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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 854 37 3.9 2.6- 6.0 38 3.6 2.5- 5.2 32 3.1 2.1- 4.6 747 89.4 86.7-91.5
GENDER
Male 303 12 3.8 1.8- 7.7 8 2.6 1.2- 5.8 11 3.3 1.7- 6.1 272 90.4 85.7-93.6
Female 551 25 4.1 2.6- 6.4 30 4.6 3.1- 6.7 21 2.9 1.8- 4.7 475 88.4 85.3-90.9
RACE
White 591 19 2.4 1.5- 4.0 25 3.5 2.2- 5.7 15 1.9 1.1- 3.3 532 92.1 89.5-94.1
Other 259 18 6.9 3.7-12.4 13 3.8 2.0- 7.0 17 5.4 3.1- 9.2 211 84.0 77.8-88.7
AGE
18-44 327 8 3.1 1.3- 7.0 7 1.6 0.7- 3.5 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 309 94.7 90.8-97.0
45+ 518 29 5.0 3.3- 7.4 31 5.9 3.9- 8.9 29 5.9 3.9- 8.8 429 83.3 79.2-86.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 219 22 7.9 4.3-14.0 13 3.7 2.0- 6.7 13 4.4 2.3- 8.0 171 84.0 77.4-89.0
Some College + 633 15 2.3 1.3- 4.1 25 3.6 2.2- 5.7 18 2.3 1.4- 3.9 575 91.8 89.1-93.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 349 18 5.0 2.6- 9.6 20 4.2 2.6- 6.8 23 5.3 3.3- 8.3 288 85.5 80.4-89.4
$50,000+ 376 9 2.3 1.1- 4.7 10 2.8 1.3- 6.0 3 1.0 0.3- 3.4 354 93.9 90.2-96.3

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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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