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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 427 30 8.8 4.7-16.0 24 4.4 2.8- 6.8 29 6.3 4.0- 9.6 344 80.6 74.0-85.8
GENDER
Male 158 11 10.3 3.8-24.9 9 3.7 1.8- 7.6 11 7.3 3.7-13.7 127 78.8 67.0-87.1
Female 269 19 7.3 4.1-12.6 15 5.1 2.8- 8.9 18 5.2 3.1- 8.4 217 82.5 76.5-87.2
RACE
White 283 20 6.8 4.0-11.4 12 3.0 1.6- 5.5 16 5.0 2.9- 8.6 235 85.1 79.8-89.2
Other 144 10 11.9 3.9-30.7 12 6.4 3.3-12.1 13 8.1 4.0-15.6 109 73.6 59.6-84.0
AGE
18-44 172 10 11.1 4.5-24.9 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 2 1.2 0.3- 5.7 156 86.6 73.8-93.7
45+ 252 20 6.3 3.9-10.0 20 8.3 5.1-13.2 27 12.3 7.9-18.7 185 73.1 66.2-79.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 166 15 11.4 3.9-29.0 11 4.4 2.2- 8.7 19 11.3 6.5-19.0 121 72.8 59.8-82.8
Some College + 259 15 7.0 3.9-12.5 13 4.3 2.3- 7.9 10 2.7 1.4- 5.1 221 86.0 80.2-90.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 17 6.9 3.8-12.0 16 5.6 3.3- 9.6 22 8.6 5.4-13.6 178 78.8 72.2-84.3
$50,000+ 141 6 5.2 2.0-12.8 3 1.2 0.3- 4.3 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 130 92.9 85.8-96.6

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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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