BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	366	32	7.8	5.3-11.3	334	92.2	88.7-94.7
GENDER
Male	141	7	4.6	2.1- 9.9	134	95.4	90.1-97.9
Female	225	25	10.8	7.0-16.4	200	89.2	83.6-93.0
RACE
White	324	29	7.5	5.0-11.1	295	92.5	88.9-95.0
Other	40	3	9.9	3.0-28.2	37	90.1	71.8-97.0
AGE
18-44	134	2	0.6	0.1- 2.4	132	99.4	97.6-99.9
45+	232	30	12.7	8.6-18.4	202	87.3	81.6-91.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	132	18	12.0	7.2-19.4	114	88.0	80.6-92.8
Some College +	234	14	5.3	2.9- 9.3	220	94.7	90.7-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	19	8.3	5.0-13.4	190	91.7	86.6-95.0
$50,000+	89	4	5.6	1.9-15.0	85	94.4	85.0-98.1

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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
-Buncombe County	366	32	7.8	5.3-11.3	334	92.2	88.7-94.7
GENDER
Male	141	7	4.6	2.1- 9.9	134	95.4	90.1-97.9
Female	225	25	10.8	7.0-16.4	200	89.2	83.6-93.0
RACE
White	324	29	7.5	5.0-11.1	295	92.5	88.9-95.0
Other	40	3	9.9	3.0-28.2	37	90.1	71.8-97.0
AGE
18-44	134	2	0.6	0.1- 2.4	132	99.4	97.6-99.9
45+	232	30	12.7	8.6-18.4	202	87.3	81.6-91.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	132	18	12.0	7.2-19.4	114	88.0	80.6-92.8
Some College +	234	14	5.3	2.9- 9.3	220	94.7	90.7-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	19	8.3	5.0-13.4	190	91.7	86.6-95.0
$50,000+	89	4	5.6	1.9-15.0	85	94.4	85.0-98.1

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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?