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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Craven/Pamlico Counties

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,267 3,034 28.5 27.0-29.9 6,233 71.5 70.1-73.0
-Craven/Pamlico 448 167 33.7 28.8-39.0 281 66.3 61.0-71.2
GENDER
Male 167 63 34.7 26.9-43.5 104 65.3 56.5-73.1
Female 281 104 32.8 27.0-39.2 177 67.2 60.8-73.0
RACE
White 347 120 31.7 26.4-37.6 227 68.3 62.4-73.6
Other 100 46 39.7 28.7-51.9 54 60.3 48.1-71.3
AGE
18-44 155 42 24.1 17.0-33.0 113 75.9 67.0-83.0
45+ 290 124 40.6 34.3-47.3 166 59.4 52.7-65.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 200 79 33.7 26.4-41.8 121 66.3 58.2-73.6
Some College + 247 87 33.3 27.0-40.4 160 66.7 59.6-73.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 243 97 34.8 28.4-41.9 146 65.2 58.1-71.6
$50,000+ 107 22 20.5 13.2-30.6 85 79.5 69.4-86.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 443 158 31.7 27.1-36.8 285 68.3 63.2-72.9
Guilford 443 120 25.2 20.8-30.2 323 74.8 69.8-79.2
Mecklenburg 443 122 22.7 18.7-27.3 321 77.3 72.7-81.3
Orange 449 112 23.3 16.5-31.7 337 76.7 68.3-83.5
Wake 443 108 22.4 18.1-27.3 335 77.6 72.7-81.9
Chatham/Lee 391 103 24.0 18.6-30.4 288 76.0 69.6-81.4
Nash/Wilson 371 129 31.6 26.4-37.3 242 68.4 62.7-73.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 428 147 32.4 26.8-38.5 281 67.6 61.5-73.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 449 139 26.6 21.9-31.9 310 73.4 68.1-78.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 468 175 31.0 24.9-37.8 293 69.0 62.2-75.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 422 144 27.0 21.7-33.1 278 73.0 66.9-78.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 466 180 35.5 30.7-40.6 286 64.5 59.4-69.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 409 158 33.4 28.2-39.1 251 66.6 60.9-71.8
Northeast NC I 448 161 33.9 28.5-39.7 287 66.1 60.3-71.5
Northeast NC II 501 185 34.5 29.6-39.6 316 65.5 60.4-70.4
Northeastern Partnership 949 346 34.3 30.6-38.2 603 65.7 61.8-69.4
Mountain AHEC 1,284 468 35.0 30.8-39.5 816 65.0 60.5-69.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,243 1,151 31.3 28.8-34.0 2,092 68.7 66.0-71.2
Piedmont 3,978 1,157 25.4 23.5-27.4 2,821 74.6 72.6-76.5
Western NC 2,046 726 34.7 31.2-38.4 1,320 65.3 61.6-68.8

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*Data for this table were derived disability questions in the core and in the state-added section.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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