BRFSS 2004 - Alamance County: (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?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,919	1,268	7.1	6.7- 7.6	13,651	92.9	92.4-93.3
-Alamance County	400	41	9.2	6.5-12.7	359	90.8	87.3-93.5
GENDER
Male	120	9	6.1	2.9-12.2	111	93.9	87.8-97.1
Female	280	32	11.4	7.8-16.3	248	88.6	83.7-92.2
RACE
White	312	27	7.0	4.6-10.5	285	93.0	89.5-95.4
Other	86	14	16.1	9.0-27.0	72	83.9	73.0-91.0
AGE
18-44	142	9	5.2	2.7-10.1	133	94.8	89.9-97.3
45+	257	32	12.1	8.2-17.5	225	87.9	82.5-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	199	25	11.5	7.5-17.3	174	88.5	82.7-92.5
Some College +	200	16	6.9	3.9-12.0	184	93.1	88.0-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	244	32	12.2	8.3-17.6	212	87.8	82.4-91.7
$50,000+	81	2	1.4	0.3- 5.4	79	98.6	94.6-99.7

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,919	1,268	7.1	6.7- 7.6	13,651	92.9	92.4-93.3
-Alamance County	400	41	9.2	6.5-12.7	359	90.8	87.3-93.5
GENDER
Male	120	9	6.1	2.9-12.2	111	93.9	87.8-97.1
Female	280	32	11.4	7.8-16.3	248	88.6	83.7-92.2
RACE
White	312	27	7.0	4.6-10.5	285	93.0	89.5-95.4
Other	86	14	16.1	9.0-27.0	72	83.9	73.0-91.0
AGE
18-44	142	9	5.2	2.7-10.1	133	94.8	89.9-97.3
45+	257	32	12.1	8.2-17.5	225	87.9	82.5-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	199	25	11.5	7.5-17.3	174	88.5	82.7-92.5
Some College +	200	16	6.9	3.9-12.0	184	93.1	88.0-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	244	32	12.2	8.3-17.6	212	87.8	82.4-91.7
$50,000+	81	2	1.4	0.3- 5.4	79	98.6	94.6-99.7

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance 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?