BRFSS 2004 - Rowan 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
-Rowan County	443	46	9.0	6.5-12.5	397	91.0	87.5-93.5
GENDER
Male	155	10	6.1	3.0-11.9	145	93.9	88.1-97.0
Female	288	36	11.6	8.1-16.4	252	88.4	83.6-91.9
RACE
White	370	40	9.7	6.8-13.7	330	90.3	86.3-93.2
Other	71	5	5.6	2.0-14.9	66	94.4	85.1-98.0
AGE
18-44	174	4	1.8	0.6- 4.9	170	98.2	95.1-99.4
45+	268	42	15.0	10.6-20.7	226	85.0	79.3-89.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	239	28	10.2	6.7-15.5	211	89.8	84.5-93.3
Some College +	204	18	7.4	4.4-12.3	186	92.6	87.7-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	256	32	11.4	7.7-16.7	224	88.6	83.3-92.3
$50,000+	103	1	0.8	0.1- 5.5	102	99.2	94.5-99.9

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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
-Rowan County	443	46	9.0	6.5-12.5	397	91.0	87.5-93.5
GENDER
Male	155	10	6.1	3.0-11.9	145	93.9	88.1-97.0
Female	288	36	11.6	8.1-16.4	252	88.4	83.6-91.9
RACE
White	370	40	9.7	6.8-13.7	330	90.3	86.3-93.2
Other	71	5	5.6	2.0-14.9	66	94.4	85.1-98.0
AGE
18-44	174	4	1.8	0.6- 4.9	170	98.2	95.1-99.4
45+	268	42	15.0	10.6-20.7	226	85.0	79.3-89.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	239	28	10.2	6.7-15.5	211	89.8	84.5-93.3
Some College +	204	18	7.4	4.4-12.3	186	92.6	87.7-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	256	32	11.4	7.7-16.7	224	88.6	83.3-92.3
$50,000+	103	1	0.8	0.1- 5.5	102	99.2	94.5-99.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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?