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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,255 1,237 12.0 11.0-13.1 8,018 88.0 86.9-89.0
GENDER
Male 3,381 396 10.3 8.8-12.1 2,985 89.7 87.9-91.2
Female 5,874 841 13.5 12.2-14.9 5,033 86.5 85.1-87.8
RACE
White 6,812 837 11.0 9.9-12.2 5,975 89.0 87.8-90.1
African American 1,821 307 16.4 13.7-19.4 1,514 83.6 80.6-86.3
Asian 46 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 45 99.8 98.5- 100
Native American 224 58 24.5 15.2-36.9 166 75.5 63.1-84.8
Other Minorities 319 30 9.3 5.6-14.9 289 90.7 85.1-94.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 332 28 8.6 5.0-14.3 304 91.4 85.7-95.0
-English Speaking 134 16 17.2 8.2-32.3 118 82.8 67.7-91.8
-Spanish Speaking 198 12 5.6 2.6-11.7 186 94.4 88.3-97.4
Non-Hispanic 8,913 1,208 12.2 11.1-13.3 7,705 87.8 86.7-88.9
AGE
18-24 567 43 7.0 4.5-10.8 524 93.0 89.2-95.5
25-34 1,391 111 8.8 6.3-12.1 1,280 91.2 87.9-93.7
35-44 1,754 178 9.3 7.6-11.4 1,576 90.7 88.6-92.4
45-54 1,822 275 15.0 12.5-17.8 1,547 85.0 82.2-87.5
55-64 1,500 221 13.8 11.3-16.9 1,279 86.2 83.1-88.7
65-74 1,244 202 15.0 12.4-18.2 1,042 85.0 81.8-87.6
75+ 918 201 21.7 18.2-25.7 717 78.3 74.3-81.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,560 405 24.8 21.3-28.7 1,155 75.2 71.3-78.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,762 396 13.7 11.8-15.8 2,366 86.3 84.2-88.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,310 243 8.2 6.7-10.1 2,067 91.8 89.9-93.3
College Graduate 2,599 189 5.6 4.6- 6.9 2,410 94.4 93.1-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,083 303 25.9 21.8-30.4 780 74.1 69.6-78.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,703 257 14.0 11.6-16.8 1,446 86.0 83.2-88.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,019 98 11.3 8.5-14.9 921 88.7 85.1-91.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,224 97 8.6 6.5-11.2 1,127 91.4 88.8-93.5
$50,000-74,999 1,000 73 5.8 4.2- 8.1 927 94.2 91.9-95.8
$75,000+ 1,143 51 3.1 2.1- 4.6 1,092 96.9 95.4-97.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 446 49 9.6 7.0-12.9 397 90.4 87.1-93.0
Guilford 443 53 12.3 9.0-16.7 390 87.7 83.3-91.0
Mecklenburg 442 48 8.3 6.0-11.3 394 91.7 88.7-94.0
Orange 450 35 5.6 3.8- 8.2 415 94.4 91.8-96.2
Wake 444 39 8.3 5.6-12.1 405 91.7 87.9-94.4
Chatham/Lee 391 34 7.4 5.0-10.7 357 92.6 89.3-95.0
Nash/Wilson 369 51 12.6 9.3-16.8 318 87.4 83.2-90.7
Craven/Pamlico 446 63 12.2 9.2-16.0 383 87.8 84.0-90.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 423 55 10.9 8.2-14.5 368 89.1 85.5-91.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 449 59 10.5 7.9-13.9 390 89.5 86.1-92.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 470 79 13.3 9.7-18.1 391 86.7 81.9-90.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 62 11.6 8.3-16.0 359 88.4 84.0-91.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 463 83 16.1 12.7-20.2 380 83.9 79.8-87.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 409 70 13.9 10.7-17.8 339 86.1 82.2-89.3
Northeast NC I 445 71 14.2 10.8-18.5 374 85.8 81.5-89.2
Northeast NC II 500 82 16.4 12.8-20.9 418 83.6 79.1-87.2
Northeastern Partnership 945 153 15.6 12.9-18.8 792 84.4 81.2-87.1
Mountain AHEC 1,286 172 14.6 10.8-19.5 1,114 85.4 80.5-89.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,235 503 13.8 12.1-15.8 2,732 86.2 84.2-87.9
Piedmont 3,977 460 10.4 9.1-11.8 3,517 89.6 88.2-90.9
Western NC 2,043 274 14.5 11.5-18.1 1,769 85.5 81.9-88.5

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^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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