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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

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 14,919 1,268 7.1 6.7- 7.6 13,651 92.9 92.4-93.3
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 410 45 10.8 7.9-14.6 365 89.2 85.4-92.1
GENDER
Male 155 19 11.5 7.1-18.0 136 88.5 82.0-92.9
Female 255 26 10.1 6.7-15.1 229 89.9 84.9-93.3
RACE
White 313 30 10.0 6.8-14.5 283 90.0 85.5-93.2
Other 95 15 13.6 7.7-22.9 80 86.4 77.1-92.3
AGE
18-44 141 7 4.1 1.8- 8.8 134 95.9 91.2-98.2
45+ 266 38 14.9 10.6-20.5 228 85.1 79.5-89.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 207 30 11.9 8.0-17.2 177 88.1 82.8-92.0
Some College + 202 15 9.7 5.7-16.0 187 90.3 84.0-94.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 28 11.8 7.9-17.2 207 88.2 82.8-92.1
$50,000+ 80 3 3.8 1.0-13.5 77 96.2 86.5-99.0

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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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