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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Wake 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
Wake County 416 15 3.1 1.7- 5.6 401 96.9 94.4-98.3
GENDER
Male 179 5 2.0 0.7- 6.1 174 98.0 93.9-99.3
Female 237 10 4.3 2.1- 8.5 227 95.7 91.5-97.9
RACE
White 304 9 1.9 0.9- 3.8 295 98.1 96.2-99.1
Other 110 6 5.9 2.3-14.0 104 94.1 86.0-97.7
AGE
18-44 234 4 2.1 0.7- 6.2 230 97.9 93.8-99.3
45+ 178 10 3.8 2.0- 7.1 168 96.2 92.9-98.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 105 7 3.9 1.7- 8.4 98 96.1 91.6-98.3
Some College + 311 8 2.8 1.2- 6.2 303 97.2 93.8-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 8 4.1 1.8- 9.2 140 95.9 90.8-98.2
$50,000+ 174 0 0.0 . - . 174 100 . - .
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
Robeson 421 33 7.1 4.8-10.3 388 92.9 89.7-95.2
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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