2014 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 7,042 1,780 21.5 20.4-22.6 5,262 78.5 77.4-79.6
-African Americans 1,369 342 20.4 18.1-22.9 1,027 79.6 77.1-81.9
GENDER
Male 494 127 21.5 17.7-25.9 367 78.5 74.1-82.3
Female 875 215 19.5 16.8-22.5 660 80.5 77.5-83.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,338 337 20.6 18.3-23.2 1,001 79.4 76.8-81.7
AGE
18-34 275 26 7.6 5.0-11.5 249 92.4 88.5-95.0
35-44 196 27 13.7 9.3-19.9 169 86.3 80.1-90.7
45-54 252 65 25.3 19.4-32.2 187 74.7 67.8-80.6
55-64 298 114 37.6 31.5-44.1 184 62.4 55.9-68.5
65-74 209 62 29.2 22.5-37.0 147 70.8 63.0-77.5
75+ 125 43 31.2 22.5-41.4 82 68.8 58.6-77.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 194 64 27.7 21.1-35.4 130 72.3 64.6-78.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 453 122 22.4 18.4-27.0 331 77.6 73.0-81.6
Some Post-H.S. 384 91 17.9 14.1-22.3 293 82.1 77.7-85.9
College Graduate 336 63 14.3 10.9-18.5 273 85.7 81.5-89.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 251 108 37.8 31.0-45.0 143 62.2 55.0-69.0
$15,000- 24,999 302 77 18.8 14.6-23.7 225 81.2 76.3-85.4
$25,000- 34,999 145 25 17.5 10.7-27.5 120 82.5 72.5-89.3
$35,000- 49,999 163 30 15.6 10.3-22.9 133 84.4 77.1-89.7
$50,000- 74,999 114 19 12.1 7.3-19.4 95 87.9 80.6-92.7
$75,000+ 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 159 47 28.4 21.2-36.8 112 71.6 63.2-78.8
Non-Veteran 1,210 295 19.4 17.0-22.0 915 80.6 78.0-83.0
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 719 195 22.1 18.8-25.9 524 77.9 74.1-81.2
No 650 147 18.7 15.6-22.1 503 81.3 77.9-84.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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