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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,879 3,023 18.1 17.3-18.8 11,856 81.9 81.2-82.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 356 85 24.3 18.6-31.2 271 75.7 68.8-81.4
GENDER
Male 132 34 29.3 19.5-41.5 98 70.7 58.5-80.5
Female 224 51 19.3 14.5-25.2 173 80.7 74.8-85.5
RACE
White 338 81 22.0 17.5-27.3 257 78.0 72.7-82.5
Other 17 4 45.7 16.0-78.8 13 54.3 21.2-84.0
AGE
18-44 128 11 9.5 4.9-17.5 117 90.5 82.5-95.1
45+ 228 74 32.9 24.7-42.1 154 67.1 57.9-75.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 194 54 29.1 20.6-39.5 140 70.9 60.5-79.4
Some College + 162 31 17.7 12.1-25.2 131 82.3 74.8-87.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 54 25.0 17.3-34.6 168 75.0 65.4-82.7
$50,000+ 62 10 17.1 8.9-30.3 52 82.9 69.7-91.1

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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 (MAHEC): 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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