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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 448 27 7.4 4.7-11.6 37 7.7 5.4-10.8 39 7.3 5.1-10.3 345 77.7 72.7-81.9
GENDER
Male 158 16 12.4 7.2-20.6 13 6.8 3.8-11.8 13 7.8 4.4-13.7 116 73.0 64.3-80.2
Female 290 11 3.0 1.5- 5.6 24 8.4 5.4-12.9 26 6.8 4.5-10.1 229 81.8 76.6-86.1
RACE
White 296 17 6.3 3.7-10.5 27 8.4 5.5-12.4 20 5.6 3.3- 9.2 232 79.7 74.1-84.4
Other 149 9 8.4 3.6-18.6 10 6.5 3.3-12.4 18 10.1 6.0-16.4 112 74.9 65.3-82.5
AGE
18-44 192 10 7.9 3.8-15.8 10 5.0 2.6- 9.5 8 2.7 1.3- 5.5 164 84.4 76.7-89.8
45+ 256 17 6.9 4.0-11.8 27 10.1 6.7-15.0 31 11.5 7.7-16.8 181 71.5 64.7-77.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 262 18 8.4 4.8-14.5 22 7.4 4.7-11.4 30 9.2 6.1-13.7 192 75.0 68.3-80.7
Some College + 185 9 5.8 2.7-11.8 15 8.2 4.7-14.0 9 4.0 1.9- 8.3 152 82.1 74.8-87.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 272 17 7.2 4.1-12.1 32 11.1 7.7-15.9 28 8.9 5.8-13.5 195 72.7 66.3-78.4
$50,000+ 86 4 6.2 2.2-16.2 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 2 1.9 0.4- 9.3 79 90.6 80.6-95.7

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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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