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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures*

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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 5,545 1,392 22.8 21.2-24.5 4,153 77.2 75.5-78.8
No 912 212 19.1 15.6-23.2 700 80.9 76.8-84.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 129 32 18.5 10.5-30.7 97 81.5 69.3-89.5
Recommended Range 2,477 487 16.5 14.5-18.8 1,990 83.5 81.2-85.5
Overweight 2,145 528 22.3 19.7-25.1 1,617 77.7 74.9-80.3
Obese 1,318 461 33.1 29.4-37.0 857 66.9 63.0-70.6
Current Smoker
No 4,975 1,177 20.6 19.0-22.3 3,798 79.4 77.7-81.0
Yes 1,477 427 26.7 23.4-30.3 1,050 73.3 69.7-76.6
Binge Drinker
No 5,843 1,505 23.5 21.9-25.2 4,338 76.5 74.8-78.1
Yes 556 86 13.0 9.4-17.6 470 87.0 82.4-90.6
Heavy Drinker
No 6,192 1,549 22.4 20.9-24.0 4,643 77.6 76.0-79.1
Yes 216 42 18.4 10.7-29.9 174 81.6 70.1-89.3
Physical Activity
Meets Recommendation 2,381 442 16.5 14.4-18.8 1,939 83.5 81.2-85.6
Some Physical Activity 2,601 572 19.3 17.2-21.7 2,029 80.7 78.3-82.8
Physically Inactive 1,242 523 37.9 34.0-42.0 719 62.1 58.0-66.0
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes 1,330 854 60.1 55.7-64.3 476 39.9 35.7-44.3
No 5,128 744 12.2 11.0-13.6 4,384 87.8 86.4-89.0
Current Asthma
Yes 413 201 50.4 42.6-58.1 212 49.6 41.9-57.4
No 6,040 1,397 20.1 18.7-21.5 4,643 79.9 78.5-81.3
Diabetes
Yes 505 275 55.9 49.6-61.9 230 44.1 38.1-50.4
Yes, During Pregnancy 51 12 31.8 16.7-51.9 39 68.2 48.1-83.3
No 5,911 1,317 19.4 18.0-21.0 4,594 80.6 79.0-82.0
Arthritis
Yes 2,096 983 46.3 43.0-49.6 1,113 53.7 50.4-57.0
No 4,338 614 12.4 11.1-13.9 3,724 87.6 86.1-88.9

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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.

* See Technical Notes for definitions of risk factors/conditions.

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