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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Disability

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%)
North Carolina 14,879 3,023 18.1 17.3-18.8 11,856 81.9 81.2-82.7
-New Hanover County 367 73 18.3 14.3-23.1 294 81.7 76.9-85.7
GENDER
Male 143 13 9.1 5.2-15.4 130 90.9 84.6-94.8
Female 224 60 26.8 20.7-34.0 164 73.2 66.0-79.3
RACE
White 302 59 18.4 14.1-23.8 243 81.6 76.2-85.9
Other 62 13 17.3 9.4-29.7 49 82.7 70.3-90.6
AGE
18-44 139 12 11.0 6.0-19.3 127 89.0 80.7-94.0
45+ 227 61 23.9 18.5-30.3 166 76.1 69.7-81.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 112 32 26.2 18.1-36.3 80 73.8 63.7-81.9
Some College + 254 40 14.3 10.2-19.6 214 85.7 80.4-89.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 173 40 22.2 16.2-29.7 133 77.8 70.3-83.8
$50,000+ 104 13 12.7 7.0-22.0 91 87.3 78.0-93.0

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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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