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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 412 18 4.3 2.5- 7.4 23 5.1 2.8- 8.9 26 4.2 2.7- 6.5 345 86.4 81.8-89.9
GENDER
Male 149 7 4.6 2.1-10.1 5 3.2 1.0- 9.8 7 3.2 1.4- 7.1 130 88.9 81.9-93.5
Female 263 11 4.0 2.1- 7.7 18 7.2 3.7-13.4 19 5.4 3.3- 8.8 215 83.4 77.0-88.3
RACE
White 284 10 4.3 2.1- 8.4 14 2.9 1.6- 5.1 16 3.9 2.2- 6.8 244 88.9 84.3-92.3
Other 127 8 4.6 2.1- 9.9 9 10.1 4.2-22.2 10 4.9 2.4- 9.9 100 80.4 69.3-88.2
AGE
18-44 145 4 3.0 1.0- 8.6 2 2.4 0.4-11.7 2 1.2 0.2- 5.9 137 93.4 85.7-97.1
45+ 266 14 5.6 3.1-10.1 21 7.7 4.3-13.2 24 7.1 4.6-10.9 207 79.6 73.1-84.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 226 15 6.0 3.3-10.6 13 5.9 2.6-12.8 19 4.8 2.9- 8.0 179 83.3 76.2-88.6
Some College + 186 3 2.1 0.6- 7.8 10 4.0 2.1- 7.5 7 3.4 1.4- 7.8 166 90.4 84.7-94.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 14 6.6 3.5-12.0 16 5.7 2.8-11.2 19 5.7 3.3- 9.6 171 82.0 75.0-87.4
$50,000+ 123 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 1 0.9 0.1- 5.8 2 1.4 0.3- 5.5 119 97.3 92.8-99.0

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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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