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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 411 112 23.4 18.0-29.8 299 76.6 70.2-82.0
GENDER
Male 161 46 21.4 14.6-30.2 115 78.6 69.8-85.4
Female 250 66 25.4 17.7-35.0 184 74.6 65.0-82.3
RACE
White 349 88 20.1 14.6-26.9 261 79.9 73.1-85.4
Other 60 23 39.0 23.9-56.5 37 61.0 43.5-76.1
AGE
18-44 88 15 16.2 8.5-28.8 73 83.8 71.2-91.5
45+ 316 96 30.5 24.6-37.0 220 69.5 63.0-75.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 128 44 34.0 21.9-48.6 84 66.0 51.4-78.1
Some College + 283 68 18.3 13.6-24.2 215 81.7 75.8-86.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 70 41.4 30.1-53.6 101 58.6 46.4-69.9
$50,000+ 176 28 12.6 8.2-18.8 148 87.4 81.2-91.8

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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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