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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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
-Durham County 455 24 4.2 2.6- 6.9 16 3.2 1.4- 7.4 20 3.1 1.9- 5.0 395 89.5 85.2-92.6
GENDER
Male 153 4 2.8 0.9- 8.3 6 4.5 1.3-14.5 5 1.7 0.6- 4.5 138 91.0 82.3-95.6
Female 302 20 5.5 3.3- 9.0 10 2.1 1.0- 4.1 15 4.3 2.5- 7.5 257 88.1 83.6-91.5
RACE
White 257 17 4.9 2.9- 8.1 10 3.0 1.5- 6.1 13 3.8 2.1- 6.8 217 88.3 83.8-91.7
Other 195 7 3.7 1.5- 8.8 6 3.4 0.8-13.4 7 2.5 1.0- 5.7 175 90.4 82.5-95.0
AGE
18-44 226 8 2.7 1.2- 5.7 3 2.9 0.7-11.6 3 0.9 0.3- 3.2 212 93.5 87.0-96.9
45+ 228 16 6.8 3.6-12.7 13 3.8 2.1- 6.9 17 6.8 4.0-11.2 182 82.5 76.1-87.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 12 6.5 3.3-12.7 6 5.2 1.4-17.5 11 4.3 2.1- 8.2 113 84.0 74.2-90.6
Some College + 313 12 2.8 1.4- 5.5 10 2.0 1.0- 3.9 9 2.3 1.1- 4.8 282 92.9 89.4-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 12 4.5 2.2- 9.0 14 5.7 2.3-13.5 12 3.6 1.8- 6.9 186 86.2 78.8-91.3
$50,000+ 174 7 2.4 1.1- 5.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 5 2.4 1.0- 5.8 161 94.9 91.0-97.1

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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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