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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 2,802 792 22.9 20.7-25.3 2,010 77.1 74.7-79.3
GENDER
Male 1,083 275 20.7 17.7-24.0 808 79.3 76.0-82.3
Female 1,719 517 25.0 22.0-28.4 1,202 75.0 71.6-78.0
RACE
White 2,575 725 23.2 20.9-25.7 1,850 76.8 74.3-79.1
African American 77 25 26.2 15.2-41.3 52 73.8 58.7-84.8
Other Minorities 138 40 16.5 10.4-25.0 98 83.5 75.0-89.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 57 7 7.5 2.9-17.8 50 92.5 82.2-97.1
Non-Hispanic 2,739 782 23.5 21.3-25.9 1,957 76.5 74.1-78.7
AGE
18-24 89 13 10.9 5.3-20.8 76 89.1 79.2-94.7
25-34 192 19 10.5 6.2-17.4 173 89.5 82.6-93.8
35-44 343 64 17.6 13.2-23.1 279 82.4 76.9-86.8
45-54 489 127 25.3 19.6-32.0 362 74.7 68.0-80.4
55-64 649 205 30.3 26.2-34.7 444 69.7 65.3-73.8
65+ 1,018 362 34.8 31.3-38.4 656 65.2 61.6-68.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 397 160 33.5 25.2-42.9 237 66.5 57.1-74.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 917 258 21.9 18.5-25.8 659 78.1 74.2-81.5
Some Post-H.S. 689 201 22.4 18.4-27.1 488 77.6 72.9-81.6
College Graduate 795 171 18.2 15.1-21.8 624 81.8 78.2-84.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 366 194 41.1 33.2-49.5 172 58.9 50.5-66.8
$15,000- 24,999 517 165 25.6 21.1-30.7 352 74.4 69.3-78.9
$25,000- 34,999 347 93 22.9 18.2-28.3 254 77.1 71.7-81.8
$35,000- 49,999 372 80 18.2 13.9-23.4 292 81.8 76.6-86.1
$50,000-74,999 358 63 17.0 12.3-23.0 295 83.0 77.0-87.7
$75,000+ 408 64 12.6 9.2-17.2 344 87.4 82.8-90.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 355 107 29.9 24.7-35.7 248 70.1 64.3-75.3
Non-Veteran 2,213 618 22.3 19.8-25.0 1,595 77.7 75.0-80.2

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
**Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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