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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 7,029 1,665 18.2 17.0-19.5 5,364 81.8 80.5-83.0
GENDER
Male 2,592 569 16.4 14.5-18.5 2,023 83.6 81.5-85.5
Female 4,437 1,096 19.9 18.4-21.5 3,341 80.1 78.5-81.6
RACE
White 5,628 1,417 20.5 19.1-22.0 4,211 79.5 78.0-80.9
African American 971 206 16.9 13.7-20.6 765 83.1 79.4-86.3
Other Minorities 408 39 6.1 4.0- 9.4 369 93.9 90.6-96.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 308 25 4.5 2.4- 8.3 283 95.5 91.7-97.6
Non-Hispanic 6,708 1,638 19.5 18.2-20.9 5,070 80.5 79.1-81.8
AGE
18-24 235 24 8.8 5.5-13.8 211 91.2 86.2-94.5
25-34 706 67 8.9 6.1-12.7 639 91.1 87.3-93.9
35-44 1,202 168 12.7 10.5-15.2 1,034 87.3 84.8-89.5
45-54 1,453 355 24.3 21.6-27.3 1,098 75.7 72.7-78.4
55-64 1,414 411 27.5 24.6-30.6 1,003 72.5 69.4-75.4
65-74 1,102 292 25.6 22.5-29.0 810 74.4 71.0-77.5
75+ 873 345 35.1 31.3-39.1 528 64.9 60.9-68.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 934 323 25.4 21.5-29.6 611 74.6 70.4-78.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,954 513 20.5 18.1-23.1 1,441 79.5 76.9-81.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,768 414 18.5 16.0-21.4 1,354 81.5 78.6-84.0
College Graduate 2,366 415 13.2 11.6-14.9 1,951 86.8 85.1-88.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 639 332 45.0 39.0-51.2 307 55.0 48.8-61.0
$15,000- 24,999 995 298 22.5 18.3-27.4 697 77.5 72.6-81.7
$25,000- 34,999 713 150 16.3 13.2-20.1 563 83.7 79.9-86.8
$35,000- 49,999 974 213 18.1 15.2-21.4 761 81.9 78.6-84.8
$50,000-74,999 1,032 167 13.1 10.8-15.8 865 86.9 84.2-89.2
$75,000+ 1,685 239 11.6 9.9-13.6 1,446 88.4 86.4-90.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,355 1,665 65.8 62.6-68.9 690 34.2 31.1-37.4
No 4,423 0 0.0 . - . 4,423 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 936 280 25.3 21.9-29.1 656 74.7 70.9-78.1
Non-Veteran 6,090 1,385 17.3 16.0-18.7 4,705 82.7 81.3-84.0

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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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