BRFSS 2005 - Western North Carolina**: (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
-Western NC	1,953	675	30.1	27.5-32.8	1,278	69.9	67.2-72.5
GENDER
Male	692	239	29.1	25.1-33.4	453	70.9	66.6-74.9
Female	1,261	436	31.0	27.7-34.4	825	69.0	65.6-72.3
RACE
White	1,740	595	30.3	27.6-33.1	1,145	69.7	66.9-72.4
African American	93	41	30.6	20.1-43.5	52	69.4	56.5-79.9
Other Minorities	119	38	26.8	17.0-39.6	81	73.2	60.4-83.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic	76	19	20.3	10.9-34.6	57	79.7	65.4-89.1
Non-Hispanic	1,875	655	30.8	28.2-33.6	1,220	69.2	66.4-71.8
AGE
18-24	102	17	19.5	11.3-31.5	85	80.5	68.5-88.7
25-34	260	51	17.9	13.1-24.0	209	82.1	76.0-86.9
35-44	299	77	28.4	22.3-35.5	222	71.6	64.5-77.7
45-54	338	109	31.5	25.9-37.7	229	68.5	62.3-74.1
55-64	373	159	40.5	34.8-46.5	214	59.5	53.5-65.2
65-74	301	111	32.8	27.2-39.1	190	67.2	60.9-72.8
75+	273	150	51.0	44.2-57.8	123	49.0	42.2-55.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	336	179	41.7	34.5-49.3	157	58.3	50.7-65.5
H.S. or G.E.D.	586	198	28.8	24.3-33.7	388	71.2	66.3-75.7
Some Post-H.S.	475	159	29.3	24.1-35.0	316	70.7	65.0-75.9
College Graduate	547	136	23.9	19.7-28.6	411	76.1	71.4-80.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	277	167	51.9	43.6-60.1	110	48.1	39.9-56.4
$15,000- 24,999	401	164	35.2	29.3-41.6	237	64.8	58.4-70.7
$25,000- 34,999	266	92	32.7	26.3-39.8	174	67.3	60.2-73.7
$35,000- 49,999	290	61	19.6	14.7-25.6	229	80.4	74.4-85.3
$50,000-74,999	213	46	17.9	12.6-25.0	167	82.1	75.0-87.4
$75,000+	223	29	14.4	8.9-22.4	194	85.6	77.6-91.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	260	107	40.8	33.9-48.0	153	59.2	52.0-66.1
Non-Veteran	1,693	568	28.6	25.8-31.5	1,125	71.4	68.5-74.2

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*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) of the BRFSS 2004 questionnaire.

^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
-Western NC	1,953	675	30.1	27.5-32.8	1,278	69.9	67.2-72.5
GENDER
Male	692	239	29.1	25.1-33.4	453	70.9	66.6-74.9
Female	1,261	436	31.0	27.7-34.4	825	69.0	65.6-72.3
RACE
White	1,740	595	30.3	27.6-33.1	1,145	69.7	66.9-72.4
African American	93	41	30.6	20.1-43.5	52	69.4	56.5-79.9
Other Minorities	119	38	26.8	17.0-39.6	81	73.2	60.4-83.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic	76	19	20.3	10.9-34.6	57	79.7	65.4-89.1
Non-Hispanic	1,875	655	30.8	28.2-33.6	1,220	69.2	66.4-71.8
AGE
18-24	102	17	19.5	11.3-31.5	85	80.5	68.5-88.7
25-34	260	51	17.9	13.1-24.0	209	82.1	76.0-86.9
35-44	299	77	28.4	22.3-35.5	222	71.6	64.5-77.7
45-54	338	109	31.5	25.9-37.7	229	68.5	62.3-74.1
55-64	373	159	40.5	34.8-46.5	214	59.5	53.5-65.2
65-74	301	111	32.8	27.2-39.1	190	67.2	60.9-72.8
75+	273	150	51.0	44.2-57.8	123	49.0	42.2-55.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	336	179	41.7	34.5-49.3	157	58.3	50.7-65.5
H.S. or G.E.D.	586	198	28.8	24.3-33.7	388	71.2	66.3-75.7
Some Post-H.S.	475	159	29.3	24.1-35.0	316	70.7	65.0-75.9
College Graduate	547	136	23.9	19.7-28.6	411	76.1	71.4-80.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	277	167	51.9	43.6-60.1	110	48.1	39.9-56.4
$15,000- 24,999	401	164	35.2	29.3-41.6	237	64.8	58.4-70.7
$25,000- 34,999	266	92	32.7	26.3-39.8	174	67.3	60.2-73.7
$35,000- 49,999	290	61	19.6	14.7-25.6	229	80.4	74.4-85.3
$50,000-74,999	213	46	17.9	12.6-25.0	167	82.1	75.0-87.4
$75,000+	223	29	14.4	8.9-22.4	194	85.6	77.6-91.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	260	107	40.8	33.9-48.0	153	59.2	52.0-66.1
Non-Veteran	1,693	568	28.6	25.8-31.5	1,125	71.4	68.5-74.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Disability Status*