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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 353 25 6.6 4.2-10.2 26 6.5 4.1-10.2 32 8.7 5.8-12.8 270 78.2 72.8-82.8
GENDER
Male 129 10 7.9 4.1-14.8 14 9.3 5.1-16.4 14 10.2 5.6-18.0 91 72.5 63.1-80.3
Female 224 15 5.4 3.1- 9.3 12 3.9 2.1- 7.2 18 7.2 4.4-11.5 179 83.6 78.0-88.0
RACE
White 220 14 6.3 3.4-11.4 18 6.1 3.6-10.1 17 7.6 4.5-12.5 171 80.0 73.5-85.2
Other 133 11 7.1 3.7-13.3 8 7.2 3.2-15.5 15 10.4 5.5-18.8 99 75.4 65.4-83.2
AGE
18-44 133 6 4.1 1.5-10.6 2 1.9 0.5- 7.2 4 1.7 0.6- 4.6 121 92.3 85.7-96.0
45+ 218 19 8.3 5.0-13.5 24 9.7 6.0-15.3 28 13.3 8.7-19.8 147 68.7 61.0-75.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 18 8.8 5.1-14.7 17 8.8 5.0-15.1 26 12.1 7.7-18.6 136 70.3 62.1-77.3
Some College + 155 7 4.0 1.8- 8.7 9 3.8 1.9- 7.5 6 4.5 1.9-10.4 133 87.7 81.1-92.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 15 7.5 4.2-13.1 24 11.5 7.2-17.9 24 12.9 8.2-19.8 139 68.0 59.9-75.2
$50,000+ 69 2 2.3 0.5- 9.5 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2 1 2.3 0.3-14.6 65 94.3 84.7-98.0

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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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