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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,511 840 5.5 5.1- 6.0 989 6.0 5.6- 6.5 1,114 6.9 6.5- 7.5 11,568 81.5 80.7-82.3
-Orange County 404 27 6.4 4.0- 9.8 20 4.3 2.7- 6.9 7 2.0 0.7- 5.5 350 87.3 82.9-90.7
GENDER
Male 147 11 6.8 3.3-13.5 7 4.3 2.0- 9.3 2 2.6 0.5-12.1 127 86.2 77.9-91.8
Female 257 16 6.0 3.5-10.2 13 4.3 2.4- 7.6 5 1.5 0.6- 3.6 223 88.2 83.4-91.8
RACE
White 317 17 5.0 2.8- 8.6 13 3.6 2.0- 6.6 5 2.3 0.7- 7.1 282 89.1 84.2-92.7
Other 84 9 10.2 4.6-21.2 7 6.6 3.0-13.9 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 66 81.9 70.8-89.4
AGE
18-44 193 10 5.7 2.6-11.9 4 2.0 0.6- 5.9 0 0.0 . - . 179 92.4 86.1-95.9
45+ 210 17 7.1 4.2-11.7 16 6.8 4.0-11.3 7 4.1 1.5-11.0 170 82.0 75.0-87.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 13 10.6 5.7-18.8 8 8.5 3.9-17.4 4 5.9 1.4-21.3 58 75.0 62.6-84.4
Some College + 321 14 5.1 2.7- 9.4 12 3.1 1.7- 5.5 3 0.8 0.3- 2.6 292 91.0 86.6-94.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 149 14 9.9 5.4-17.6 15 8.9 5.1-15.2 5 4.7 1.4-14.3 115 76.5 67.0-83.9
$50,000+ 170 8 3.5 1.6- 7.7 3 1.5 0.5- 5.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 158 94.4 89.7-97.0

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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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