BRFSS 2004 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	374	42	12.7	9.0-17.5	332	87.3	82.5-91.0
GENDER
Male	136	15	13.8	8.0-22.9	121	86.2	77.1-92.0
Female	238	27	11.7	7.8-17.3	211	88.3	82.7-92.2
RACE
White	311	35	12.4	8.6-17.6	276	87.6	82.4-91.4
Other	62	7	14.3	6.1-29.9	55	85.7	70.1-93.9
AGE
18-44	139	7	5.5	2.5-11.7	132	94.5	88.3-97.5
45+	232	34	17.8	12.3-25.0	198	82.2	75.0-87.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	202	26	12.8	8.4-19.1	176	87.2	80.9-91.6
Some College +	171	15	12.1	6.8-20.6	156	87.9	79.4-93.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	226	30	14.0	9.3-20.6	196	86.0	79.4-90.7
$50,000+	75	3	5.1	1.6-14.9	72	94.9	85.1-98.4

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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
-Gaston County	374	42	12.7	9.0-17.5	332	87.3	82.5-91.0
GENDER
Male	136	15	13.8	8.0-22.9	121	86.2	77.1-92.0
Female	238	27	11.7	7.8-17.3	211	88.3	82.7-92.2
RACE
White	311	35	12.4	8.6-17.6	276	87.6	82.4-91.4
Other	62	7	14.3	6.1-29.9	55	85.7	70.1-93.9
AGE
18-44	139	7	5.5	2.5-11.7	132	94.5	88.3-97.5
45+	232	34	17.8	12.3-25.0	198	82.2	75.0-87.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	202	26	12.8	8.4-19.1	176	87.2	80.9-91.6
Some College +	171	15	12.1	6.8-20.6	156	87.9	79.4-93.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	226	30	14.0	9.3-20.6	196	86.0	79.4-90.7
$50,000+	75	3	5.1	1.6-14.9	72	94.9	85.1-98.4

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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?