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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability--WHITE Respondents Only

Because of any impairment or health problem, do you need the help of other persons with your PERSONAL CARE needs, such as eating, bathing, dressing, or getting around the house?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,225 121 9.8 7.5-12.6 1,104 90.2 87.4-92.5
GENDER
Male 446 39 7.7 5.0-11.8 407 92.3 88.2-95.0
Female 779 82 11.3 8.1-15.6 697 88.7 84.4-91.9
AGE
18-24 31 2 1.4 0.3- 5.9 29 98.6 94.1-99.7
25-34 93 4 5.7 1.4-20.2 89 94.3 79.8-98.6
35-44 159 10 5.8 2.2-14.5 149 94.2 85.5-97.8
45-54 259 29 11.6 6.2-20.9 230 88.4 79.1-93.8
55-64 222 30 13.4 8.4-20.7 192 86.6 79.3-91.6
65-74 223 16 7.5 3.8-14.3 207 92.5 85.7-96.2
75+ 232 30 16.4 9.8-26.3 202 83.6 73.7-90.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 281 51 22.9 16.0-31.6 230 77.1 68.4-84.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 358 32 7.5 4.5-12.2 326 92.5 87.8-95.5
Some Post-H.S. 284 23 3.8 1.9- 7.3 261 96.2 92.7-98.1
College Graduate 301 15 5.4 2.4-11.7 286 94.6 88.3-97.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 228 35 12.8 7.9-20.0 193 87.2 80.0-92.1
$15,000- 24,999 217 23 12.9 6.9-22.7 194 87.1 77.3-93.1
$25,000- 34,999 126 5 7.5 2.5-20.3 121 92.5 79.7-97.5
$35,000- 49,999 130 7 4.0 1.1-14.1 123 96.0 85.9-98.9
$50,000-74,999 113 7 6.8 2.6-16.4 106 93.2 83.6-97.4
$75,000+ 87 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 86 99.6 97.1-99.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 97 8 6.5 2.9-13.6 89 93.5 86.4-97.1
Forsyth 80 5 4.9 1.8-12.5 75 95.1 87.5-98.2
Guilford 57 5 6.8 2.4-17.9 52 93.2 82.1-97.6
Henderson/Transylvania 120 7 6.6 2.8-14.4 113 93.4 85.6-97.2
Mecklenburg 49 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 48 98.6 90.5-99.8
Orange 54 6 8.8 3.7-19.5 48 91.2 80.5-96.3
Pitt 70 11 12.6 6.6-22.7 59 87.4 77.3-93.4
Randolph 113 11 7.9 3.8-15.8 102 92.1 84.2-96.2
Robeson 50 9 17.7 8.6-33.1 41 82.3 66.9-91.4
Wake 41 0 0.0 . - . 41 100 . - .
Western NC 166 20 8.7 5.5-13.7 146 91.3 86.3-94.5
Piedmont NC 179 23 15.7 10.2-23.5 156 84.3 76.5-89.8
Eastern NC 149 15 7.6 4.2-13.3 134 92.4 86.7-95.8

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* This question was asked to respondents who reported having any type of disability. See questions 14.1, 14,2 in the core and the questions 1 and 5 in the disability section (page 53) 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.

** 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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