0
Randolph 169 32 18.7 12.7-26.7 137 81.3 73.3-87.3
Robeson 170 30 13.7 9.1-20.1 140 86.3 79.9-90.9
Wake 179 17 12.1 7.1-19.9 162 87.9 80.1-92.9
Western NC 273 48 15.2 11.1-20.5 225 84.8 79.5-88.9
Piedmont NC 312 63 16.8 12.7-22.0 249 83.2 78.0-87.3
Eastern NC 277 46 15.5 11.3-21.0 231 84.5 79.0-88.7

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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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