BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina: (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
TOTAL	873	92	8.3	6.6-10.4	781	91.7	89.6-93.4
AGE
18-24	58	2	1.4	0.3- 5.5	56	98.6	94.5-99.7
25-34	138	5	2.4	1.0- 5.8	133	97.6	94.2-99.0
35-44	172	12	6.8	3.6-12.3	160	93.2	87.7-96.4
45-54	174	22	12.6	7.8-19.9	152	87.4	80.1-92.2
55-64	165	22	9.6	6.0-15.0	143	90.4	85.0-94.0
65-74	103	14	9.9	5.5-17.2	89	90.1	82.8-94.5
75+	58	15	25.4	14.8-40.0	43	74.6	60.0-85.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	219	45	16.4	11.7-22.4	174	83.6	77.6-88.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	323	27	7.6	5.0-11.4	296	92.4	88.6-95.0
Some Post-H.S.	187	17	6.0	3.5-10.1	170	94.0	89.9-96.5
College Graduate	141	3	1.8	0.4- 7.8	138	98.2	92.2-99.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	146	35	18.3	12.5-25.9	111	81.7	74.1-87.5
$15,000- 24,999	168	23	11.8	7.3-18.4	145	88.2	81.6-92.7
$25,000- 34,999	109	5	4.1	1.6-10.4	104	95.9	89.6-98.4
$35,000- 49,999	122	5	3.1	1.2- 7.9	117	96.9	92.1-98.8
$50,000-74,999	97	2	2.2	0.5- 9.7	95	97.8	90.3-99.5
$75,000+	64	2	2.4	0.6- 9.5	62	97.6	90.5-99.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	309	92	26.6	21.4-32.5	217	73.4	67.5-78.6
No	543	0	0.0	. - .	543	100	. - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	258	21	6.5	3.9-10.6	237	93.5	89.4-96.1
Non-Veteran	587	70	9.2	7.0-11.9	517	90.8	88.1-93.0
Currently Serving	28	1	3.4	0.5-20.8	27	96.6	79.2-99.5

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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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	873	92	8.3	6.6-10.4	781	91.7	89.6-93.4
AGE
18-24	58	2	1.4	0.3- 5.5	56	98.6	94.5-99.7
25-34	138	5	2.4	1.0- 5.8	133	97.6	94.2-99.0
35-44	172	12	6.8	3.6-12.3	160	93.2	87.7-96.4
45-54	174	22	12.6	7.8-19.9	152	87.4	80.1-92.2
55-64	165	22	9.6	6.0-15.0	143	90.4	85.0-94.0
65-74	103	14	9.9	5.5-17.2	89	90.1	82.8-94.5
75+	58	15	25.4	14.8-40.0	43	74.6	60.0-85.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	219	45	16.4	11.7-22.4	174	83.6	77.6-88.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	323	27	7.6	5.0-11.4	296	92.4	88.6-95.0
Some Post-H.S.	187	17	6.0	3.5-10.1	170	94.0	89.9-96.5
College Graduate	141	3	1.8	0.4- 7.8	138	98.2	92.2-99.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	146	35	18.3	12.5-25.9	111	81.7	74.1-87.5
$15,000- 24,999	168	23	11.8	7.3-18.4	145	88.2	81.6-92.7
$25,000- 34,999	109	5	4.1	1.6-10.4	104	95.9	89.6-98.4
$35,000- 49,999	122	5	3.1	1.2- 7.9	117	96.9	92.1-98.8
$50,000-74,999	97	2	2.2	0.5- 9.7	95	97.8	90.3-99.5
$75,000+	64	2	2.4	0.6- 9.5	62	97.6	90.5-99.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	309	92	26.6	21.4-32.5	217	73.4	67.5-78.6
No	543	0	0.0	. - .	543	100	. - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	258	21	6.5	3.9-10.6	237	93.5	89.4-96.1
Non-Veteran	587	70	9.2	7.0-11.9	517	90.8	88.1-93.0
Currently Serving	28	1	3.4	0.5-20.8	27	96.6	79.2-99.5