2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-Whites

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
-Whites 6,099 1,609 22.9 21.6-24.3 4,490 77.1 75.7-78.4
GENDER
Male 2,386 591 22.2 20.2-24.3 1,795 77.8 75.7-79.8
Female 3,713 1,018 23.6 21.9-25.5 2,695 76.4 74.5-78.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 142 17 12.1 6.8-20.7 125 87.9 79.3-93.2
Non-Hispanic 5,942 1,585 23.3 21.9-24.7 4,357 76.7 75.3-78.1
AGE
18-34 812 100 12.8 10.3-15.6 712 87.2 84.4-89.7
35-44 715 134 19.0 15.7-22.7 581 81.0 77.3-84.3
45-54 1,005 259 23.0 19.9-26.4 746 77.0 73.6-80.1
55-64 1,264 404 32.9 29.7-36.3 860 67.1 63.7-70.3
65-74 1,225 373 28.8 25.6-32.3 852 71.2 67.7-74.4
75+ 1,035 330 32.1 28.5-36.0 705 67.9 64.0-71.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 610 266 42.2 37.0-47.5 344 57.8 52.5-63.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,668 497 25.3 22.8-28.1 1,171 74.7 71.9-77.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,703 438 20.4 18.2-22.8 1,265 79.6 77.2-81.8
College Graduate 2,112 405 14.8 13.2-16.7 1,707 85.2 83.3-86.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 587 330 53.8 48.2-59.4 257 46.2 40.6-51.8
$15,000- 24,999 914 368 36.5 32.5-40.8 546 63.5 59.2-67.5
$75,000+ 1,348 175 12.3 10.3-14.6 1,173 87.7 85.4-89.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,803 1,605 91.5 89.7-92.9 198 8.5 7.1-10.3
No 4,282 *** *** *** 4,282 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 865 236 25.6 22.0-29.5 629 74.4 70.5-78.0
Non-Veteran 5,233 1,373 22.5 21.1-24.0 3,860 77.5 76.0-78.9
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 3,097 844 24.4 22.5-26.4 2,253 75.6 73.6-77.5
No 3,002 765 21.3 19.4-23.2 2,237 78.7 76.8-80.6

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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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