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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Disability

Are you limited in any way in any activities because of physical, mental, or emotional problems?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,631 3,740 19.6 18.7-20.5 10,891 80.4 79.5-81.3
-Eastern NC 4,738 1,241 20.7 19.2-22.3 3,497 79.3 77.7-80.8
GENDER
Male 1,622 439 20.9 18.4-23.6 1,183 79.1 76.4-81.6
Female 3,116 802 20.5 18.9-22.3 2,314 79.5 77.7-81.1
RACE
White 3,197 859 21.8 19.9-23.7 2,338 78.2 76.3-80.1
African American 1,084 273 20.1 17.1-23.5 811 79.9 76.5-82.9
Other Minorities 437 106 16.2 12.4-20.9 331 83.8 79.1-87.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 214 28 10.6 6.5-16.7 186 89.4 83.3-93.5
Non-Hispanic 4,507 1,211 21.6 20.1-23.3 3,296 78.4 76.7-79.9
AGE
18-24 177 9 6.0 2.8-12.0 168 94.0 88.0-97.2
25-34 549 61 12.2 8.6-17.1 488 87.8 82.9-91.4
35-44 750 123 15.4 12.5-18.8 627 84.6 81.2-87.5
45-54 924 257 26.2 23.0-29.7 667 73.8 70.3-77.0
55-64 988 345 33.9 30.5-37.5 643 66.1 62.5-69.5
65-74 774 256 31.5 27.8-35.4 518 68.5 64.6-72.2
75+ 548 187 33.0 28.4-37.9 361 67.0 62.1-71.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 726 254 27.0 22.1-32.5 472 73.0 67.5-77.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,525 414 21.2 18.6-23.9 1,111 78.8 76.1-81.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,261 337 19.4 16.8-22.2 924 80.6 77.8-83.2
College Graduate 1,219 236 17.3 14.9-20.0 983 82.7 80.0-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 537 270 43.4 37.2-49.8 267 56.6 50.2-62.8
$15,000- 24,999 834 283 28.9 24.5-33.7 551 71.1 66.3-75.5
$25,000- 34,999 585 150 23.6 19.2-28.7 435 76.4 71.3-80.8
$35,000- 49,999 662 131 15.5 12.6-18.9 531 84.5 81.1-87.4
$50,000-74,999 650 112 13.5 10.7-16.9 538 86.5 83.1-89.3
$75,000+ 792 122 13.1 10.7-16.1 670 86.9 83.9-89.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,790 1,241 64.2 60.3-67.9 549 35.8 32.1-39.7
No 2,782 0 0.0 . - . 2,782 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 781 249 25.9 22.5-29.7 532 74.1 70.3-77.5
Non-Veteran 3,956 992 19.6 17.9-21.3 2,964 80.4 78.7-82.1

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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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