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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 487 42 7.4 5.3-10.4 38 5.8 4.1- 8.1 36 6.9 4.7- 9.9 371 79.9 75.7-83.6
GENDER
Male 163 11 6.3 3.4-11.3 12 4.5 2.5- 8.1 12 7.1 3.8-12.7 128 82.1 75.2-87.5
Female 324 31 8.4 5.7-12.4 26 6.9 4.5-10.4 24 6.7 4.3-10.4 243 77.9 72.6-82.5
RACE
White 307 17 5.2 3.1- 8.8 24 6.1 4.0- 9.1 16 4.4 2.6- 7.5 250 84.3 79.5-88.1
Other 179 25 10.1 6.4-15.5 14 5.5 3.0- 9.7 20 9.9 5.9-16.0 120 74.6 66.8-81.0
AGE
18-44 146 8 5.1 2.4-10.2 4 2.3 0.8- 6.0 2 1.3 0.3- 5.1 132 91.4 85.6-95.0
45+ 337 33 9.0 6.1-13.1 34 8.4 5.9-12.0 34 11.0 7.5-15.9 236 71.5 65.6-76.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 276 30 8.9 5.9-13.2 22 5.5 3.4- 8.6 26 8.9 5.7-13.6 198 76.8 70.7-81.9
Some College + 211 12 5.3 2.8-10.0 16 6.3 3.7-10.4 10 4.1 2.0- 7.9 173 84.4 78.3-89.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 296 35 10.1 7.0-14.6 25 6.3 4.0- 9.6 24 8.5 5.4-13.2 212 75.1 69.0-80.3
$50,000+ 115 5 4.6 1.8-11.2 5 3.8 1.6- 9.0 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6 104 90.6 83.3-94.9

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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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