BRFSS 2004 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	444	35	7.1	4.9-10.2	409	92.9	89.8-95.1
GENDER
Male	160	10	5.4	2.7-10.5	150	94.6	89.5-97.3
Female	284	25	8.6	5.6-13.1	259	91.4	86.9-94.4
RACE
White	321	24	7.1	4.5-11.0	297	92.9	89.0-95.5
Other	121	11	7.3	3.8-13.7	110	92.7	86.3-96.2
AGE
18-44	171	1	0.4	0.1- 2.6	170	99.6	97.4-99.9
45+	272	34	12.0	8.2-17.1	238	88.0	82.9-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	163	19	8.8	5.3-14.1	144	91.2	85.9-94.7
Some College +	281	16	6.1	3.5-10.5	265	93.9	89.5-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	231	21	8.4	5.2-13.2	210	91.6	86.8-94.8
$50,000+	138	7	5.1	2.1-11.6	131	94.9	88.4-97.9

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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
-Forsyth County	444	35	7.1	4.9-10.2	409	92.9	89.8-95.1
GENDER
Male	160	10	5.4	2.7-10.5	150	94.6	89.5-97.3
Female	284	25	8.6	5.6-13.1	259	91.4	86.9-94.4
RACE
White	321	24	7.1	4.5-11.0	297	92.9	89.0-95.5
Other	121	11	7.3	3.8-13.7	110	92.7	86.3-96.2
AGE
18-44	171	1	0.4	0.1- 2.6	170	99.6	97.4-99.9
45+	272	34	12.0	8.2-17.1	238	88.0	82.9-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	163	19	8.8	5.3-14.1	144	91.2	85.9-94.7
Some College +	281	16	6.1	3.5-10.5	265	93.9	89.5-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	231	21	8.4	5.2-13.2	210	91.6	86.8-94.8
$50,000+	138	7	5.1	2.1-11.6	131	94.9	88.4-97.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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?