BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	881	60	5.1	3.8- 6.7	821	94.9	93.3-96.2
GENDER
Male	313	18	4.1	2.5- 6.8	295	95.9	93.2-97.5
Female	568	42	6.0	4.3- 8.4	526	94.0	91.6-95.7
RACE
White	602	37	4.3	3.0- 6.2	565	95.7	93.8-97.0
Other	275	23	6.5	4.1-10.3	252	93.5	89.7-95.9
AGE
18-44	346	4	1.2	0.4- 3.2	342	98.8	96.8-99.6
45+	526	56	9.7	7.2-12.8	470	90.3	87.2-92.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	232	24	5.8	3.6- 9.3	208	94.2	90.7-96.4
Some College +	647	36	4.8	3.3- 6.8	611	95.2	93.2-96.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	362	36	7.2	5.0-10.4	326	92.8	89.6-95.0
$50,000+	384	13	3.1	1.7- 5.7	371	96.9	94.3-98.3

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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
-Mecklenburg County	881	60	5.1	3.8- 6.7	821	94.9	93.3-96.2
GENDER
Male	313	18	4.1	2.5- 6.8	295	95.9	93.2-97.5
Female	568	42	6.0	4.3- 8.4	526	94.0	91.6-95.7
RACE
White	602	37	4.3	3.0- 6.2	565	95.7	93.8-97.0
Other	275	23	6.5	4.1-10.3	252	93.5	89.7-95.9
AGE
18-44	346	4	1.2	0.4- 3.2	342	98.8	96.8-99.6
45+	526	56	9.7	7.2-12.8	470	90.3	87.2-92.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	232	24	5.8	3.6- 9.3	208	94.2	90.7-96.4
Some College +	647	36	4.8	3.3- 6.8	611	95.2	93.2-96.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	362	36	7.2	5.0-10.4	326	92.8	89.6-95.0
$50,000+	384	13	3.1	1.7- 5.7	371	96.9	94.3-98.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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?