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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 364 36 9.7 6.6-13.9 328 90.3 86.1-93.4
GENDER
Male 130 16 12.2 7.1-20.3 114 87.8 79.7-92.9
Female 234 20 7.3 4.5-11.5 214 92.7 88.5-95.5
RACE
White 225 18 8.9 5.3-14.5 207 91.1 85.5-94.7
Other 137 18 10.9 6.2-18.5 119 89.1 81.5-93.8
AGE
18-44 133 4 3.7 1.2-10.7 129 96.3 89.3-98.8
45+ 229 32 13.5 9.1-19.6 197 86.5 80.4-90.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 204 27 12.7 8.2-19.3 177 87.3 80.7-91.8
Some College + 159 9 5.9 2.9-11.7 150 94.1 88.3-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 31 15.8 10.6-22.8 174 84.2 77.2-89.4
$50,000+ 70 2 3.3 0.8-13.5 68 96.7 86.5-99.2

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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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