BRFSS 2002 - North Carolina: (Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems?)

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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

Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems?

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	Total Respond.#	Yes			No
	Total Respond.#	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
Have Health Insurance
Yes	5,555	1,050	17.2	15.8-18.8	4,505	82.8	81.2-84.2
No	916	154	13.7	10.8-17.2	762	86.3	82.8-89.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight	130	26	11.7	6.4-20.5	104	88.3	79.5-93.6
Recommended Range	2,484	354	11.8	10.0-13.7	2,130	88.2	86.3-90.0
Overweight	2,147	387	16.0	13.8-18.3	1,760	84.0	81.7-86.2
Obese	1,321	363	27.1	23.7-30.9	958	72.9	69.1-76.3
Current Smoker
No	4,985	884	15.7	14.3-17.2	4,101	84.3	82.8-85.7
Yes	1,479	319	19.3	16.5-22.4	1,160	80.7	77.6-83.5
Binge Drinker
No	5,857	1,135	17.7	16.3-19.2	4,722	82.3	80.8-83.7
Yes	555	61	9.1	6.2-13.3	494	90.9	86.7-93.8
Heavy Drinker
No	6,204	1,163	16.8	15.5-18.2	5,041	83.2	81.8-84.5
Yes	217	31	14.4	7.7-25.4	186	85.6	74.6-92.3
Physical Activity
Meets Recommendation	2,382	304	11.1	9.4-13.1	2,078	88.9	86.9-90.6
Some Physical Activity	2,606	432	15.0	13.0-17.1	2,174	85.0	82.9-87.0
Physically Inactive	1,248	416	30.5	26.9-34.4	832	69.5	65.6-73.1
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	1,335	681	48.2	44.0-52.4	654	51.8	47.6-56.0
No	5,136	518	8.3	7.3- 9.5	4,618	91.7	90.5-92.7
Disability Status
Yes	1,598	1,205	75.3	71.7-78.5	393	24.7	21.5-28.3
No	4,869	0	0.0	. - .	4,869	100	. - .
Current Asthma
Yes	412	160	41.3	33.5-49.4	252	58.7	50.6-66.5
No	6,055	1,040	15.0	13.7-16.3	5,015	85.0	83.7-86.3
Diabetes
Yes	507	207	45.8	39.6-52.2	300	54.2	47.8-60.4
Yes, During Pregnancy	52	6	17.2	6.5-38.5	46	82.8	61.5-93.5
No	5,922	991	14.3	13.1-15.7	4,931	85.7	84.3-86.9
Arthritis
Yes	2,100	779	36.3	33.2-39.6	1,321	63.7	60.4-66.8
No	4,348	419	8.6	7.5- 9.9	3,929	91.4	90.1-92.5

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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.

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