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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Disability

A disability can be physical, mental, emotional, or communication related. Do you consider yourself to have a 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
-Western NC 1,581 96 5.1 4.0- 6.5 117 7.6 6.1- 9.4 155 9.7 8.0-11.7 1,213 77.6 75.0-80.0
GENDER
Male 591 39 5.6 3.9- 8.1 48 8.9 6.5-12.1 62 9.6 7.1-12.9 442 75.9 71.5-79.8
Female 990 57 4.7 3.4- 6.3 69 6.3 4.8- 8.3 93 9.8 7.7-12.4 771 79.2 76.0-82.1
RACE
White 1,403 88 5.4 4.1- 6.9 99 7.5 5.9- 9.4 137 9.7 7.9-11.8 1,079 77.5 74.7-80.0
African American 72 4 4.1 1.4-11.4 9 15.3 7.7-28.2 8 10.7 4.9-21.7 51 69.9 56.3-80.6
Other Minorities 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 23.7 2.7-77.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 76.3 22.4-97.3
AGE
18-24 87 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 4 5.1 1.8-13.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 81 93.1 84.3-97.2
25-34 205 5 1.8 0.6- 5.4 5 2.7 1.0- 7.1 5 3.4 0.9-11.8 190 92.2 84.8-96.1
35-44 290 13 4.7 2.4- 9.0 19 6.8 4.0-11.3 18 5.3 3.2- 8.9 240 83.1 77.4-87.7
45-54 296 17 4.3 2.5- 7.3 29 10.9 7.1-16.5 31 12.2 8.1-17.9 219 72.6 65.7-78.5
55-64 270 22 7.1 4.3-11.5 19 7.0 4.1-11.8 47 18.8 13.6-25.6 182 67.0 59.8-73.6
65-74 243 18 6.0 3.4-10.2 15 5.0 2.7- 9.1 31 12.8 8.4-18.8 179 76.3 69.4-82.0
75+ 184 19 10.4 5.8-18.1 26 17.4 11.3-25.9 22 9.7 5.7-16.1 117 62.4 53.2-70.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 285 26 6.7 4.0-10.9 29 8.1 5.4-12.1 59 21.5 15.8-28.5 171 63.7 56.4-70.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 468 26 4.9 3.0- 7.8 35 7.7 5.2-11.2 48 9.8 6.9-13.6 359 77.7 72.7-82.0
Some Post-H.S. 413 22 4.7 2.8- 7.7 32 8.3 5.3-12.6 28 6.6 4.3-10.0 331 80.5 75.3-84.8
College Graduate 411 22 4.8 3.0- 7.6 19 5.7 3.4- 9.2 20 4.1 2.5- 6.8 350 85.4 81.0-88.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 201 26 9.1 5.7-14.2 27 13.1 8.2-20.1 54 26.6 19.2-35.5 94 51.3 41.8-60.8
$15,000- 24,999 293 18 5.2 2.9- 9.3 26 8.6 5.2-13.8 33 13.3 8.9-19.6 216 72.9 65.8-78.9
$25,000- 34,999 219 10 4.0 1.7- 9.2 15 8.8 5.1-14.8 12 4.7 2.5- 8.5 182 82.5 75.6-87.8
$35,000- 49,999 219 10 5.2 2.7- 9.8 12 7.5 4.0-13.6 14 6.1 3.2-11.4 183 81.2 73.9-86.8
$50,000-74,999 181 4 2.7 0.9- 7.6 7 3.4 1.4- 7.6 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9 167 92.8 87.3-96.0
$75,000+ 144 6 4.2 1.9- 9.3 5 4.2 1.6-10.4 3 1.0 0.3- 3.4 130 90.6 83.9-94.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 560 96 15.2 12.0-19.1 117 22.5 18.4-27.2 155 28.8 24.2-33.8 192 33.4 28.7-38.6
No 1,018 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1,018 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 220 21 8.7 5.1-14.4 23 10.8 6.8-16.8 22 9.8 5.6-16.7 154 70.6 62.6-77.6
Non-Veteran 1,356 75 4.4 3.4- 5.8 94 7.0 5.5- 8.8 132 9.6 7.8-11.8 1,055 79.0 76.2-81.5
Currently Serving 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 20.6 2.3-74.1 4 79.4 25.9-97.7

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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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