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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Disability

Because of any impairment or health problem, do you have any trouble learning, remembering, or concentrating?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,024 2,194 14.4 13.5-15.3 11,830 85.6 84.7-86.5
-Eastern NC 4,542 775 16.0 14.4-17.8 3,767 84.0 82.2-85.6
GENDER
Male 1,574 252 16.5 13.6-19.8 1,322 83.5 80.2-86.4
Female 2,968 523 15.6 14.1-17.3 2,445 84.4 82.7-85.9
RACE
White 3,089 477 15.1 13.0-17.5 2,612 84.9 82.5-87.0
African American 1,025 207 17.2 14.3-20.5 818 82.8 79.5-85.7
Other Minorities 409 89 19.0 14.1-25.0 320 81.0 75.0-85.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 198 29 13.0 7.6-21.4 169 87.0 78.6-92.4
Non-Hispanic 4,327 743 16.2 14.5-18.1 3,584 83.8 81.9-85.5
AGE
18-24 159 29 17.9 11.0-27.8 130 82.1 72.2-89.0
25-34 519 53 13.1 9.1-18.5 466 86.9 81.5-90.9
35-44 722 87 11.4 8.9-14.4 635 88.6 85.6-91.1
45-54 889 155 17.6 14.8-20.8 734 82.4 79.2-85.2
55-64 961 195 19.0 16.2-22.1 766 81.0 77.9-83.8
65-74 747 124 13.9 11.4-16.8 623 86.1 83.2-88.6
75+ 519 127 24.7 20.4-29.4 392 75.3 70.6-79.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 679 229 32.0 25.8-39.0 450 68.0 61.0-74.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,465 273 17.1 14.7-19.8 1,192 82.9 80.2-85.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,205 178 13.5 10.6-17.1 1,027 86.5 82.9-89.4
College Graduate 1,188 95 6.9 5.5- 8.8 1,093 93.1 91.2-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 511 187 32.2 26.9-38.0 324 67.8 62.0-73.1
$15,000- 24,999 793 187 24.8 19.7-30.6 606 75.2 69.4-80.3
$25,000- 34,999 566 100 16.8 13.1-21.4 466 83.2 78.6-86.9
$35,000- 49,999 639 78 12.9 9.9-16.6 561 87.1 83.4-90.1
$50,000-74,999 634 44 5.4 3.8- 7.6 590 94.6 92.4-96.2
$75,000+ 777 47 7.1 4.6-10.7 730 92.9 89.3-95.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,738 775 48.4 44.7-52.2 963 51.6 47.8-55.3
No 2,781 0 0.0 . - . 2,781 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 761 121 14.1 11.3-17.4 640 85.9 82.6-88.7
Non-Veteran 3,780 654 16.5 14.6-18.6 3,126 83.5 81.4-85.4

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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.

** 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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