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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,267 3,034 28.5 27.0-29.9 6,233 71.5 70.1-73.0
GENDER
Male 3,390 1,056 26.9 24.7-29.3 2,334 73.1 70.7-75.3
Female 5,877 1,978 29.9 28.2-31.7 3,899 70.1 68.3-71.8
RACE
White 6,826 2,176 28.2 26.6-29.9 4,650 71.8 70.1-73.4
African American 1,821 675 32.2 29.0-35.7 1,146 67.8 64.3-71.0
Asian 46 4 2.2 0.7- 7.4 42 97.8 92.6-99.3
Native American 225 107 48.3 36.3-60.5 118 51.7 39.5-63.7
Other Minorities 316 65 19.9 14.3-27.0 251 80.1 73.0-85.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 327 64 17.6 12.1-24.8 263 82.4 75.2-87.9
-English Speaking 133 37 27.4 16.2-42.3 96 72.6 57.7-83.8
-Spanish Speaking 194 27 14.2 8.5-22.8 167 85.8 77.2-91.5
Non-Hispanic 8,930 2,968 29.1 27.7-30.6 5,962 70.9 69.4-72.3
AGE
18-24 569 94 15.3 11.2-20.5 475 84.7 79.5-88.8
25-34 1,389 237 15.8 12.9-19.4 1,152 84.2 80.6-87.1
35-44 1,753 398 20.9 18.2-23.8 1,355 79.1 76.2-81.8
45-54 1,825 626 34.0 30.6-37.6 1,199 66.0 62.4-69.4
55-64 1,504 599 40.2 36.5-43.9 905 59.8 56.1-63.5
65-74 1,246 534 39.5 35.6-43.5 712 60.5 56.5-64.4
75+ 922 535 57.2 52.4-61.8 387 42.8 38.2-47.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,559 830 45.8 41.7-50.0 729 54.2 50.0-58.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,768 926 30.6 27.9-33.4 1,842 69.4 66.6-72.1
Some Post-H.S. 2,315 687 24.4 21.8-27.2 1,628 75.6 72.8-78.2
College Graduate 2,601 580 19.1 17.0-21.4 2,021 80.9 78.6-83.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,088 646 53.5 48.4-58.6 442 46.5 41.4-51.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,702 630 33.2 29.6-36.9 1,072 66.8 63.1-70.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,019 281 25.6 21.7-30.1 738 74.4 69.9-78.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,227 280 21.6 18.4-25.1 947 78.4 74.9-81.6
$50,000-74,999 999 204 17.4 14.4-21.0 795 82.6 79.0-85.6
$75,000+ 1,143 178 14.1 11.3-17.3 965 85.9 82.7-88.7
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
Craven/Pamlico 448 167 33.7 28.8-39.0 281 66.3 61.0-71.2
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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