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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Disability

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%)
North Carolina 6,489 1,205 16.6 15.3-18.0 5,284 83.4 82.0-84.7
Piedmont NC 852 174 18.5 15.6-21.8 678 81.5 78.2-84.4
GENDER
Male 312 63 16.8 12.7-22.0 249 83.2 78.0-87.3
Female 540 111 19.9 16.2-24.4 429 80.1 75.6-83.8
RACE
White 698 148 19.9 16.5-23.7 550 80.1 76.3-83.5
Other 149 24 12.3 7.6-19.3 125 87.7 80.7-92.4
AGE
18-44 363 40 10.0 6.9-14.3 323 90.0 85.7-93.1
45+ 479 133 27.4 22.8-32.5 346 72.6 67.5-77.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 456 105 19.5 15.7-23.9 351 80.5 76.1-84.3
Some College + 392 69 17.2 12.9-22.5 323 82.8 77.5-87.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 441 100 19.6 15.5-24.4 341 80.4 75.6-84.5
$50,000+ 214 29 13.3 8.8-19.8 185 86.7 80.2-91.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 399 92 21.3 17.2-26.2 307 78.7 73.8-82.8
Forsyth 452 79 13.8 10.8-17.4 373 86.2 82.6-89.2
Guilford 407 62 12.6 9.5-16.4 345 87.4 83.6-90.5
Henderson/Transylvania 457 100 16.6 13.3-20.4 357 83.4 79.6-86.7
Mecklenburg 435 59 9.5 7.1-12.5 376 90.5 87.5-92.9
Orange 425 50 8.8 6.3-12.0 375 91.2 88.0-93.7
Pitt 408 75 15.5 11.9-19.9 333 84.5 80.1-88.1
Randolph 417 84 18.2 14.1-23.1 333 81.8 76.9-85.9
Robeson 421 84 15.9 12.5-20.1 337 84.1 79.9-87.5
Wake 416 41 10.3 7.1-14.7 375 89.7 85.3-92.9
Western NC 635 140 18.8 15.7-22.4 495 81.2 77.6-84.3
Eastern NC 765 165 19.2 16.2-22.6 600 80.8 77.4-83.8

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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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