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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Disability

Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems?

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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
-Durham County 405 51 10.7 8.0-14.3 354 89.3 85.7-92.0
GENDER
Male 148 18 10.0 6.1-16.0 130 90.0 84.0-93.9
Female 257 33 11.4 7.9-16.0 224 88.6 84.0-92.1
RACE
White 232 33 13.2 9.2-18.4 199 86.8 81.6-90.8
Other 168 18 8.2 4.8-13.7 150 91.8 86.3-95.2
AGE
18-44 197 8 3.4 1.6- 7.0 189 96.6 93.0-98.4
45+ 206 43 19.7 14.4-26.3 163 80.3 73.7-85.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 112 14 9.9 5.5-17.2 98 90.1 82.8-94.5
Some College + 293 37 11.1 7.9-15.5 256 88.9 84.5-92.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 183 24 10.9 7.0-16.6 159 89.1 83.4-93.0
$50,000+ 142 17 9.8 6.0-15.7 125 90.2 84.3-94.0

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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 (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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