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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

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 16,654 927 5.2 4.7- 5.6 980 4.7 4.3- 5.1 1,114 5.2 4.8- 5.6 13,633 85.0 84.3-85.6
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 412 17 4.2 2.4- 7.2 28 6.8 4.3-10.6 35 7.2 4.9-10.5 332 81.8 77.0-85.7
GENDER
Male 132 4 2.3 0.8- 6.4 6 5.4 2.1-13.4 15 9.4 5.4-15.9 107 82.9 74.5-89.0
Female 280 13 5.5 2.9-10.2 22 7.8 4.8-12.5 20 5.7 3.4- 9.5 225 81.0 74.9-85.9
RACE
White 335 11 2.8 1.5- 5.3 18 6.3 3.6-10.8 27 6.8 4.4-10.4 279 84.1 78.8-88.2
Other 75 6 10.1 4.0-23.5 10 9.3 4.6-18.1 8 9.1 4.1-18.9 51 71.4 58.4-81.7
AGE
18-44 118 3 1.5 0.4- 4.9 6 5.7 2.2-13.9 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4 105 90.8 83.1-95.2
45+ 293 14 5.9 3.2-10.6 22 7.5 4.5-12.2 31 10.5 7.1-15.4 226 76.1 69.7-81.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 206 11 4.7 2.3- 9.6 20 10.0 5.7-16.9 29 12.6 8.4-18.6 146 72.6 64.8-79.3
Some College + 206 6 3.7 1.6- 8.4 8 3.7 1.8- 7.6 6 2.0 0.8- 4.8 186 90.7 85.3-94.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 256 11 4.6 2.3- 9.0 24 8.6 5.3-13.7 31 10.8 7.2-15.8 190 76.0 69.4-81.6
$50,000+ 104 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 3 5.2 1.6-15.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 99 92.9 82.9-97.2

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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