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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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 15,777 4,264 21.3 20.4-22.2 11,513 78.7 77.8-79.6
-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES 1,658 404 19.7 17.4-22.2 1,254 80.3 77.8-82.6
AGE
18-24 53 4 6.6 2.2-18.6 49 93.4 81.4-97.8
25-34 203 16 6.4 3.6-11.2 187 93.6 88.8-96.4
35-44 279 44 15.6 10.9-21.7 235 84.4 78.3-89.1
45-54 357 83 21.8 16.6-28.2 274 78.2 71.8-83.4
55-64 309 108 33.2 27.0-40.1 201 66.8 59.9-73.0
65-74 261 84 31.8 25.2-39.3 177 68.2 60.7-74.8
75+ 176 62 35.1 26.8-44.5 114 64.9 55.5-73.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 311 126 37.5 30.7-44.7 185 62.5 55.3-69.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 549 120 18.2 14.4-22.7 429 81.8 77.3-85.6
Some Post-H.S. 413 96 18.6 14.3-23.9 317 81.4 76.1-85.7
College Graduate 382 61 11.9 8.5-16.4 321 88.1 83.6-91.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 328 143 37.8 31.3-44.7 185 62.2 55.3-68.7
$15,000- 24,999 373 102 26.1 20.3-32.9 271 73.9 67.1-79.7
$25,000- 34,999 211 33 12.1 7.5-18.9 178 87.9 81.1-92.5
$35,000- 49,999 195 31 15.9 10.4-23.6 164 84.1 76.4-89.6
$50,000-74,999 165 23 10.8 6.5-17.3 142 89.2 82.7-93.5
$75,000+ 140 10 5.0 2.3-10.5 130 95.0 89.5-97.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 52 9 22.3 9.8-43.2 43 77.7 56.8-90.2
Non-Veteran 1,606 395 19.6 17.3-22.1 1,211 80.4 77.9-82.7

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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