BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	439	122	25.8	21.2-30.9	317	74.2	69.1-78.8
GENDER
Male	157	41	22.3	15.9-30.3	116	77.7	69.7-84.1
Female	282	81	29.0	23.1-35.8	201	71.0	64.2-76.9
RACE
White	372	102	25.1	20.3-30.7	270	74.9	69.3-79.7
Other	67	20	28.6	17.6-42.9	47	71.4	57.1-82.4
AGE
18-44	143	19	13.5	8.0-21.9	124	86.5	78.1-92.0
45+	294	103	36.3	30.3-42.9	191	63.7	57.1-69.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	143	56	33.1	24.5-42.9	87	66.9	57.1-75.5
Some College +	296	66	21.5	16.4-27.5	230	78.5	72.5-83.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	214	73	31.7	24.6-39.7	141	68.3	60.3-75.4
$50,000+	160	26	15.2	10.0-22.4	134	84.8	77.6-90.0

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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
-New Hanover County	439	122	25.8	21.2-30.9	317	74.2	69.1-78.8
GENDER
Male	157	41	22.3	15.9-30.3	116	77.7	69.7-84.1
Female	282	81	29.0	23.1-35.8	201	71.0	64.2-76.9
RACE
White	372	102	25.1	20.3-30.7	270	74.9	69.3-79.7
Other	67	20	28.6	17.6-42.9	47	71.4	57.1-82.4
AGE
18-44	143	19	13.5	8.0-21.9	124	86.5	78.1-92.0
45+	294	103	36.3	30.3-42.9	191	63.7	57.1-69.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	143	56	33.1	24.5-42.9	87	66.9	57.1-75.5
Some College +	296	66	21.5	16.4-27.5	230	78.5	72.5-83.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	214	73	31.7	24.6-39.7	141	68.3	60.3-75.4
$50,000+	160	26	15.2	10.0-22.4	134	84.8	77.6-90.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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