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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Risk Factors--WHITE Respondents Only

Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,942 1,227 22.8 21.1-24.6 3,715 77.2 75.4-78.9
GENDER
Male 1,907 446 20.4 17.9-23.3 1,461 79.6 76.7-82.1
Female 3,035 781 25.0 22.8-27.4 2,254 75.0 72.6-77.2
AGE
18-24 315 31 10.8 6.7-17.0 284 89.2 83.0-93.3
25-34 776 93 11.9 9.0-15.7 683 88.1 84.3-91.0
35-44 922 159 18.3 14.7-22.5 763 81.7 77.5-85.3
45-54 987 260 23.5 19.7-27.9 727 76.5 72.1-80.3
55-64 751 223 29.9 25.5-34.7 528 70.1 65.3-74.5
65-74 656 223 38.8 33.4-44.5 433 61.2 55.5-66.6
75+ 502 232 44.8 37.6-52.2 270 55.2 47.8-62.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 640 281 38.0 32.5-43.9 359 62.0 56.1-67.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,438 359 23.0 19.9-26.5 1,079 77.0 73.5-80.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,149 285 23.0 19.4-27.0 864 77.0 73.0-80.6
College Graduate 1,705 301 15.1 12.8-17.7 1,404 84.9 82.3-87.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 424 228 50.9 42.9-59.0 196 49.1 41.0-57.1
$15,000- 24,999 679 217 32.7 27.3-38.5 462 67.3 61.5-72.7
$25,000- 34,999 568 127 18.0 14.1-22.7 441 82.0 77.3-85.9
$35,000- 49,999 708 131 17.4 13.4-22.1 577 82.6 77.9-86.6
$50,000-74,999 636 113 20.8 16.3-26.2 523 79.2 73.8-83.7
$75,000+ 756 87 9.2 6.9-12.1 669 90.8 87.9-93.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 356 97 25.6 20.8-31.1 259 74.4 68.9-79.2
Forsyth 338 80 20.0 15.8-24.9 258 80.0 75.1-84.2
Guilford 270 57 19.4 14.6-25.3 213 80.6 74.7-85.4
Henderson/Transylvania 416 120 23.9 19.7-28.6 296 76.1 71.4-80.3
Mecklenburg 263 49 14.1 10.2-19.1 214 85.9 80.9-89.8
Orange 346 54 12.4 9.0-16.9 292 87.6 83.1-91.0
Pitt 288 71 22.8 17.3-29.4 217 77.2 70.6-82.7
Randolph 376 113 26.7 21.7-32.4 263 73.3 67.6-78.3
Robeson 171 50 25.7 18.9-33.8 121 74.3 66.2-81.1
Wake 304 41 13.3 9.2-18.7 263 86.7 81.3-90.8
Western NC 589 167 25.0 21.3-29.1 422 75.0 70.9-78.7
Piedmont NC 699 179 24.4 20.7-28.7 520 75.6 71.3-79.3
Eastern NC 526 149 25.8 21.8-30.4 377 74.2 69.6-78.2

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*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) 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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