2013 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 8,766 2,236 21.2 20.1-22.3 6,530 78.8 77.7-79.9
-African Americans 1,683 426 21.1 18.7-23.9 1,257 78.9 76.1-81.3
GENDER
Male 588 152 21.1 17.5-25.3 436 78.9 74.7-82.5
Female 1,095 274 21.2 17.9-24.9 821 78.8 75.1-82.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,660 422 21.2 18.6-23.9 1,238 78.8 76.1-81.4
AGE
18-34 303 27 7.9 4.8-12.7 276 92.1 87.3-95.2
35-44 234 42 21.1 14.9-28.9 192 78.9 71.1-85.1
45-54 312 93 26.1 20.5-32.6 219 73.9 67.4-79.5
55-64 374 145 36.7 30.5-43.4 229 63.3 56.6-69.5
65-74 273 70 26.3 19.4-34.6 203 73.7 65.4-80.6
75+ 167 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 262 79 29.3 22.1-37.8 183 70.7 62.2-77.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 542 142 21.1 17.1-25.6 400 78.9 74.4-82.9
Some Post-H.S. 485 139 21.4 17.2-26.4 346 78.6 73.6-82.8
College Graduate 393 66 11.5 8.5-15.2 327 88.5 84.8-91.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 336 137 34.0 27.2-41.5 199 66.0 58.5-72.8
$15,000- 24,999 384 99 19.3 15.0-24.4 285 80.7 75.6-85.0
$75,000+ 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 507 425 87.5 83.2-90.8 82 12.5 9.2-16.8
No 1,167 *** *** *** 1,167 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 198 68 29.8 22.8-37.9 130 70.2 62.1-77.2
Non-Veteran 1,485 358 19.9 17.3-22.8 1,127 80.1 77.2-82.7
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 809 225 23.5 19.9-27.6 584 76.5 72.4-80.1
No 874 201 18.9 15.7-22.7 673 81.1 77.3-84.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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