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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Because of any impairment or health problem, do you have any trouble learning, remembering, or concentrating?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,583 440 15.0 13.5-16.7 2,143 85.0 83.3-86.5
GENDER
Male 846 138 14.3 11.8-17.1 708 85.7 82.9-88.2
Female 1,737 302 15.6 13.7-17.7 1,435 84.4 82.3-86.3
AGE
18-24 168 15 8.9 4.9-15.7 153 91.1 84.3-95.1
25-34 449 31 6.4 4.2- 9.7 418 93.6 90.3-95.8
35-44 506 63 9.7 7.4-12.7 443 90.3 87.3-92.6
45-54 499 98 17.6 14.0-21.8 401 82.4 78.2-86.0
55-64 413 95 22.8 18.2-28.0 318 77.2 72.0-81.8
65-74 318 75 22.1 17.0-28.1 243 77.9 71.9-83.0
75+ 215 61 27.9 21.2-35.8 154 72.1 64.2-78.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 584 186 30.2 25.8-34.9 398 69.8 65.1-74.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 873 158 15.8 13.2-18.9 715 84.2 81.1-86.8
Some Post-H.S. 639 69 8.7 6.6-11.3 570 91.3 88.7-93.4
College Graduate 482 26 5.6 3.5- 8.7 456 94.4 91.3-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 519 162 31.2 26.5-36.2 357 68.8 63.8-73.5
$15,000- 24,999 586 102 16.9 13.6-20.8 484 83.1 79.2-86.4
$25,000- 34,999 330 29 7.8 5.1-11.8 301 92.2 88.2-94.9
$35,000- 49,999 292 25 8.7 5.5-13.4 267 91.3 86.6-94.5
$50,000-74,999 186 14 6.8 3.6-12.2 172 93.2 87.8-96.4
$75,000+ 143 9 5.4 2.6-10.9 134 94.6 89.1-97.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 933 440 46.7 42.7-50.6 493 53.3 49.4-57.3
No 1,638 0 0.0 . - . 1,638 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 302 37 10.2 7.0-14.7 265 89.8 85.3-93.0
Non-Veteran 2,244 401 16.0 14.3-17.9 1,843 84.0 82.1-85.7
Currently Serving 37 2 2.5 0.6-10.2 35 97.5 89.8-99.4

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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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