BRFSS 2004 - Union 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
-Union County	432	35	7.5	5.1-11.1	397	92.5	88.9-94.9
GENDER
Male	131	7	6.5	2.7-14.7	124	93.5	85.3-97.3
Female	301	28	8.2	5.4-12.2	273	91.8	87.8-94.6
RACE
White	373	29	8.0	5.2-12.1	344	92.0	87.9-94.8
Other	58	6	5.6	2.3-13.1	52	94.4	86.9-97.7
AGE
18-44	189	2	2.1	0.4- 9.9	187	97.9	90.1-99.6
45+	241	32	12.1	8.2-17.6	209	87.9	82.4-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	168	23	14.3	8.8-22.2	145	85.7	77.8-91.2
Some College +	264	12	3.4	1.8- 6.3	252	96.6	93.7-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	178	22	13.4	8.2-21.1	156	86.6	78.9-91.8
$50,000+	170	2	0.7	0.2- 3.0	168	99.3	97.0-99.8

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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
-Union County	432	35	7.5	5.1-11.1	397	92.5	88.9-94.9
GENDER
Male	131	7	6.5	2.7-14.7	124	93.5	85.3-97.3
Female	301	28	8.2	5.4-12.2	273	91.8	87.8-94.6
RACE
White	373	29	8.0	5.2-12.1	344	92.0	87.9-94.8
Other	58	6	5.6	2.3-13.1	52	94.4	86.9-97.7
AGE
18-44	189	2	2.1	0.4- 9.9	187	97.9	90.1-99.6
45+	241	32	12.1	8.2-17.6	209	87.9	82.4-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	168	23	14.3	8.8-22.2	145	85.7	77.8-91.2
Some College +	264	12	3.4	1.8- 6.3	252	96.6	93.7-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	178	22	13.4	8.2-21.1	156	86.6	78.9-91.8
$50,000+	170	2	0.7	0.2- 3.0	168	99.3	97.0-99.8

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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?