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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability--WHITE 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 4,946 956 17.6 16.1-19.3 3,990 82.4 80.7-83.9
GENDER
Male 1,910 329 15.1 12.9-17.6 1,581 84.9 82.4-87.1
Female 3,036 627 20.0 17.9-22.3 2,409 80.0 77.7-82.1
AGE
18-24 315 16 6.7 3.4-12.7 299 93.3 87.3-96.6
25-34 775 68 9.0 6.4-12.5 707 91.0 87.5-93.6
35-44 922 124 14.0 10.8-17.9 798 86.0 82.1-89.2
45-54 987 217 19.9 16.2-24.1 770 80.1 75.9-83.8
55-64 753 178 24.6 20.5-29.2 575 75.4 70.8-79.5
65-74 658 184 30.6 25.7-36.1 474 69.4 63.9-74.3
75+ 503 165 30.2 24.5-36.5 338 69.8 63.5-75.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 643 216 30.3 25.3-35.9 427 69.7 64.1-74.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,437 273 17.2 14.6-20.2 1,164 82.8 79.8-85.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,150 235 18.8 15.5-22.7 915 81.2 77.3-84.5
College Graduate 1,706 231 11.1 9.2-13.3 1,475 88.9 86.7-90.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 424 186 38.7 31.6-46.3 238 61.3 53.7-68.4
$15,000- 24,999 677 158 25.6 20.6-31.4 519 74.4 68.6-79.4
$25,000- 34,999 569 101 13.5 10.2-17.7 468 86.5 82.3-89.8
$35,000- 49,999 709 103 13.4 9.9-17.9 606 86.6 82.1-90.1
$50,000-74,999 637 88 16.5 12.4-21.5 549 83.5 78.5-87.6
$75,000+ 757 76 7.6 5.6-10.3 681 92.4 89.7-94.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 356 80 20.9 16.5-26.1 276 79.1 73.9-83.5
Forsyth 338 61 13.6 10.4-17.7 277 86.4 82.3-89.6
Guilford 271 39 12.1 8.5-16.8 232 87.9 83.2-91.5
Henderson/Transylvania 418 95 18.4 14.9-22.6 323 81.6 77.4-85.1
Mecklenburg 263 38 10.8 7.6-15.1 225 89.2 84.9-92.4
Orange 345 42 9.5 6.6-13.4 303 90.5 86.6-93.4
Pitt 287 57 17.6 13.0-23.5 230 82.4 76.5-87.0
Randolph 378 82 19.7 15.3-25.1 296 80.3 74.9-84.7
Robeson 171 39 19.0 13.4-26.3 132 81.0 73.7-86.6
Wake 304 28 8.8 5.5-13.8 276 91.2 86.2-94.5
Western NC 589 132 19.1 15.8-22.8 457 80.9 77.2-84.2
Piedmont NC 698 148 19.9 16.5-23.7 550 80.1 76.3-83.5
Eastern NC 528 115 20.2 16.5-24.4 413 79.8 75.6-83.5

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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.

** 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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