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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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 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
-Buncombe County 441 33 6.3 4.1- 9.6 24 3.9 2.4- 6.3 36 7.4 5.0-11.0 348 82.3 77.7-86.2
GENDER
Male 156 11 6.6 3.2-13.1 10 4.8 2.4- 9.6 17 8.5 5.0-14.1 118 80.1 72.1-86.2
Female 285 22 6.0 3.9- 9.2 14 3.0 1.7- 5.3 19 6.4 3.4-11.9 230 84.6 79.0-88.8
RACE
White 374 23 5.3 3.3- 8.3 19 3.4 2.1- 5.6 28 7.2 4.5-11.3 304 84.1 79.3-87.9
Other 67 10 10.7 4.2-24.5 5 5.9 1.9-17.2 8 8.4 3.6-18.5 44 75.0 59.6-85.9
AGE
18-44 165 8 4.8 2.1-10.7 4 1.8 0.6- 5.5 7 4.6 1.9-10.6 146 88.7 81.6-93.3
45+ 275 24 7.8 5.1-11.9 20 6.7 4.0-11.0 29 11.2 7.4-16.5 202 74.3 68.0-79.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 173 15 4.9 2.8- 8.3 12 4.8 2.3- 9.5 22 9.5 5.7-15.4 124 80.9 73.5-86.6
Some College + 265 17 7.0 3.9-12.2 12 3.4 1.7- 6.5 14 6.2 3.3-11.5 222 83.4 77.0-88.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 255 20 6.7 3.7-11.9 19 4.9 2.9- 8.1 32 10.3 6.8-15.2 184 78.1 71.6-83.5
$50,000+ 120 4 3.6 1.3- 9.6 2 1.5 0.3- 6.5 0 0.0 . - . 114 94.9 88.6-97.8

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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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