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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,826 2,176 28.2 26.6-29.9 4,650 71.8 70.1-73.4
GENDER
Male 2,530 770 26.7 24.1-29.5 1,760 73.3 70.5-75.9
Female 4,296 1,406 29.6 27.7-31.7 2,890 70.4 68.3-72.3
AGE
18-24 362 58 14.9 9.9-21.7 304 85.1 78.3-90.1
25-34 935 160 16.0 12.4-20.5 775 84.0 79.5-87.6
35-44 1,254 272 19.7 16.8-23.0 982 80.3 77.0-83.2
45-54 1,317 419 32.6 28.7-36.8 898 67.4 63.2-71.3
55-64 1,160 425 37.4 33.3-41.6 735 62.6 58.4-66.7
65-74 1,007 410 36.4 32.3-40.8 597 63.6 59.2-67.7
75+ 753 422 55.7 50.5-60.9 331 44.3 39.1-49.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 897 502 54.2 48.9-59.4 395 45.8 40.6-51.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,977 640 31.0 27.8-34.4 1,337 69.0 65.6-72.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,774 533 23.4 20.6-26.4 1,241 76.6 73.6-79.4
College Graduate 2,163 494 19.6 17.3-22.1 1,669 80.4 77.9-82.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 639 390 59.0 52.7-65.1 249 41.0 34.9-47.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,087 440 38.0 33.4-42.9 647 62.0 57.1-66.6
$25,000- 34,999 738 209 25.6 21.0-30.8 529 74.4 69.2-79.0
$35,000- 49,999 983 223 21.1 17.7-25.0 760 78.9 75.0-82.3
$50,000-74,999 837 178 18.3 14.9-22.2 659 81.7 77.8-85.1
$75,000+ 1,017 157 14.2 11.3-17.8 860 85.8 82.2-88.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 395 144 32.5 27.6-37.9 251 67.5 62.1-72.4
Guilford 311 86 27.3 21.8-33.5 225 72.7 66.5-78.2
Mecklenburg 289 81 24.5 19.2-30.7 208 75.5 69.3-80.8
Orange 370 91 20.3 14.4-27.8 279 79.7 72.2-85.6
Wake 321 72 20.7 16.1-26.1 249 79.3 73.9-83.9
Chatham/Lee 287 78 22.6 17.7-28.4 209 77.4 71.6-82.3
Nash/Wilson 232 84 31.2 24.9-38.2 148 68.8 61.8-75.1
Craven/Pamlico 347 120 31.7 26.4-37.6 227 68.3 62.4-73.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 397 135 32.6 26.7-39.1 262 67.4 60.9-73.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 428 133 26.7 21.9-32.1 295 73.3 67.9-78.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 286 110 36.0 28.7-43.9 176 64.0 56.1-71.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 366 125 29.3 24.3-34.9 241 70.7 65.1-75.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 198 69 33.3 26.2-41.3 129 66.7 58.7-73.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 255 97 34.4 28.1-41.3 158 65.6 58.7-71.9
Northeast NC I 203 69 34.5 27.2-42.6 134 65.5 57.4-72.8
Northeast NC II 344 118 31.4 26.0-37.2 226 68.6 62.8-74.0
Northeastern Partnership 547 187 32.2 27.7-36.9 360 67.8 63.1-72.3
Mountain AHEC 1,151 422 35.6 31.1-40.4 729 64.4 59.6-68.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,030 683 30.6 27.4-34.0 1,347 69.4 66.0-72.6
Piedmont 2,928 828 25.1 23.0-27.4 2,100 74.9 72.6-77.0
Western NC 1,868 665 34.6 31.0-38.3 1,203 65.4 61.7-69.0

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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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