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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Disability

Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,601 4,806 30.2 29.3-31.1 9,795 69.8 68.9-70.7
-Gaston County 365 137 37.4 31.8-43.2 228 62.6 56.8-68.2
GENDER
Male 134 50 36.5 27.9-46.1 84 63.5 53.9-72.1
Female 231 87 38.1 31.2-45.5 144 61.9 54.5-68.8
RACE
White 303 110 35.8 29.9-42.2 193 64.2 57.8-70.1
Other 61 26 42.8 29.6-57.1 35 57.2 42.9-70.4
AGE
18-44 134 30 24.7 17.2-34.0 104 75.3 66.0-82.8
45+ 228 104 45.5 38.2-53.1 124 54.5 46.9-61.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 195 82 40.7 33.2-48.6 113 59.3 51.4-66.8
Some College + 169 54 33.4 25.6-42.3 115 66.6 57.7-74.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 98 43.9 36.5-51.6 120 56.1 48.4-63.5
$50,000+ 75 12 18.7 10.7-30.7 63 81.3 69.3-89.3

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*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) of the BRFSS 2002 questionnaire.

^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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