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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Disability

Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,186 3,669 17.8 17.1-18.5 13,517 82.2 81.5-82.9
-Mecklenburg County 878 158 15.5 12.9-18.4 720 84.5 81.6-87.1
GENDER
Male 311 54 14.9 11.0-19.9 257 85.1 80.1-89.0
Female 567 104 16.0 13.0-19.6 463 84.0 80.4-87.0
RACE
White 600 108 14.9 12.0-18.3 492 85.1 81.7-88.0
Other 274 49 16.5 11.8-22.6 225 83.5 77.4-88.2
AGE
18-44 344 28 7.4 4.8-11.4 316 92.6 88.6-95.2
45+ 525 129 24.9 20.8-29.5 396 75.1 70.5-79.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 51 17.2 12.0-24.0 180 82.8 76.0-88.0
Some College + 645 106 14.5 11.8-17.8 539 85.5 82.2-88.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 362 80 18.6 14.2-23.9 282 81.4 76.1-85.8
$50,000+ 382 42 9.6 6.7-13.4 340 90.4 86.6-93.3

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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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