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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Robeson County

Disability

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%)
North Carolina 6,506 486 6.6 5.7- 7.6 6,020 93.4 92.4-94.3
Robeson County 421 33 7.1 4.8-10.3 388 92.9 89.7-95.2
GENDER
Male 170 14 7.7 4.4-13.3 156 92.3 86.7-95.6
Female 251 19 6.4 3.9-10.1 232 93.6 89.9-96.1
RACE
White 171 12 6.2 3.3-11.4 159 93.8 88.6-96.7
Other 246 21 7.7 4.7-12.3 225 92.3 87.7-95.3
AGE
18-44 162 5 2.7 1.1- 6.9 157 97.3 93.1-98.9
45+ 258 28 11.5 7.7-17.0 230 88.5 83.0-92.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 261 24 8.0 5.1-12.3 237 92.0 87.7-94.9
Some College + 159 9 5.5 2.6-11.2 150 94.5 88.8-97.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 275 23 7.7 4.9-11.9 252 92.3 88.1-95.1
$50,000+ 43 0 0.0 . - . 43 100 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 400 33 6.6 4.5- 9.6 367 93.4 90.4-95.5
Forsyth 453 36 5.9 4.1- 8.4 417 94.1 91.6-95.9
Guilford 408 32 5.9 4.0- 8.7 376 94.1 91.3-96.0
Henderson/Transylvania 460 31 4.0 2.7- 6.0 429 96.0 94.0-97.3
Mecklenburg 435 31 5.1 3.4- 7.4 404 94.9 92.6-96.6
Orange 426 23 3.7 2.4- 5.7 403 96.3 94.3-97.6
Pitt 409 32 6.0 3.9- 9.1 377 94.0 90.9-96.1
Randolph 419 31 7.1 4.6-10.7 388 92.9 89.3-95.4
Wake 416 15 3.1 1.7- 5.6 401 96.9 94.4-98.3
Western NC 636 53 7.4 5.3-10.3 583 92.6 89.7-94.7
Piedmont NC 856 64 7.0 5.1- 9.5 792 93.0 90.5-94.9
Eastern NC 767 72 8.1 6.1-10.6 695 91.9 89.4-93.9

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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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