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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Disability

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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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 342 88 22.0 16.7-28.4 254 78.0 71.6-83.3
Buncombe 351 98 21.3 16.5-27.1 253 78.7 72.9-83.5
Cabarrus 351 80 17.5 13.1-22.8 271 82.5 77.2-86.9
Catawba 403 98 21.4 16.4-27.4 305 78.6 72.6-83.6
Cumberland 375 104 22.4 17.2-28.5 271 77.6 71.5-82.8
Davidson 363 109 22.9 17.9-28.8 254 77.1 71.2-82.1
Durham 326 63 16.3 12.1-21.7 263 83.7 78.3-87.9
Forsyth 372 74 14.8 11.1-19.3 298 85.2 80.7-88.9
Gaston 386 111 25.0 19.7-31.1 275 75.0 68.9-80.3
Guilford 383 80 17.0 13.1-21.8 303 83.0 78.2-86.9
Iredell 386 107 20.7 16.5-25.5 279 79.3 74.5-83.5
Johnston 434 118 18.2 14.0-23.2 316 81.8 76.8-86.0
Mecklenburg 673 128 14.5 11.7-17.8 545 85.5 82.2-88.3
New Hanover 387 97 22.9 17.3-29.7 290 77.1 70.3-82.7
Onslow 375 98 20.2 15.8-25.5 277 79.8 74.5-84.2
Orange 346 82 14.3 11.0-18.6 264 85.7 81.4-89.0
Pitt 376 91 18.7 14.8-23.5 285 81.3 76.5-85.2
Randolph 371 100 19.3 15.0-24.5 271 80.7 75.5-85.0
Robeson 408 125 22.5 18.1-27.8 283 77.5 72.2-81.9
Rowan 447 126 23.8 19.4-28.9 321 76.2 71.1-80.6
Union 373 64 13.5 9.8-18.4 309 86.5 81.6-90.2
Wake 600 117 16.0 12.4-20.5 483 84.0 79.5-87.6
Wayne 356 99 20.2 15.7-25.5 257 79.8 74.5-84.3
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,738 1,241 20.7 19.2-22.3 3,497 79.3 77.7-80.8
Piedmont 7,029 1,665 18.2 17.0-19.5 5,364 81.8 80.5-83.0
Western NC 2,864 834 23.4 21.5-25.5 2,030 76.6 74.5-78.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,893 549 22.8 20.5-25.3 1,344 77.2 74.7-79.5
Northwest 3,067 833 22.2 20.1-24.5 2,234 77.8 75.5-79.9
Charlotte 2,015 440 17.0 15.0-19.1 1,575 83.0 80.9-85.0
Greensboro 1,647 403 19.2 16.8-21.8 1,244 80.8 78.2-83.2
Southern Regional 1,351 376 21.1 18.3-24.2 975 78.9 75.8-81.7
Coastal 755 208 24.7 20.6-29.3 547 75.3 70.7-79.4
Wake 1,569 351 16.1 13.7-18.9 1,218 83.9 81.1-86.3
Area L 401 98 20.1 16.0-25.1 303 79.9 74.9-84.0
Eastern 1,933 482 18.9 16.9-21.2 1,451 81.1 78.8-83.1

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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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