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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,864 834 23.4 21.5-25.5 2,030 76.6 74.5-78.5
GENDER
Male 1,064 285 20.9 18.1-24.2 779 79.1 75.8-81.9
Female 1,800 549 25.8 23.4-28.4 1,251 74.2 71.6-76.6
RACE
White 2,646 801 25.0 22.9-27.1 1,845 75.0 72.9-77.1
African American 91 17 11.6 6.6-19.8 74 88.4 80.2-93.4
Other Minorities 117 16 8.0 3.4-17.6 101 92.0 82.4-96.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 67 7 9.2 3.2-23.6 60 90.8 76.4-96.8
Non-Hispanic 2,791 824 24.1 22.1-26.1 1,967 75.9 73.9-77.9
AGE
18-24 77 6 8.7 3.0-22.9 71 91.3 77.1-97.0
25-34 236 27 11.1 6.9-17.4 209 88.9 82.6-93.1
35-44 373 76 19.8 15.5-25.0 297 80.2 75.0-84.5
45-54 521 145 25.5 21.4-30.2 376 74.5 69.8-78.6
55-64 641 222 32.0 28.1-36.2 419 68.0 63.8-71.9
65-74 571 193 33.8 29.5-38.3 378 66.2 61.7-70.5
75+ 434 164 37.1 32.0-42.4 270 62.9 57.6-68.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 452 175 32.0 26.6-37.9 277 68.0 62.1-73.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 898 265 24.2 20.6-28.3 633 75.8 71.7-79.4
Some Post-H.S. 744 213 22.9 19.4-26.9 531 77.1 73.1-80.6
College Graduate 764 180 18.2 15.4-21.5 584 81.8 78.5-84.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 347 186 52.6 45.4-59.7 161 47.4 40.3-54.6
$15,000- 24,999 556 202 30.4 25.6-35.7 354 69.6 64.3-74.4
$25,000- 34,999 313 72 15.7 11.5-21.0 241 84.3 79.0-88.5
$35,000- 49,999 447 106 18.3 14.6-22.7 341 81.7 77.3-85.4
$50,000-74,999 393 76 15.3 11.8-19.5 317 84.7 80.5-88.2
$75,000+ 431 71 14.9 11.2-19.6 360 85.1 80.4-88.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,111 834 72.9 69.0-76.6 277 27.1 23.4-31.0
No 1,646 0 0.0 . - . 1,646 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 438 148 29.6 24.9-34.9 290 70.4 65.1-75.1
Non-Veteran 2,426 686 22.5 20.4-24.7 1,740 77.5 75.3-79.6

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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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