BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (Disability Status*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	16,779	5,412	28.0	27.1-28.9	11,367	72.0	71.1-72.9
-Gaston County	436	170	35.7	29.8-42.1	266	64.3	57.9-70.2
GENDER
Male	148	61	35.6	25.3-47.4	87	64.4	52.6-74.7
Female	288	109	35.8	29.8-42.2	179	64.2	57.8-70.2
RACE
White	381	151	35.5	29.1-42.4	230	64.5	57.6-70.9
Other	55	19	37.1	23.1-53.7	36	62.9	46.3-76.9
AGE
18-44	139	37	28.4	18.3-41.2	102	71.6	58.8-81.7
45+	294	132	41.8	35.6-48.3	162	58.2	51.7-64.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	225	100	42.2	33.4-51.6	125	57.8	48.4-66.6
Some College +	210	70	28.4	22.0-36.0	140	71.6	64.0-78.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	247	118	46.2	37.5-55.0	129	53.8	45.0-62.5
$50,000+	120	29	21.3	14.6-29.9	91	78.7	70.1-85.4

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Derived from 4 questions: 1) self-reported disability, 2) trouble learning or remembering, 3) activity limitation or 4) need for special equipment

^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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	16,779	5,412	28.0	27.1-28.9	11,367	72.0	71.1-72.9
-Gaston County	436	170	35.7	29.8-42.1	266	64.3	57.9-70.2
GENDER
Male	148	61	35.6	25.3-47.4	87	64.4	52.6-74.7
Female	288	109	35.8	29.8-42.2	179	64.2	57.8-70.2
RACE
White	381	151	35.5	29.1-42.4	230	64.5	57.6-70.9
Other	55	19	37.1	23.1-53.7	36	62.9	46.3-76.9
AGE
18-44	139	37	28.4	18.3-41.2	102	71.6	58.8-81.7
45+	294	132	41.8	35.6-48.3	162	58.2	51.7-64.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	225	100	42.2	33.4-51.6	125	57.8	48.4-66.6
Some College +	210	70	28.4	22.0-36.0	140	71.6	64.0-78.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	247	118	46.2	37.5-55.0	129	53.8	45.0-62.5
$50,000+	120	29	21.3	14.6-29.9	91	78.7	70.1-85.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Disability

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