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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability--WHITE 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 4,957 354 6.7 5.7- 7.9 4,603 93.3 92.1-94.3
GENDER
Male 1,913 104 4.9 3.5- 6.9 1,809 95.1 93.1-96.5
Female 3,044 250 8.4 7.0-10.0 2,794 91.6 90.0-93.0
AGE
18-24 316 5 2.9 1.0- 8.3 311 97.1 91.7-99.0
25-34 777 15 1.1 0.5- 2.7 762 98.9 97.3-99.5
35-44 924 26 4.0 2.2- 7.2 898 96.0 92.8-97.8
45-54 989 56 6.0 4.1- 8.7 933 94.0 91.3-95.9
55-64 754 62 8.0 5.8-10.9 692 92.0 89.1-94.2
65-74 658 69 12.6 9.2-17.0 589 87.4 83.0-90.8
75+ 506 118 25.8 19.0-34.1 388 74.2 65.9-81.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 646 96 12.9 9.7-17.0 550 87.1 83.0-90.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,442 108 7.5 5.5-10.1 1,334 92.5 89.9-94.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,152 83 6.0 4.1- 8.7 1,069 94.0 91.3-95.9
College Graduate 1,707 67 3.4 2.4- 4.9 1,640 96.6 95.1-97.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 425 72 20.0 13.4-28.7 353 80.0 71.3-86.6
$15,000- 24,999 681 59 10.0 6.7-14.7 622 90.0 85.3-93.3
$25,000- 34,999 570 32 5.1 3.0- 8.3 538 94.9 91.7-97.0
$35,000- 49,999 709 29 2.3 1.4- 3.9 680 97.7 96.1-98.6
$50,000-74,999 637 21 5.4 2.9- 9.6 616 94.6 90.4-97.1
$75,000+ 758 21 2.0 1.2- 3.4 737 98.0 96.6-98.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 357 24 5.3 3.3- 8.2 333 94.7 91.8-96.7
Forsyth 338 27 5.9 3.9- 8.7 311 94.1 91.3-96.1
Guilford 272 19 4.9 2.9- 8.2 253 95.1 91.8-97.1
Henderson/Transylvania 420 27 3.9 2.6- 5.9 393 96.1 94.1-97.4
Mecklenburg 263 18 4.7 2.8- 7.6 245 95.3 92.4-97.2
Orange 346 18 3.9 2.3- 6.3 328 96.1 93.7-97.7
Pitt 288 21 6.3 3.7-10.7 267 93.7 89.3-96.3
Randolph 379 28 7.4 4.8-11.4 351 92.6 88.6-95.2
Robeson 171 12 6.2 3.3-11.4 159 93.8 88.6-96.7
Wake 304 9 1.9 0.9- 3.8 295 98.1 96.2-99.1
Western NC 590 49 7.5 5.3-10.5 541 92.5 89.5-94.7
Piedmont NC 701 55 7.9 5.6-10.9 646 92.1 89.1-94.4
Eastern NC 528 47 8.0 5.6-11.3 481 92.0 88.7-94.4

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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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