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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,212 539 4.9 4.3- 5.5 604 5.5 4.8- 6.2 619 5.5 4.9- 6.2 7,450 84.2 83.0-85.2
-Piedmont NC 3,960 208 4.2 3.5- 5.1 218 4.5 3.7- 5.5 211 4.4 3.7- 5.3 3,323 86.9 85.4-88.2
GENDER
Male 1,493 78 4.4 3.2- 5.9 67 3.6 2.5- 5.2 88 4.7 3.5- 6.2 1,260 87.3 84.9-89.3
Female 2,467 130 4.0 3.2- 5.0 151 5.4 4.3- 6.8 123 4.2 3.3- 5.3 2,063 86.4 84.6-88.1
RACE
White 2,915 138 3.9 3.0- 4.9 158 4.8 3.8- 6.1 142 4.3 3.4- 5.5 2,477 87.0 85.2-88.6
African American 788 59 5.8 4.1- 8.1 45 4.4 3.0- 6.4 61 6.1 4.3- 8.5 623 83.8 80.3-86.7
Other Minorities 201 11 4.6 2.2- 9.1 12 2.9 1.2- 7.2 7 2.4 0.9- 6.2 171 90.1 84.2-93.9
AGE
18-24 238 5 1.4 0.5- 4.1 7 3.7 1.3- 9.6 0 0.0 . - . 226 95.0 89.3-97.7
25-34 628 19 2.0 1.0- 3.6 19 2.9 1.6- 5.3 7 1.5 0.6- 3.6 583 93.7 90.7-95.8
35-44 828 31 3.2 2.0- 5.0 24 2.1 1.3- 3.6 31 2.6 1.6- 4.3 742 92.0 89.5-94.0
45-54 807 38 5.9 3.8- 9.1 63 6.8 4.7- 9.6 65 7.6 5.3-10.6 641 79.8 75.4-83.5
55-64 602 38 5.8 3.8- 8.8 43 5.9 3.9- 8.8 48 7.7 5.2-11.1 473 80.7 76.1-84.5
65-74 456 40 6.5 4.2-10.0 30 5.6 3.5- 9.1 28 7.3 4.6-11.3 358 80.6 75.3-84.9
75+ 371 36 8.2 5.4-12.4 31 8.8 5.7-13.4 32 9.4 5.9-14.8 272 73.5 67.1-79.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 562 51 6.2 4.3- 8.9 48 7.3 5.0-10.6 63 9.1 6.3-12.9 400 77.4 72.4-81.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,046 68 4.6 3.3- 6.4 60 5.5 3.8- 7.8 77 5.7 4.2- 7.6 841 84.2 81.0-86.9
Some Post-H.S. 944 42 3.6 2.4- 5.5 52 3.8 2.3- 6.2 41 4.0 2.6- 5.9 809 88.6 85.5-91.1
College Graduate 1,393 47 3.3 2.2- 5.0 57 2.8 2.0- 4.1 29 1.2 0.7- 2.1 1,260 92.6 90.6-94.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 354 33 8.0 5.0-12.5 49 10.9 7.6-15.4 56 14.7 10.2-20.7 216 66.5 59.1-73.1
$15,000- 24,999 656 56 7.1 4.9-10.2 42 6.3 3.9-10.2 53 6.2 4.3- 9.0 505 80.3 75.6-84.3
$25,000- 34,999 395 21 3.6 2.1- 6.1 21 4.6 2.4- 8.7 11 2.1 0.8- 5.6 342 89.7 84.9-93.1
$35,000- 49,999 539 19 3.5 2.0- 6.2 24 3.6 2.1- 6.0 10 1.3 0.6- 2.8 486 91.6 88.3-94.1
$50,000-74,999 466 16 3.5 1.7- 7.2 14 2.8 1.4- 5.4 11 2.1 1.0- 4.3 425 91.6 87.5-94.4
$75,000+ 651 13 1.1 0.5- 2.4 13 0.6 0.3- 1.1 8 1.6 0.7- 3.3 617 96.8 94.9-98.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 440 24 5.7 3.6- 8.7 38 7.9 5.6-11.1 20 3.8 2.4- 5.9 358 82.7 78.5-86.2
Guilford 440 16 2.9 1.7- 4.9 19 4.0 2.4- 6.6 21 4.9 2.9- 8.2 384 88.3 84.3-91.3
Mecklenburg 441 29 4.9 3.3- 7.3 19 3.4 2.0- 5.7 24 4.5 2.9- 7.0 369 87.2 83.6-90.2
Orange 446 20 3.6 2.2- 5.9 24 3.6 2.3- 5.7 13 1.9 1.0- 3.3 389 90.9 87.8-93.3
Wake 444 19 4.5 2.7- 7.4 17 2.6 1.5- 4.3 8 1.1 0.5- 2.3 400 91.8 88.6-94.2
Chatham/Lee 390 18 3.4 2.0- 5.7 23 6.1 3.8- 9.7 20 3.6 2.2- 5.8 329 87.0 82.7-90.3
Nash/Wilson 364 24 5.8 3.5- 9.5 29 6.8 4.6- 9.9 23 6.4 4.1- 9.8 288 81.1 76.1-85.2
Craven/Pamlico 446 36 6.3 4.4- 8.9 35 7.4 5.1-10.5 29 5.6 3.8- 8.2 346 80.7 76.5-84.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 424 33 6.5 4.4- 9.4 36 7.1 4.9-10.1 34 10.4 6.1-17.2 321 76.0 69.8-81.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 448 24 4.4 2.7- 7.1 23 4.2 2.7- 6.5 32 5.0 3.4- 7.3 369 86.3 82.5-89.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 467 33 6.4 4.0-10.0 30 3.9 2.6- 5.9 38 5.3 3.7- 7.7 366 84.4 79.9-88.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 420 12 2.1 1.1- 4.0 42 7.8 5.5-11.1 25 4.4 2.8- 6.7 341 85.7 81.4-89.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 460 28 6.2 4.1- 9.2 31 5.1 3.4- 7.5 48 9.7 7.1-13.0 353 79.1 74.7-82.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 405 31 6.6 4.3- 9.8 25 5.2 3.2- 8.1 45 8.8 6.3-12.0 304 79.5 74.8-83.6
Northeast NC I 446 36 6.4 4.4- 9.1 34 7.4 5.1-10.7 35 9.3 6.3-13.5 341 77.0 71.8-81.4
Northeast NC II 500 36 5.8 3.9- 8.5 32 5.1 3.5- 7.5 42 9.4 6.6-13.1 390 79.7 75.2-83.5
Northeastern Partnership 946 72 6.0 4.5- 7.9 66 5.9 4.5- 7.7 77 9.4 7.2-12.1 731 78.7 75.4-81.7
Mountain AHEC 1,277 55 4.2 3.0- 5.8 119 9.2 7.2-11.8 92 7.3 5.5- 9.5 1,011 79.3 75.9-82.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,217 231 6.5 5.2- 8.0 217 6.1 4.9- 7.7 252 6.3 5.3- 7.6 2,517 81.1 78.8-83.2
Piedmont 3,960 208 4.2 3.5- 5.1 218 4.5 3.7- 5.5 211 4.4 3.7- 5.3 3,323 86.9 85.4-88.2
Western NC 2,035 100 4.3 3.2- 5.6 169 8.0 6.3-10.1 156 7.9 6.2-10.2 1,610 79.8 76.8-82.4

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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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