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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-FEMALES

Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,255 3,153 31.3 30.2-32.5 6,102 68.7 67.5-69.8
RACE 9,202 3,137 31.4 30.2-32.6 6,065 68.6 67.4-69.8
White 6,911 2,324 31.6 30.2-32.9 4,587 68.4 67.1-69.8
African American 1,740 645 33.4 30.8-36.1 1,095 66.6 63.9-69.2
Asian 47 10 18.3 9.0-33.8 37 81.7 66.2-91.0
Native American 194 92 41.3 32.7-50.6 102 58.7 49.4-67.3
Other Minorities 310 66 18.3 13.6-24.2 244 81.7 75.8-86.4
HISPANIC 9,245 3,148 31.3 30.2-32.5 6,097 68.7 67.5-69.8
Hispanic 354 86 21.9 17.0-27.8 268 78.1 72.2-83.0
-English Speaking 172 54 30.3 22.6-39.3 118 69.7 60.7-77.4
-Spanish Speaking 182 32 16.1 10.3-24.2 150 83.9 75.8-89.7
Non-Hispanic 8,891 3,062 31.8 30.6-33.0 5,829 68.2 67.0-69.4
AGE 9,204 3,142 31.4 30.3-32.6 6,062 68.6 67.4-69.7
18-24 485 84 17.4 13.5-22.1 401 82.6 77.9-86.5
25-34 1,457 224 15.2 13.1-17.6 1,233 84.8 82.4-86.9
35-44 1,684 383 21.8 19.5-24.3 1,301 78.2 75.7-80.5
45-54 1,712 611 34.6 31.8-37.4 1,101 65.4 62.6-68.2
55-64 1,529 642 40.8 37.8-43.9 887 59.2 56.1-62.2
65-74 1,279 586 43.8 40.5-47.2 693 56.2 52.8-59.5
75+ 1,058 612 57.1 53.4-60.7 446 42.9 39.3-46.6
EDUCATION 9,242 3,148 31.3 30.2-32.5 6,094 68.7 67.5-69.8
Less Than H.S. 1,477 857 53.5 50.3-56.7 620 46.5 43.3-49.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,754 1,001 33.9 31.8-36.1 1,753 66.1 63.9-68.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,411 724 27.9 25.7-30.2 1,687 72.1 69.8-74.3
College Graduate 2,600 566 20.6 18.8-22.5 2,034 79.4 77.5-81.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME 7,139 2,346 30.3 29.0-31.6 4,793 69.7 68.4-71.0
Less than $15,000 1,202 758 61.7 58.2-65.2 444 38.3 34.8-41.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,666 672 38.5 35.6-41.4 994 61.5 58.6-64.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,040 297 28.4 25.1-32.0 743 71.6 68.0-74.9
$35,000- 49,999 1,125 270 23.4 20.6-26.6 855 76.6 73.4-79.4
$50,000-74,999 997 186 18.0 15.3-21.0 811 82.0 79.0-84.7
$75,000+ 1,109 163 15.3 12.9-18.1 946 84.7 81.9-87.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 165 62 34.5 26.3-43.8 103 65.5 56.2-73.7
Non-Veteran 9,056 3,084 31.3 30.1-32.5 5,972 68.7 67.5-69.9
Currently Serving 34 7 24.6 11.1-46.0 27 75.4 54.0-88.9

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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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