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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-WHITE MALES

Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,566 527 18.1 16.0-20.5 2,039 81.9 79.5-84.0
AGE
18-24 134 10 8.9 3.4-21.6 124 91.1 78.4-96.6
25-34 358 38 9.1 5.9-13.9 320 90.9 86.1-94.1
35-44 508 62 10.5 7.4-14.7 446 89.5 85.3-92.6
45-54 486 118 24.3 18.6-30.9 368 75.7 69.1-81.4
55-64 453 125 28.8 23.1-35.2 328 71.2 64.8-76.9
65-74 387 95 23.6 18.0-30.3 292 76.4 69.7-82.0
75+ 229 78 36.1 27.9-45.2 151 63.9 54.8-72.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 334 118 31.5 24.3-39.8 216 68.5 60.2-75.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 722 154 20.0 15.6-25.2 568 80.0 74.8-84.4
Some Post-H.S. 635 139 18.0 14.0-22.8 496 82.0 77.2-86.0
College Graduate 869 111 11.2 8.4-14.7 758 88.8 85.3-91.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 184 96 44.2 33.2-55.8 88 55.8 44.2-66.8
$15,000- 24,999 362 108 30.4 23.2-38.7 254 69.6 61.3-76.8
$25,000- 34,999 271 50 16.2 10.9-23.4 221 83.8 76.6-89.1
$35,000- 49,999 419 60 10.8 7.6-15.2 359 89.2 84.8-92.4
$50,000-74,999 359 54 11.0 7.6-15.8 305 89.0 84.2-92.4
$75,000+ 446 41 10.3 6.6-15.9 405 89.7 84.1-93.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 157 42 20.9 15.1-28.3 115 79.1 71.7-84.9
Guilford 112 18 18.1 11.1-28.1 94 81.9 71.9-88.9
Mecklenburg 110 19 15.1 9.1-24.1 91 84.9 75.9-90.9
Orange 134 18 9.4 5.8-15.1 116 90.6 84.9-94.2
Wake 128 17 12.9 7.7-20.7 111 87.1 79.3-92.3
Chatham/Lee 116 15 8.4 4.7-14.5 101 91.6 85.5-95.3
Nash/Wilson 84 17 18.0 10.7-28.6 67 82.0 71.4-89.3
Craven/Pamlico 130 29 20.3 13.7-29.0 101 79.7 71.0-86.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 148 28 23.2 13.8-36.3 120 76.8 63.7-86.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 160 35 19.1 13.0-27.1 125 80.9 72.9-87.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 105 26 21.6 13.7-32.4 79 78.4 67.6-86.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 137 33 19.4 13.2-27.4 104 80.6 72.6-86.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 21 25.8 16.1-38.6 61 74.2 61.4-83.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 84 25 26.7 17.8-37.8 59 73.3 62.2-82.2
Northeast NC I 72 19 31.1 19.6-45.5 53 68.9 54.5-80.4
Northeast NC II 127 31 18.8 12.8-26.7 96 81.2 73.3-87.2
Northeastern Partnership 199 50 21.7 16.1-28.7 149 78.3 71.3-83.9
Mountain AHEC 429 105 19.8 15.2-25.3 324 80.2 74.7-84.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 739 176 21.0 16.7-26.0 563 79.0 74.0-83.3
Piedmont 1,132 186 16.0 13.1-19.3 946 84.0 80.7-86.9
Western NC 695 165 21.0 16.6-26.1 530 79.0 73.9-83.4

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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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