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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 2,655 513 16.6 15.1-18.3 2,142 83.4 81.7-84.9
GENDER
Male 868 168 16.0 13.5-18.8 700 84.0 81.2-86.5
Female 1,787 345 17.1 15.2-19.2 1,442 82.9 80.8-84.8
AGE
18-24 174 16 5.6 3.1- 9.9 158 94.4 90.1-96.9
25-34 458 25 4.2 2.7- 6.4 433 95.8 93.6-97.3
35-44 520 75 12.6 9.7-16.2 445 87.4 83.8-90.3
45-54 519 118 20.9 17.1-25.2 401 79.1 74.8-82.9
55-64 424 125 28.7 23.7-34.2 299 71.3 65.8-76.3
65-74 326 79 20.8 16.3-26.2 247 79.2 73.8-83.7
75+ 218 74 32.7 25.6-40.6 144 67.3 59.4-74.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 597 191 28.9 24.7-33.5 406 71.1 66.5-75.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 910 169 15.7 13.2-18.5 741 84.3 81.5-86.8
Some Post-H.S. 651 97 13.1 10.4-16.5 554 86.9 83.5-89.6
College Graduate 491 53 9.2 6.8-12.5 438 90.8 87.5-93.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 529 183 30.5 26.1-35.3 346 69.5 64.7-73.9
$15,000- 24,999 606 133 20.3 16.8-24.5 473 79.7 75.5-83.2
$25,000- 34,999 341 33 8.9 6.0-13.1 308 91.1 86.9-94.0
$35,000- 49,999 300 27 9.2 6.0-13.9 273 90.8 86.1-94.0
$50,000-74,999 189 16 7.9 4.5-13.4 173 92.1 86.6-95.5
$75,000+ 143 11 6.7 3.5-12.4 132 93.3 87.6-96.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 948 513 52.2 48.3-56.1 435 47.8 43.9-51.7
No 1,638 0 0.0 . - . 1,638 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 306 68 19.1 14.7-24.5 238 80.9 75.5-85.3
Non-Veteran 2,311 444 16.5 14.8-18.3 1,867 83.5 81.7-85.2
Currently Serving 38 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 37 99.0 93.1-99.9

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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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