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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Do you now have any health problem that requires you to use special equipment, such as a cane, a wheelchair, a special bed, or a special telephone?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,001 99 8.1 6.2-10.7 902 91.9 89.3-93.8
GENDER
Male 362 34 8.3 5.2-12.8 328 91.7 87.2-94.8
Female 639 65 8.0 5.7-11.2 574 92.0 88.8-94.3
AGE
18-24 83 0 0.0 . - . 83 100 . - .
25-34 185 6 4.6 1.7-11.4 179 95.4 88.6-98.3
35-44 228 13 3.8 1.9- 7.3 215 96.2 92.7-98.1
45-54 211 16 7.7 3.8-14.8 195 92.3 85.2-96.2
55-64 122 16 12.7 6.6-23.1 106 87.3 76.9-93.4
65-74 93 19 19.4 10.2-34.0 74 80.6 66.0-89.8
75+ 64 25 37.6 23.4-54.3 39 62.4 45.7-76.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 190 40 18.1 11.4-27.6 150 81.9 72.4-88.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 336 20 5.2 2.9- 9.0 316 94.8 91.0-97.1
Some Post-H.S. 271 23 7.0 4.0-11.9 248 93.0 88.1-96.0
College Graduate 197 14 4.3 2.3- 7.9 183 95.7 92.1-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 143 32 25.2 15.9-37.5 111 74.8 62.5-84.1
$15,000- 24,999 226 18 5.3 2.7-10.0 208 94.7 90.0-97.3
$25,000- 34,999 152 5 1.7 0.6- 4.6 147 98.3 95.4-99.4
$35,000- 49,999 122 7 2.2 0.9- 5.1 115 97.8 94.9-99.1
$50,000-74,999 62 1 2.0 0.3-13.0 61 98.0 87.0-99.7
$75,000+ 57 2 3.4 0.5-18.1 55 96.6 81.9-99.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 6 22.6 9.5-45.0 18 77.4 55.0-90.5
Forsyth 92 8 5.6 2.7-11.5 84 94.4 88.5-97.3
Guilford 112 12 8.8 4.7-16.0 100 91.2 84.0-95.3
Henderson/Transylvania 13 1 1.9 0.2-14.7 12 98.1 85.3-99.8
Mecklenburg 129 13 8.7 4.8-15.3 116 91.3 84.7-95.2
Orange 40 4 4.7 1.6-13.0 36 95.3 87.0-98.4
Pitt 105 10 5.5 2.8-10.6 95 94.5 89.4-97.2
Randolph 17 1 3.9 0.5-24.2 16 96.1 75.8-99.5
Robeson 85 7 6.7 2.7-15.6 78 93.3 84.4-97.3
Wake 70 5 7.8 2.8-20.3 65 92.2 79.7-97.2
Western NC 23 3 11.3 3.2-32.6 20 88.7 67.4-96.8
Piedmont NC 108 8 4.8 2.0-11.0 100 95.2 89.0-98.0
Eastern NC 183 21 10.1 6.2-16.0 162 89.9 84.0-93.8

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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