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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 495 43 9.6 5.8-15.5 53 9.2 6.8-12.4 59 8.3 6.2-11.1 340 72.9 67.2-77.8
GENDER
Male 171 14 12.1 5.6-24.1 15 6.9 3.9-11.8 20 7.7 4.6-12.4 122 73.4 63.2-81.6
Female 324 29 7.3 4.8-10.9 38 11.4 8.0-16.0 39 9.0 6.4-12.4 218 72.3 66.7-77.3
RACE
White 232 13 9.8 3.7-23.2 22 7.3 4.5-11.6 15 4.0 2.4- 6.8 182 78.9 68.5-86.5
Other 259 30 9.6 6.2-14.7 30 10.5 7.0-15.5 43 11.8 8.4-16.5 156 68.0 61.1-74.2
AGE
18-44 135 4 7.1 1.4-28.9 9 6.2 2.9-12.8 8 3.0 1.4- 6.1 114 83.7 69.3-92.1
45+ 359 39 11.1 7.7-15.9 44 10.9 8.0-14.9 51 11.5 8.4-15.5 225 66.4 60.5-71.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 303 30 11.5 6.1-20.6 41 11.3 7.9-15.9 48 10.2 7.4-14.1 184 67.0 59.1-74.0
Some College + 190 12 6.3 3.2-12.3 12 5.8 3.1-10.6 11 5.2 2.7- 9.9 155 82.7 75.6-88.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 320 27 10.7 5.5-19.7 40 10.9 7.6-15.4 49 10.4 7.5-14.3 204 68.0 60.3-74.8
$50,000+ 91 3 3.6 1.0-12.0 3 2.6 0.8- 8.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 84 93.0 84.8-96.9

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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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