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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-FEMALES

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 9,415 2,032 19.5 18.6-20.5 7,383 80.5 79.5-81.4
RACE
White 7,007 1,583 20.9 19.8-22.1 5,424 79.1 77.9-80.2
African American 1,787 345 17.1 15.2-19.2 1,442 82.9 80.8-84.8
Asian 48 7 14.3 6.2-29.5 41 85.7 70.5-93.8
Native American 198 59 28.3 20.9-36.9 139 71.7 63.1-79.1
Other Minorities 320 28 6.8 4.5-10.3 292 93.2 89.7-95.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 365 36 7.6 5.2-11.0 329 92.4 89.0-94.8
-English Speaking 177 27 14.1 9.2-21.2 150 85.9 78.8-90.8
-Spanish Speaking 188 9 3.1 1.5- 6.1 179 96.9 93.9-98.5
Non-Hispanic 9,038 1,993 20.1 19.2-21.2 7,045 79.9 78.8-80.8
AGE
18-24 500 33 6.7 4.3-10.4 467 93.3 89.6-95.7
25-34 1,482 113 8.1 6.5-10.0 1,369 91.9 90.0-93.5
35-44 1,717 243 13.0 11.2-15.0 1,474 87.0 85.0-88.8
45-54 1,747 434 23.9 21.5-26.4 1,313 76.1 73.6-78.5
55-64 1,540 452 27.8 25.2-30.6 1,088 72.2 69.4-74.8
65-74 1,299 365 26.2 23.4-29.2 934 73.8 70.8-76.6
75+ 1,077 384 35.0 31.6-38.5 693 65.0 61.5-68.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,510 514 30.4 27.7-33.3 996 69.6 66.7-72.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,816 632 20.7 18.9-22.5 2,184 79.3 77.5-81.1
Some Post-H.S. 2,451 488 17.8 16.0-19.8 1,963 82.2 80.2-84.0
College Graduate 2,624 394 14.3 12.8-16.0 2,230 85.7 84.0-87.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,219 519 40.5 37.1-43.9 700 59.5 56.1-62.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,697 423 23.9 21.5-26.4 1,274 76.1 73.6-78.5
$25,000- 34,999 1,062 189 17.4 14.8-20.4 873 82.6 79.6-85.2
$35,000- 49,999 1,143 169 15.0 12.6-17.6 974 85.0 82.4-87.4
$50,000-74,999 1,005 120 10.9 8.9-13.3 885 89.1 86.7-91.1
$75,000+ 1,117 113 10.6 8.6-12.9 1,004 89.4 87.1-91.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,138 2,032 63.8 61.7-65.9 1,106 36.2 34.1-38.3
No 6,102 0 0.0 . - . 6,102 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 165 42 26.5 19.0-35.6 123 73.5 64.4-81.0
Non-Veteran 9,216 1,985 19.4 18.5-20.4 7,231 80.6 79.6-81.5
Currently Serving 34 5 20.0 7.8-42.5 29 80.0 57.5-92.2

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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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