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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes 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?

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 595 62 8.1 5.9-10.9 533 91.9 89.1-94.1
GENDER
Male 211 21 7.5 4.5-12.3 190 92.5 87.7-95.5
Female 384 41 8.5 5.8-12.3 343 91.5 87.7-94.2
RACE
White 501 50 8.4 6.1-11.5 451 91.6 88.5-93.9
Other 91 11 5.2 1.6-15.3 80 94.8 84.7-98.4
AGE
18-44 201 4 2.5 0.8- 7.4 197 97.5 92.6-99.2
45+ 389 58 11.7 8.5-15.8 331 88.3 84.2-91.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 283 33 5.9 3.8- 9.1 250 94.1 90.9-96.2
Some College + 308 28 9.5 6.2-14.1 280 90.5 85.9-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 344 43 10.7 7.4-15.2 301 89.3 84.8-92.6
$50,000+ 121 2 1.6 0.3- 7.4 119 98.4 92.6-99.7

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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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