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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties

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 14,511 840 5.5 5.1- 6.0 989 6.0 5.6- 6.5 1,114 6.9 6.5- 7.5 11,568 81.5 80.7-82.3
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 415 29 5.2 3.5- 7.8 24 6.9 4.3-11.0 33 7.2 4.9-10.5 329 80.6 75.8-84.7
GENDER
Male 169 9 3.5 1.7- 7.2 9 6.8 3.3-13.6 9 5.7 2.8-11.4 142 83.9 76.4-89.4
Female 246 20 7.0 4.3-11.1 15 7.0 3.7-13.0 24 8.8 5.7-13.3 187 77.2 70.5-82.7
RACE
White 361 28 5.7 3.8- 8.6 18 6.2 3.5-10.8 27 6.7 4.3-10.2 288 81.4 76.1-85.6
Other 54 1 1.5 0.2- 9.8 6 12.2 5.3-25.4 6 11.1 4.8-23.6 41 75.3 60.6-85.8
AGE
18-44 172 8 3.7 1.7- 7.8 8 6.2 2.8-13.2 4 1.7 0.6- 5.2 152 88.3 81.3-92.9
45+ 243 21 6.5 4.0-10.3 16 7.5 4.1-13.5 29 11.8 7.9-17.4 177 74.2 67.2-80.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 22 7.6 4.8-12.0 16 7.6 4.2-13.2 21 9.4 5.8-14.9 156 75.4 68.3-81.3
Some College + 199 7 2.7 1.2- 5.9 8 6.3 2.8-13.6 12 4.9 2.6- 9.2 172 86.1 78.9-91.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 19 6.1 3.7- 9.9 18 9.6 5.6-15.9 24 10.2 6.5-15.6 171 74.0 66.9-80.1
$50,000+ 96 4 3.6 1.3- 9.9 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2 0 0.0 . - . 91 95.3 88.7-98.1

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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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