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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Northeast NC I (Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Herford, Northampton, Warren)

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,398 1,979 17.9 16.8-19.1 7,419 82.1 80.9-83.2
-Northeast NC I 459 99 21.8 17.4-26.9 360 78.2 73.1-82.6
GENDER
Male 143 30 20.3 13.4-29.6 113 79.7 70.4-86.6
Female 316 69 22.8 17.8-28.9 247 77.2 71.1-82.2
RACE
White 209 47 25.2 18.6-33.1 162 74.8 66.9-81.4
Other 249 52 19.3 13.9-26.1 197 80.7 73.9-86.1
AGE
18-44 175 22 12.4 7.5-19.7 153 87.6 80.3-92.5
45+ 284 77 29.9 23.8-36.7 207 70.1 63.3-76.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 269 71 26.6 20.3-34.1 198 73.4 65.9-79.7
Some College + 189 27 14.1 9.3-21.0 162 85.9 79.0-90.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 306 67 23.1 17.8-29.3 239 76.9 70.7-82.2
$50,000+ 68 10 16.9 8.8-30.0 58 83.1 70.0-91.2
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 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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