BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren): (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
-NE Partnership I	399	56	12.6	9.4-16.8	343	87.4	83.2-90.6
GENDER
Male	137	23	14.9	9.5-22.6	114	85.1	77.4-90.5
Female	262	33	10.7	7.3-15.3	229	89.3	84.7-92.7
RACE
White	172	22	11.8	7.4-18.3	150	88.2	81.7-92.6
Other	222	34	13.5	9.2-19.4	188	86.5	80.6-90.8
AGE
18-44	135	10	7.8	3.8-15.1	125	92.2	84.9-96.2
45+	264	46	16.2	11.9-21.7	218	83.8	78.3-88.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	254	44	15.9	11.4-21.8	210	84.1	78.2-88.6
Some College +	145	12	6.9	3.5-13.1	133	93.1	86.9-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	252	39	12.6	8.8-17.7	213	87.4	82.3-91.2
$50,000+	47	5	10.7	4.2-24.8	42	89.3	75.2-95.8

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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
-NE Partnership I	399	56	12.6	9.4-16.8	343	87.4	83.2-90.6
GENDER
Male	137	23	14.9	9.5-22.6	114	85.1	77.4-90.5
Female	262	33	10.7	7.3-15.3	229	89.3	84.7-92.7
RACE
White	172	22	11.8	7.4-18.3	150	88.2	81.7-92.6
Other	222	34	13.5	9.2-19.4	188	86.5	80.6-90.8
AGE
18-44	135	10	7.8	3.8-15.1	125	92.2	84.9-96.2
45+	264	46	16.2	11.9-21.7	218	83.8	78.3-88.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	254	44	15.9	11.4-21.8	210	84.1	78.2-88.6
Some College +	145	12	6.9	3.5-13.1	133	93.1	86.9-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	252	39	12.6	8.8-17.7	213	87.4	82.3-91.2
$50,000+	47	5	10.7	4.2-24.8	42	89.3	75.2-95.8

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

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?