2011 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 10,989 3,117 23.1 21.9-24.3 7,872 76.9 75.7-78.1
-Eastern NC 2,989 889 23.9 21.6-26.4 2,100 76.1 73.6-78.4
GENDER
Male 1,046 292 21.3 18.0-25.1 754 78.7 74.9-82.0
Female 1,943 597 26.3 23.2-29.6 1,346 73.7 70.4-76.8
RACE
White 2,012 632 26.8 23.8-30.0 1,380 73.2 70.0-76.2
African American 645 166 17.6 13.7-22.4 479 82.4 77.6-86.3
Other minorities 314 89 21.5 14.8-30.2 225 78.5 69.8-85.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 158 29 12.8 7.1-22.1 129 87.2 77.9-92.9
Non-Hispanic 2,823 857 24.6 22.2-27.2 1,966 75.4 72.8-77.8
AGE
18-34 450 75 14.3 10.3-19.6 375 85.7 80.4-89.7
35-54 898 217 21.1 17.6-25.1 681 78.9 74.9-82.4
55-64 655 247 36.5 31.0-42.5 408 63.5 57.5-69.0
65-74 522 195 40.2 33.8-46.8 327 59.8 53.2-66.2
75+ 429 145 29.4 23.3-36.4 284 70.6 63.6-76.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 411 143 29.3 22.9-36.7 268 70.7 63.3-77.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 920 283 22.7 18.8-27.1 637 77.3 72.9-81.2
Some Post-H.S. 812 263 26.3 22.1-31.0 549 73.7 69.0-77.9
College Graduate 841 198 15.8 13.0-19.1 643 84.2 80.9-87.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 400 191 37.8 30.8-45.4 209 62.2 54.6-69.2
$15,000- 24,999 495 184 26.1 20.8-32.3 311 73.9 67.7-79.2
$25,000- 34,999 289 78 23.6 16.8-32.2 211 76.4 67.8-83.2
$35,000- 49,999 415 98 21.9 16.6-28.2 317 78.1 71.8-83.4
$50,000+ 862 180 16.1 12.8-20.0 682 83.9 80.0-87.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 485 159 30.4 24.6-36.9 326 69.6 63.1-75.4
Non-Veteran 2,503 730 22.6 20.2-25.3 1,773 77.4 74.7-79.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

**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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