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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 9,398 1,979 17.9 16.8-19.1 7,419 82.1 80.9-83.2
GENDER
Male 3,453 693 16.6 14.8-18.6 2,760 83.4 81.4-85.2
Female 5,945 1,286 19.1 17.7-20.6 4,659 80.9 79.4-82.3
RACE
White 6,907 1,486 19.1 17.7-20.5 5,421 80.9 79.5-82.3
African American 1,855 385 16.3 14.1-18.8 1,470 83.7 81.2-85.9
Asian 50 3 1.7 0.4- 6.7 47 98.3 93.3-99.6
Native American 229 72 30.7 21.4-41.8 157 69.3 58.2-78.6
Other Minorities 321 30 9.0 5.4-14.7 291 91.0 85.3-94.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 333 31 8.5 4.9-14.4 302 91.5 85.6-95.1
-English Speaking 134 22 14.1 7.2-25.9 112 85.9 74.1-92.8
-Spanish Speaking 199 9 6.6 2.8-14.4 190 93.4 85.6-97.2
Non-Hispanic 9,055 1,948 18.5 17.4-19.8 7,107 81.5 80.2-82.6
AGE
18-24 582 46 6.7 4.0-11.0 536 93.3 89.0-96.0
25-34 1,410 141 8.2 6.5-10.4 1,269 91.8 89.6-93.5
35-44 1,783 254 12.3 10.2-14.6 1,529 87.7 85.4-89.8
45-54 1,838 459 24.3 21.3-27.6 1,379 75.7 72.4-78.7
55-64 1,528 438 29.3 26.0-32.9 1,090 70.7 67.1-74.0
65-74 1,263 315 24.0 20.7-27.7 948 76.0 72.3-79.3
75+ 927 322 35.5 31.1-40.1 605 64.5 59.9-68.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,590 509 27.3 24.0-30.8 1,081 72.7 69.2-76.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,812 602 18.5 16.3-20.9 2,210 81.5 79.1-83.7
Some Post-H.S. 2,344 475 16.4 14.3-18.7 1,869 83.6 81.3-85.7
College Graduate 2,625 386 12.5 10.8-14.5 2,239 87.5 85.5-89.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,095 445 36.7 32.2-41.5 650 63.3 58.5-67.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,723 404 21.2 18.3-24.5 1,319 78.8 75.5-81.7
$25,000- 34,999 1,038 192 14.9 12.0-18.3 846 85.1 81.7-88.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,239 182 12.9 10.4-15.9 1,057 87.1 84.1-89.6
$50,000-74,999 1,008 130 10.9 8.6-13.8 878 89.1 86.2-91.4
$75,000+ 1,155 113 10.1 7.8-13.1 1,042 89.9 86.9-92.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 447 106 20.6 16.8-25.0 341 79.4 75.0-83.2
Guilford 446 72 14.6 11.3-18.8 374 85.4 81.2-88.7
Mecklenburg 447 74 14.0 10.9-17.9 373 86.0 82.1-89.1
Orange 449 70 15.4 9.2-24.8 379 84.6 75.2-90.8
Wake 452 70 13.5 10.3-17.4 382 86.5 82.6-89.7
Chatham/Lee 396 68 12.4 9.4-16.2 328 87.6 83.8-90.6
Nash/Wilson 378 86 20.1 16.0-25.0 292 79.9 75.0-84.0
Craven/Pamlico 453 112 21.8 17.9-26.3 341 78.2 73.7-82.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 436 89 20.6 15.6-26.8 347 79.4 73.2-84.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 455 100 19.0 15.1-23.6 355 81.0 76.4-84.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 477 110 18.9 14.6-24.2 367 81.1 75.8-85.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 425 102 17.1 12.8-22.5 323 82.9 77.5-87.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 473 116 23.0 19.0-27.7 357 77.0 72.3-81.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 416 104 21.9 17.7-26.8 312 78.1 73.2-82.3
Northeast NC I 459 99 21.8 17.4-26.9 360 78.2 73.1-82.6
Northeast NC II 509 119 21.1 17.4-25.5 390 78.9 74.5-82.6
Northeastern Partnership 968 218 21.4 18.4-24.6 750 78.6 75.4-81.6
Mountain AHEC 1,300 322 22.2 19.2-25.5 978 77.8 74.5-80.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,297 747 19.8 17.7-22.1 2,550 80.2 77.9-82.3
Piedmont 4,033 731 15.5 14.0-17.2 3,302 84.5 82.8-86.0
Western NC 2,068 501 23.5 20.6-26.6 1,567 76.5 73.4-79.4

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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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