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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 1,834 478 24.0 20.8-27.6 1,356 76.0 72.4-79.2
GENDER
Male 607 160 21.6 16.9-27.1 447 78.4 72.9-83.1
Female 1,227 318 25.9 21.7-30.7 909 74.1 69.3-78.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 2 10.7 1.8-43.5 14 89.3 56.5-98.2
Non-Hispanic 1,817 476 24.2 20.9-27.8 1,341 75.8 72.2-79.1
AGE
18-24 89 14 17.0 8.7-30.4 75 83.0 69.6-91.3
25-34 205 22 11.6 6.2-20.7 183 88.4 79.3-93.8
35-44 283 49 19.3 13.2-27.5 234 80.7 72.5-86.8
45-54 398 103 27.8 20.6-36.4 295 72.2 63.6-79.4
55-64 404 147 38.0 31.3-45.1 257 62.0 54.9-68.7
65+ 438 140 34.9 27.5-43.1 298 65.1 56.9-72.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 311 111 31.7 23.3-41.5 200 68.3 58.5-76.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 654 172 25.8 20.1-32.4 482 74.2 67.6-79.9
Some Post-H.S. 453 116 24.8 18.4-32.6 337 75.2 67.4-81.6
College Graduate 412 78 15.2 11.1-20.3 334 84.8 79.7-88.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 356 146 36.8 28.4-45.9 210 63.2 54.1-71.6
$15,000- 24,999 388 120 32.2 24.8-40.7 268 67.8 59.3-75.2
$25,000- 34,999 202 39 20.0 10.5-34.7 163 80.0 65.3-89.5
$35,000-49,999 215 42 14.8 9.6-22.2 173 85.2 77.8-90.4
$50,000- 74,999 205 29 19.6 11.9-30.5 176 80.4 69.5-88.1
$75,000+ 194 27 9.9 6.0-16.0 167 90.1 84.0-94.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 224 75 38.8 29.0-49.5 149 61.2 50.5-71.0
Non-Veteran 1,458 363 22.4 18.9-26.4 1,095 77.6 73.6-81.1

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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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