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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 393 23 5.7 3.5- 9.0 37 8.3 5.8-11.7 42 11.8 8.5-16.0 291 74.3 69.1-78.8
GENDER
Male 151 8 6.1 2.9-12.4 16 8.6 5.1-14.1 26 16.2 10.8-23.6 101 69.1 60.6-76.5
Female 242 15 5.2 3.0- 9.0 21 8.0 5.0-12.6 16 7.3 4.4-11.8 190 79.4 73.4-84.4
RACE
White 302 12 3.9 2.0- 7.3 30 8.5 5.8-12.5 31 11.7 8.1-16.7 229 75.8 70.0-80.9
Other 89 11 11.8 5.9-22.1 7 7.6 3.4-16.3 11 12.1 6.4-21.7 60 68.5 56.4-78.5
AGE
18-44 136 5 3.9 1.5- 9.8 6 4.4 1.9- 9.8 7 5.9 2.5-13.2 118 85.9 77.6-91.4
45+ 254 18 6.8 4.0-11.5 31 10.7 7.3-15.5 35 15.4 11.0-21.2 170 67.0 60.2-73.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 198 19 8.8 5.3-14.3 19 7.7 4.7-12.4 31 14.8 10.2-20.8 129 68.7 61.2-75.3
Some College + 194 4 2.5 0.8- 7.7 18 8.9 5.4-14.4 11 8.6 4.7-15.5 161 80.0 72.3-85.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 19 8.0 4.7-13.1 21 8.8 5.5-13.8 30 14.0 9.6-19.8 155 69.3 62.0-75.7
$50,000+ 77 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 6 7.7 3.4-16.6 1 2.5 0.4-15.6 69 88.6 78.2-94.4

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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 (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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