BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina: (Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
TOTAL	14,879	3,023	18.1	17.3-18.8	11,856	81.9	81.2-82.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes	12,661	2,614	18.4	17.6-19.3	10,047	81.6	80.7-82.4
No	2,197	405	16.3	14.4-18.3	1,792	83.7	81.7-85.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight	241	55	17.0	12.4-22.8	186	83.0	77.2-87.6
Recommended Range	5,058	841	14.9	13.7-16.1	4,217	85.1	83.9-86.3
Overweight	5,128	950	16.6	15.4-17.9	4,178	83.4	82.1-84.6
Obese	3,658	1,012	25.2	23.5-27.0	2,646	74.8	73.0-76.5
Current Smoker
No	11,543	2,223	17.1	16.3-17.9	9,320	82.9	82.1-83.7
Yes	3,290	790	21.5	19.8-23.2	2,500	78.5	76.8-80.2
Binge Drinker
No	13,631	2,875	18.9	18.1-19.7	10,756	81.1	80.3-81.9
Yes	1,053	123	10.0	8.1-12.3	930	90.0	87.7-91.9
Heavy Drinker
No	14,282	2,924	18.2	17.5-19.0	11,358	81.8	81.0-82.5
Yes	466	79	13.9	10.8-17.8	387	86.1	82.2-89.2
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	3,162	1,725	51.4	49.1-53.7	1,437	48.6	46.3-50.9
No	11,666	1,280	10.0	9.4-10.7	10,386	90.0	89.3-90.6
Current Asthma
Yes	1,183	514	39.3	35.8-42.8	669	60.7	57.2-64.2
No	13,613	2,479	16.2	15.5-17.0	11,134	83.8	83.0-84.5
Diabetes
Yes	1,545	640	38.5	35.5-41.6	905	61.5	58.4-64.5
Yes, During Pregnancy	137	19	13.0	7.8-21.0	118	87.0	79.0-92.2
No	13,015	2,286	15.6	14.9-16.4	10,729	84.4	83.6-85.1
No, Bordeline Diabetes	176	77	42.7	33.6-52.2	99	57.3	47.8-66.4

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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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	14,879	3,023	18.1	17.3-18.8	11,856	81.9	81.2-82.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes	12,661	2,614	18.4	17.6-19.3	10,047	81.6	80.7-82.4
No	2,197	405	16.3	14.4-18.3	1,792	83.7	81.7-85.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight	241	55	17.0	12.4-22.8	186	83.0	77.2-87.6
Recommended Range	5,058	841	14.9	13.7-16.1	4,217	85.1	83.9-86.3
Overweight	5,128	950	16.6	15.4-17.9	4,178	83.4	82.1-84.6
Obese	3,658	1,012	25.2	23.5-27.0	2,646	74.8	73.0-76.5
Current Smoker
No	11,543	2,223	17.1	16.3-17.9	9,320	82.9	82.1-83.7
Yes	3,290	790	21.5	19.8-23.2	2,500	78.5	76.8-80.2
Binge Drinker
No	13,631	2,875	18.9	18.1-19.7	10,756	81.1	80.3-81.9
Yes	1,053	123	10.0	8.1-12.3	930	90.0	87.7-91.9
Heavy Drinker
No	14,282	2,924	18.2	17.5-19.0	11,358	81.8	81.0-82.5
Yes	466	79	13.9	10.8-17.8	387	86.1	82.2-89.2
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	3,162	1,725	51.4	49.1-53.7	1,437	48.6	46.3-50.9
No	11,666	1,280	10.0	9.4-10.7	10,386	90.0	89.3-90.6
Current Asthma
Yes	1,183	514	39.3	35.8-42.8	669	60.7	57.2-64.2
No	13,613	2,479	16.2	15.5-17.0	11,134	83.8	83.0-84.5
Diabetes
Yes	1,545	640	38.5	35.5-41.6	905	61.5	58.4-64.5
Yes, During Pregnancy	137	19	13.0	7.8-21.0	118	87.0	79.0-92.2
No	13,015	2,286	15.6	14.9-16.4	10,729	84.4	83.6-85.1
No, Bordeline Diabetes	176	77	42.7	33.6-52.2	99	57.3	47.8-66.4