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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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 13,137 3,277 20.2 19.1-21.4 9,860 79.8 78.6-80.9
-Mecklenburg County 609 127 18.8 14.6-23.9 482 81.2 76.1-85.4
GENDER
Male 227 40 14.4 10.0-20.5 187 85.6 79.5-90.0
Female 382 87 22.6 16.2-30.7 295 77.4 69.3-83.8
RACE
White 422 85 17.4 13.2-22.6 337 82.6 77.4-86.8
Other 176 42 22.1 14.0-33.0 134 77.9 67.0-86.0
AGE
18-44 187 19 13.5 7.2-23.7 168 86.5 76.3-92.8
45+ 414 107 24.1 19.6-29.2 307 75.9 70.8-80.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 146 37 20.6 13.4-30.3 109 79.4 69.7-86.6
Some College + 460 90 18.2 13.3-24.5 370 81.8 75.5-86.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 228 75 29.9 21.0-40.6 153 70.1 59.4-79.0
$50,000+ 279 30 9.5 6.4-13.7 249 90.5 86.3-93.6

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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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