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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Disability

Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,601 4,806 30.2 29.3-31.1 9,795 69.8 68.9-70.7
-Union County 423 126 28.1 23.4-33.3 297 71.9 66.7-76.6
GENDER
Male 126 34 27.4 19.5-37.1 92 72.6 62.9-80.5
Female 297 92 28.5 23.0-34.7 205 71.5 65.3-77.0
RACE
White 366 107 28.1 23.0-33.8 259 71.9 66.2-77.0
Other 56 19 29.1 17.9-43.7 37 70.9 56.3-82.1
AGE
18-44 184 30 18.0 12.3-25.6 154 82.0 74.4-87.7
45+ 237 94 36.3 29.5-43.8 143 63.7 56.2-70.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 166 66 39.7 31.5-48.7 100 60.3 51.3-68.5
Some College + 257 60 20.9 15.9-27.1 197 79.1 72.9-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 68 41.3 33.0-50.0 108 58.7 50.0-67.0
$50,000+ 166 26 11.9 7.8-17.7 140 88.1 82.3-92.2

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*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) of the BRFSS 2002 questionnaire.

^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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