BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe 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	17,220	1,462	6.0	5.6- 6.4	15,758	94.0	93.6-94.4
-Buncombe County	453	44	7.3	5.2-10.1	409	92.7	89.9-94.8
GENDER
Male	161	21	8.9	5.5-14.3	140	91.1	85.7-94.5
Female	292	23	5.6	3.6- 8.5	269	94.4	91.5-96.4
RACE
White	384	33	6.8	4.6-10.0	351	93.2	90.0-95.4
Other	69	11	9.2	4.6-17.8	58	90.8	82.2-95.4
AGE
18-44	170	3	0.8	0.3- 2.6	167	99.2	97.4-99.7
45+	281	40	15.4	11.0-21.1	241	84.6	78.9-89.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	22	6.8	4.3-10.7	157	93.2	89.3-95.7
Some College +	271	22	7.6	4.8-11.9	249	92.4	88.1-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	34	10.0	6.7-14.5	228	90.0	85.5-93.3
$50,000+	122	4	2.6	0.9- 7.3	118	97.4	92.7-99.1

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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	17,220	1,462	6.0	5.6- 6.4	15,758	94.0	93.6-94.4
-Buncombe County	453	44	7.3	5.2-10.1	409	92.7	89.9-94.8
GENDER
Male	161	21	8.9	5.5-14.3	140	91.1	85.7-94.5
Female	292	23	5.6	3.6- 8.5	269	94.4	91.5-96.4
RACE
White	384	33	6.8	4.6-10.0	351	93.2	90.0-95.4
Other	69	11	9.2	4.6-17.8	58	90.8	82.2-95.4
AGE
18-44	170	3	0.8	0.3- 2.6	167	99.2	97.4-99.7
45+	281	40	15.4	11.0-21.1	241	84.6	78.9-89.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	22	6.8	4.3-10.7	157	93.2	89.3-95.7
Some College +	271	22	7.6	4.8-11.9	249	92.4	88.1-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	34	10.0	6.7-14.5	228	90.0	85.5-93.3
$50,000+	122	4	2.6	0.9- 7.3	118	97.4	92.7-99.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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?