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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability--WHITE Respondents Only

A disability can be physical, mental, emotional, or communication related. Do you consider yourself to have a disability?

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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 4,927 265 4.9 4.1- 5.9 299 4.8 4.1- 5.6 238 5.2 4.3- 6.2 4,125 85.1 83.6-86.5
GENDER
Male 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
Female 3,023 168 5.4 4.3- 6.6 185 5.6 4.5- 6.8 153 6.1 4.8- 7.7 2,517 83.0 80.9-84.9
AGE
18-24 316 14 5.0 2.5-10.0 5 0.4 0.1- 1.2 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 295 93.8 88.9-96.6
25-34 776 26 3.2 1.8- 5.4 19 2.0 1.1- 3.8 8 1.2 0.4- 3.0 723 93.6 90.8-95.6
35-44 923 40 4.3 2.8- 6.6 40 4.3 2.8- 6.6 28 4.6 2.7- 7.8 815 86.7 82.9-89.8
45-54 981 41 3.9 2.5- 6.0 55 4.1 2.8- 5.9 62 6.8 4.6- 9.8 823 85.3 81.7-88.3
55-64 749 45 5.4 3.7- 7.9 60 7.2 5.2-10.0 62 9.4 6.8-12.9 582 78.0 73.6-81.8
65-74 651 49 8.2 5.5-12.1 59 9.8 7.0-13.5 35 7.9 5.2-12.0 508 74.1 68.8-78.8
75+ 498 49 7.9 5.5-11.3 60 10.9 7.5-15.5 40 7.9 5.0-12.2 349 73.3 67.3-78.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 629 56 7.3 5.1-10.5 65 7.1 5.1- 9.8 98 16.0 12.0-21.0 410 69.6 64.0-74.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,436 77 4.5 3.3- 6.1 105 5.4 4.2- 7.0 66 5.1 3.7- 7.1 1,188 85.0 82.3-87.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,147 62 5.3 3.6- 7.7 69 5.8 4.2- 8.0 44 2.9 1.9- 4.4 972 86.0 82.8-88.6
College Graduate 1,705 70 4.0 2.8- 5.7 59 2.2 1.5- 3.2 30 2.0 1.2- 3.3 1,546 91.8 89.7-93.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 418 43 10.4 7.0-15.3 65 13.2 9.7-17.8 72 16.4 11.5-22.9 238 60.0 52.2-67.2
$15,000- 24,999 678 44 5.3 3.1- 9.0 69 9.3 6.7-12.9 40 10.4 6.9-15.4 525 75.0 69.3-79.9
$25,000- 34,999 569 30 3.9 2.4- 6.3 32 3.4 2.0- 5.7 16 3.5 1.8- 6.8 491 89.1 85.3-92.1
$35,000- 49,999 707 25 4.4 2.5- 7.5 33 3.9 2.4- 6.3 11 1.0 0.4- 2.7 638 90.7 87.1-93.4
$50,000-74,999 635 29 4.0 2.4- 6.7 23 3.3 1.9- 5.6 9 2.3 1.1- 4.8 574 90.4 86.7-93.2
$75,000+ 756 15 1.9 1.0- 3.6 12 1.4 0.7- 3.1 7 0.5 0.2- 1.2 722 96.2 94.1-97.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 356 21 5.3 3.3- 8.6 24 6.8 4.4-10.5 15 3.8 2.1- 6.8 296 84.0 79.2-87.8
Forsyth 337 21 5.7 3.4- 9.5 18 5.3 3.2- 8.5 13 2.6 1.5- 4.7 285 86.4 81.8-89.9
Guilford 269 11 4.7 2.4- 9.1 11 2.4 1.3- 4.4 10 4.3 2.1- 8.4 237 88.6 83.4-92.4
Henderson/Transylvania 415 25 5.1 3.3- 7.8 28 6.1 4.0- 9.1 15 2.9 1.7- 5.1 347 85.9 81.9-89.2
Mecklenburg 263 16 5.2 2.9- 9.2 8 2.4 1.1- 4.8 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0 235 91.4 87.0-94.4
Orange 345 9 1.7 0.9- 3.5 15 3.4 1.8- 6.2 5 1.0 0.4- 2.5 316 93.9 90.7-96.0
Pitt 287 17 5.8 3.4- 9.7 18 5.2 2.8- 9.5 15 4.2 2.5- 7.2 237 84.8 79.3-89.0
Randolph 376 27 8.0 5.2-12.1 24 5.5 3.3- 8.9 27 5.5 3.5- 8.4 298 81.1 75.9-85.3
Robeson 170 11 5.1 2.5-10.4 13 6.3 3.5-11.2 13 6.5 3.5-12.0 133 82.0 74.7-87.5
Wake 303 11 4.1 2.1- 7.7 11 2.2 1.1- 4.1 4 0.7 0.2- 1.9 277 93.1 89.4-95.6
Western NC 585 36 6.0 4.2- 8.5 41 5.4 3.9- 7.5 40 6.3 4.3- 9.0 468 82.3 78.6-85.5
Piedmont NC 697 37 4.9 3.4- 7.1 34 3.6 2.5- 5.3 48 7.5 5.4-10.2 578 84.0 80.6-86.9
Eastern NC 524 23 4.3 2.6- 6.9 54 7.4 5.5-10.1 29 5.5 3.7- 8.2 418 82.8 78.9-86.1

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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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