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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 599 129 16.7 13.2-20.9 470 83.3 79.1-86.8
GENDER
Male 230 40 13.0 8.2-19.8 190 87.0 80.2-91.8
Female 369 89 20.5 15.9-25.9 280 79.5 74.1-84.1
RACE
White 460 100 17.7 13.6-22.7 360 82.3 77.3-86.4
Other 134 28 14.3 8.5-23.1 106 85.7 76.9-91.5
AGE
18-44 218 25 11.9 7.3-18.8 193 88.1 81.2-92.7
45+ 372 104 23.9 19.6-28.7 268 76.1 71.3-80.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 128 41 24.0 14.8-36.7 87 76.0 63.3-85.2
Some College + 471 88 14.1 10.9-18.1 383 85.9 81.9-89.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 173 54 24.7 17.0-34.5 119 75.3 65.5-83.0
$50,000+ 338 55 12.7 9.3-17.1 283 87.3 82.9-90.7

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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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