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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 in handling your ROUTINE NEEDS, such as everyday household chores, doing necessary business, shopping, or getting around for other purposes?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,227 379 30.7 26.8-34.9 848 69.3 65.1-73.2
GENDER
Male 446 95 19.8 15.0-25.6 351 80.2 74.4-85.0
Female 781 284 39.1 33.9-44.6 497 60.9 55.4-66.1
AGE
18-24 31 2 1.4 0.3- 5.9 29 98.6 94.1-99.7
25-34 93 18 20.7 10.8-36.0 75 79.3 64.0-89.2
35-44 159 45 36.5 25.6-49.1 114 63.5 50.9-74.4
45-54 260 71 28.7 20.4-38.8 189 71.3 61.2-79.6
55-64 223 66 29.8 22.2-38.6 157 70.2 61.4-77.8
65-74 223 79 38.6 29.8-48.1 144 61.4 51.9-70.2
75+ 232 97 36.1 26.5-47.0 135 63.9 53.0-73.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 281 127 51.0 42.5-59.4 154 49.0 40.6-57.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 359 115 29.1 22.5-36.6 244 70.9 63.4-77.5
Some Post-H.S. 285 79 23.9 17.4-31.9 206 76.1 68.1-82.6
College Graduate 301 58 17.7 12.0-25.4 243 82.3 74.6-88.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 228 106 48.2 37.3-59.1 122 51.8 40.9-62.7
$15,000- 24,999 217 73 40.8 30.7-51.8 144 59.2 48.2-69.3
$25,000- 34,999 127 34 32.4 21.1-46.2 93 67.6 53.8-78.9
$35,000- 49,999 131 27 16.0 9.0-26.9 104 84.0 73.1-91.0
$50,000-74,999 113 21 17.3 9.8-28.7 92 82.7 71.3-90.2
$75,000+ 87 14 12.0 5.6-23.7 73 88.0 76.3-94.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 97 31 25.7 17.5-36.0 66 74.3 64.0-82.5
Forsyth 80 28 28.4 19.4-39.7 52 71.6 60.3-80.6
Guilford 57 20 23.0 14.1-35.3 37 77.0 64.7-85.9
Henderson/Transylvania 120 31 23.2 16.0-32.4 89 76.8 67.6-84.0
Mecklenburg 49 7 12.2 5.6-24.8 42 87.8 75.2-94.4
Orange 54 12 19.5 10.8-32.7 42 80.5 67.3-89.2
Pitt 71 26 27.1 17.5-39.6 45 72.9 60.4-82.5
Randolph 113 25 20.1 12.9-29.9 88 79.9 70.1-87.1
Robeson 50 23 41.7 27.6-57.3 27 58.3 42.7-72.4
Wake 41 7 9.9 4.3-21.2 34 90.1 78.8-95.7
Western NC 167 53 30.2 22.7-38.9 114 69.8 61.1-77.3
Piedmont NC 179 61 36.2 28.0-45.4 118 63.8 54.6-72.0
Eastern NC 149 55 34.3 26.1-43.7 94 65.7 56.3-73.9

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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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