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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 2,068 501 23.5 20.6-26.6 1,567 76.5 73.4-79.4
GENDER
Male 774 178 21.7 17.2-27.0 596 78.3 73.0-82.8
Female 1,294 323 25.2 21.8-28.9 971 74.8 71.1-78.2
RACE
White 1,884 464 23.5 20.6-26.6 1,420 76.5 73.4-79.4
African American 72 16 31.0 13.7-55.9 56 69.0 44.1-86.3
Other Minorities 103 19 17.1 4.8-45.8 84 82.9 54.2-95.2
AGE
18-24 135 11 9.8 4.1-21.3 124 90.2 78.7-95.9
25-34 281 38 10.7 6.8-16.6 243 89.3 83.4-93.2
35-44 343 57 18.9 12.5-27.7 286 81.1 72.3-87.5
45-54 381 98 27.2 19.6-36.3 283 72.8 63.7-80.4
55-64 355 110 35.5 28.1-43.7 245 64.5 56.3-71.9
65-74 340 95 24.9 19.5-31.2 245 75.1 68.8-80.5
75+ 217 92 47.7 39.1-56.5 125 52.3 43.5-60.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 349 134 36.4 27.4-46.5 215 63.6 53.5-72.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 641 147 21.3 16.6-27.0 494 78.7 73.0-83.4
Some Post-H.S. 546 134 22.4 17.2-28.7 412 77.6 71.3-82.8
College Graduate 525 85 17.6 13.6-22.4 440 82.4 77.6-86.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 270 136 47.9 39.3-56.6 134 52.1 43.4-60.7
$15,000- 24,999 406 103 28.0 20.3-37.3 303 72.0 62.7-79.7
$25,000- 34,999 255 50 16.6 11.4-23.5 205 83.4 76.5-88.6
$35,000- 49,999 270 45 22.8 14.7-33.7 225 77.2 66.3-85.3
$50,000-74,999 204 25 11.7 6.9-19.2 179 88.3 80.8-93.1
$75,000+ 206 22 9.5 5.7-15.4 184 90.5 84.6-94.3
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 I 459 99 21.8 17.4-26.9 360 78.2 73.1-82.6
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

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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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