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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 419 17 4.2 2.4- 7.4 29 6.6 4.2-10.1 26 5.8 3.8- 8.6 347 83.5 78.9-87.2
GENDER
Male 125 5 4.2 1.6-10.9 11 9.6 4.8-18.1 3 1.6 0.5- 5.2 106 84.6 75.5-90.7
Female 294 12 4.2 2.1- 8.2 18 4.7 2.8- 7.7 23 8.3 5.4-12.6 241 82.8 77.4-87.1
RACE
White 361 17 5.1 2.9- 8.9 25 6.3 3.9-10.1 20 5.7 3.6- 9.0 299 82.8 77.7-86.9
Other 57 0 0.0 . - . 4 7.8 2.5-21.6 6 6.2 2.6-14.2 47 86.0 73.2-93.2
AGE
18-44 183 6 3.2 1.3- 7.5 5 4.9 1.9-12.4 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1 170 91.1 84.0-95.2
45+ 234 11 5.2 2.5-10.5 24 8.0 5.1-12.4 23 9.6 6.2-14.5 176 77.2 70.5-82.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 162 8 5.9 2.7-12.6 17 11.8 6.7-20.0 13 6.9 3.7-12.3 124 75.4 66.5-82.5
Some College + 257 9 3.2 1.4- 7.0 12 3.3 1.8- 6.2 13 5.1 2.9- 8.8 223 88.4 83.5-92.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 9 6.7 3.1-14.1 20 12.9 7.7-20.8 15 8.1 4.7-13.5 128 72.3 63.5-79.7
$50,000+ 166 6 2.5 1.1- 5.5 2 1.3 0.3- 5.7 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3 156 95.2 90.8-97.5

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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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