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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 2,668 308 9.3 8.2-10.6 2,360 90.7 89.4-91.8
GENDER
Male 873 92 8.3 6.6-10.4 781 91.7 89.6-93.4
Female 1,795 216 10.2 8.7-11.9 1,579 89.8 88.1-91.3
AGE
18-24 174 5 1.7 0.6- 4.7 169 98.3 95.3-99.4
25-34 462 11 2.2 1.1- 4.5 451 97.8 95.5-98.9
35-44 522 28 5.7 3.7- 8.7 494 94.3 91.3-96.3
45-54 520 63 10.4 7.7-14.0 457 89.6 86.0-92.3
55-64 427 63 11.8 9.0-15.4 364 88.2 84.6-91.0
65-74 328 58 16.2 12.2-21.3 270 83.8 78.7-87.8
75+ 219 79 33.6 26.5-41.4 140 66.4 58.6-73.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 603 141 19.3 16.0-23.2 462 80.7 76.8-84.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 913 94 8.5 6.8-10.7 819 91.5 89.3-93.2
Some Post-H.S. 653 50 6.3 4.5- 8.7 603 93.7 91.3-95.5
College Graduate 493 21 3.7 2.1- 6.2 472 96.3 93.8-97.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 532 120 19.0 15.6-22.9 412 81.0 77.1-84.4
$15,000- 24,999 608 74 11.9 9.1-15.5 534 88.1 84.5-90.9
$25,000- 34,999 342 14 3.1 1.7- 5.7 328 96.9 94.3-98.3
$35,000- 49,999 302 13 3.5 1.8- 6.4 289 96.5 93.6-98.2
$50,000-74,999 190 5 3.2 1.2- 8.6 185 96.8 91.4-98.8
$75,000+ 143 3 1.9 0.6- 5.9 140 98.1 94.1-99.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 954 308 29.4 26.1-32.9 646 70.6 67.1-73.9
No 1,638 0 0.0 . - . 1,638 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 308 26 6.5 4.1-10.2 282 93.5 89.8-95.9
Non-Veteran 2,322 281 9.9 8.6-11.4 2,041 90.1 88.6-91.4
Currently Serving 38 1 3.0 0.4-18.4 37 97.0 81.6-99.6

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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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