2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Disability

Has your disability lasted or is it expected to last 12 months or longer?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,677 1,611 95.8 94.2-97.0 66 4.2 3.0- 5.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Buncombe 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Cumberland 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Durham 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Forsyth 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Gaston 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Guilford 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Mecklenburg 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
New Hanover 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Union 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 572 548 95.3 91.8-97.4 24 4.7 2.6- 8.2
Piedmont 901 866 95.7 93.3-97.3 35 4.3 2.7- 6.7
Western NC 204 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 147 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Northwest 294 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Charlotte 271 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Greensboro 199 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southern Regional 297 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southeast 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 187 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Area L & Eastern 192 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Asked only of those who considered themselves to have a disabilty.

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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